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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<HEAD>The CASE concerning the Election of Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher Calthorp,</HI> Knight of the <HI>Bath,</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville Catelyn,</HI> Knight, to &s;erve in this pre&s;ent PARLIAMENT, as Knights of the Shire for the County of <HI>Norfolk.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Humbly offered to the Con&s;ideration of the Honourable the Knights, Citi|zens, and Burge&s;&s;es in Parliament a&s;&s;embled.</HEAD>
<P>HIS Maje&s;ties Royal Proclamation being i&s;&s;ued out for calling of a Parliament, and Writs pur&s;uant thereunto, &s;ent to the Sheriffs of every County, to proceed to Elect Members to &s;erve in that Parlia|ment.</P>
<P>The Gentry and Freeholders of the &s;aid County, to prevent trou|ble and charge at the Election, met together to agree of two Per&s;ons fit to &s;erve them, and did at &s;uch meeting re&s;olve upon the &s;aid Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville,</HI> whom they invited and de&s;ired to &s;erve them, giving them a&s;&s;urance that no other per&s;on would &s;tand in competition, and that they &s;hould be cho&s;en without oppo|&s;ition; whereupon Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville</HI> accepted their kindne&s;s, and re|&s;olved to &s;erve them.</P>
<P><HI>Febr.</HI> 10. Was the day of the Election, when the County Court being held at the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Norwich,</HI> the Sheriff cau&s;ed the Writ to be read, and immediately proceeded to Election.</P>
<P>The Writ was read about ten of the Clock.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville,</HI> with the far greate&s;t part of the Freeholders were pre&s;ent, and were the only per&s;ons that appear'd to &s;tand, till about twelve of the Clock. So that the High Sheriff was ju&s;t declaring them Elected, but was hindred by one Mr. <HI>Hurn,</HI> who with a &s;mall party of the Freeholders then appea|red, and cryed up Sir <HI>John Hobart,</HI> who&s;e name till then was not mentioned, he ha|ving declared he would not &s;tand.</P>
<P>Mr. <HI>Hurn</HI> demanded the Poll, which was granted, and very fairly carried on till the end thereof, by Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville;</HI> but many rude, illegal and exorbitant acts were done by Sir <HI>John</HI> his Party: Divines beaten, the Sheriff a&s;&s;aul|ted, the Staff of his Office broken, his Life endangered.</P>
<P>The Poll continued &s;o long as there were any to Poll, the la&s;t hour and half of the Poll there were not above twenty Polled for Sir <HI>John.</HI></P>
<P>The Poll not clo&s;ed till &s;everal Proclamations made for all Freeholders that would, to come and be Polled.</P>
<P>Clerks and Judges of the Poll were appointed on both &s;ides.</P>
<P>When there were no more to be Polled, the Poll was clo&s;ed, and the books ca&s;t up, in the pre&s;ence of divers of Sir <HI>John</HI>'s party, whereby it appeared that Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville,</HI> had each of them five hundred and nine voices more than Sir <HI>John,</HI> howbeit Sir <HI>John</HI> his party had u&s;ed many undue means to procure him Votes, and had at a by-place, a great di&s;tance from the place a&s;&s;igned for his Poll, Polled &s;ome hundreds which had no right to Vote in Elections.</P>
<P>And it is to be noted, that Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville</HI> had had many hundreds more Electors Polled for them than they had, if Sir <HI>John</HI> had appeared within the time limited by the Statute for Elections, to wit betwixt nine and eleven; but he not appearing till nigh twelve, it was &s;o confidently believed that there would be no oppo&s;ition: that many of the Freeholders who would have Polled for Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville,</HI> and who lived remote from the City, went homeward before Sir <HI>John Hobart,</HI> or Mr. <HI>Hurn</HI> on his behalf, appeared.</P>
<P>The Poll being ended, and books computed, the High Sheriff declared the Ele|ction, and returned Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville,</HI> with which return, Sir <HI>John Hobart</HI>'s party were &s;o well &s;atisfied, that many of his Electors &s;igned the Inden|tures, they well knowing that the Poll Books for Sir <HI>John</HI> were kept open, above half an hour after Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> and Sir <HI>Neville</HI>'s were &s;hut, on purpo&s;e to Poll what Freeholders they could for Sir <HI>John:</HI> and that Sir <HI>John</HI> never pretended he had any more to Poll than what he had Polled, till after the books were ca&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> up, and it was found he had the lea&s;t Number of Electors.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>humbly s;ubmit the s;ame to this Honourable Hous;e.</HI></P>
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