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<HEAD>THE CASE Of the Petitioners, <HI>William Strode</HI> and <HI>John Speke,</HI> E&s;quires.</HEAD>
<P>IN the Burrough of <HI>Ivelche&s;ter,</HI> in <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> it hath been the Cu&s;tom and U&s;age, for only all Hou&s;e-keepers, to give Votes for choo&s;ing Members to &s;erve in Parliament.</P>
<P><HI>Jo&s;eph Winter,</HI> a Barber, being Baliff on the Election Day, did partially, contrary to the Cu&s;tom, when he had Polled him|&s;elf, and called for all that were Polled for Sir <HI>Edward Wyndham,</HI> Baronet, and Mr, <HI>William Helyar,</HI> admitted of &s;everal Non-re&s;i|dents, Tablers and Lodgers, among&s;t them, whereas they were all &s;everally excepted again&s;t, by &s;ome of the Inhabitants, to have no right; alledging, that they did not Rent Hou&s;es, and could not be called Hou&s;e-keepers. Whereupon, the Petitioners Clerk marked the Names of fifteen of that Poll he took when they were thus objected again&s;t: So afterwards, Mr. <HI>Strode</HI> and Mr. <HI>Spekes,</HI> Voters, waiting in the Hall, at length were allowed to Poll for Mr.<HI>Strode.</HI> There were fifty two unque&s;ionable Hou&s;e|keepers, whereof fifty were al&s;o for Mr.<HI>Speke;</HI> but then, at La&s;t, &s;ome real Hou&s;e-keepers, who offered to Poll for the Petitioners, were refu&s;ed.</P>
<P>There are but fifty eight, on the Poll, for Sir <HI>Edward Wyndham</HI> and Mr. <HI>Helyar,</HI> whereof not above forty three are Hou&s;e-keep|ers <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 line"> Neither have they there any Freemen, or other Electors, then Hou&s;e-keepers, who are not effectively one hundred in all the Burrough; &s;o that the Petitioners will plainly prove, a good Ma|jority of the &s;aid Hou&s;e-keepers, as they now &s;tand on the Poll, without adding tho&s;e who were refu&s;ed them; and con&s;equently, the Petitioners are duely cho&s;en.</P>
<P>As for the Charter, it gives none any right to choo&s;e Members for Parliament, it only makes a Corporation con&s;i&s;ting of a Baliff and twelve Capital Burge&s;&s;es: and by the expre&s;s words of the &s;aid Charter, the Baliff, and &s;aid Capital Burge&s;&s;es, upon Death or removal of any, they are required to go to a new choice of &s;ome Inhabitant to be a Capital Burge&s;s: Altho', contrary hereunto, the Bali&s;f and Burge&s;&s;es of late years, have Elected four Gentlemen, Non-re&s;idents, and did allow one of tho&s;e Gentlemen to be their Baliff, for &s;ome years &s;ucce&s;&s;ively whil&s;t living at lea&s;t three miles then out of their Burrough.</P>
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