Some remarks upon a paper which Sir George Hungerford, by a very unusual and unfair practice, delivered at the door of the House of Commons, after a full hearing of his cause before the committee. 1691 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A93528 Wing S4604A ESTC R184453 43077637 ocm 43077637 151738 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion SOME REMARKS Vpon a Paper which Sir George Hungerford , by a very unusual and unfair Practice , delivered at the Door of the House of Commons , after a full hearing of his Cause before the Committee . THE chief Objection which Sir George Hungerford makes , is against the Power of Disfranchising , wherein it is evident how much he is mistaken both by Law , Practice , and his own Judgment . For , 1st . The Burgesses do not Vote , by reason of any Inhabitancy or Burgage Tenure , but by being Elected and Sworn into the Office and Trust of a Burgess ; for breach of which Trust , They may be removed from the Office of a Burgess , there being a Condition in Law tacitely annexed to such Office , the Breach whereof is a good Cause of Disfranchisement , and the Words of these very Disfranchisements , are expressly from the Office and Dignity of a Burgess , so that ceasing thereby to be Burgesses , they consequently cease to have a Right of voting as Burgesses . 2ly . This hath been the constant Practice as appeared at the Committee by their Books for near an Hundred Years past , and Robert Hungerford Esq Sir George's own Brother , who was formerly a Burgess of this Borough , hath set his Hand to , and allowed of several the like Disfranchisements , as appears by the Borough Books . 3ly . The Disfranchisement of one of the Persons whom Sir George hath put into his Pole ( though his Voice was disallowed at the Election by the Stewards and Burgesses ) was done by the Advice of Counsellor Blake , Sir George's Son-in-Law , and besides Sir George Hungerford himself was the first Person at the taking of the Pole , who made an Exception to Disfranchised Persons . Object . Whereas Sir George Objects , That Dyers Disfranchisement was not fully proved . Answer . Mr. Windham's Witnesses proved that he had seen his Disfranchisement written in the Book , and could turn to the Place where it was torn out , and said that Dyer gave Ten Shillings to have the Book in his Custody , in which time 't is supposed he tore it out himself . Note . Swaddon who was convicted of Forgery , and stood in the Pillory , was one of the disfranchised Persons who voted for Sir George . Sir George Hungerford's Objection against Oliver Harman , one of Mr. Wyndham's Voices ( who never at any time lived more than One Hundred Yards from Calne , and his House contiguous to the Borough ) is very frivolous , for it was proved , that he lived in the Borough before the Test of the Writ , and ever since , and besides during his living out of the Borough , he was always esteemed as a Burgess , was summoned to their Halls , acted as a Burgess , and had at that time , and now near 100 l. of the Borough Stock in his Hands , being intrusted therewith as a Burgess . So that the majority of Voices , plainly appeared to the Committee , to be for Mr. Wyndham .