... the 18th Century when the! Whig oligarchs came wield the! power of the Crown during the, reigns of the first two Georges, they were careful to leave the countrywide to be administered and judged the local squire.** Torv and Whig aliKe. Fielding's lo'm Joue ...

... freemen and freeholders. With its 6 000 electors Uome of the elections here were disgraceful scandal Sometimes (the two oarties Whig and Torv. i agreed share the seats, but if was not done the elections were a«> described above The qualifications for County ...

... John Hucker. a serge-maker. This Taun» tonian was important and prospcr> ous. owner 01 At.helney. He had been mixed with the Whig plots I before the Monmouth Rebellion, but seems to have played a doubtful • game between the two parties. When . the Duke ...

... pardon 1680 by James 11. Incidentally, he married the sister of Hugh Speke. He | died in 1695. His son. also John. 1 as« a Whig malcontent. became prominent towards the end the century, and particularly in 1700. when he was sent to Ireland to take account ...