- Brackley (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Brackley
Type = Borough
Year = 1547
Abolition = 1832
members = twoBrackley was a
parliamentary borough inNorthamptonshire , which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1547 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by theGreat Reform Act .History
The borough consisted of the town of
Brackley , a market town where the main economic interests were making lace and footwear. In 1831, the population of the borough was 2,107, and the town contained 378 houses. While this by no means put it among the smallest of therotten borough s, it was barely the half the size which was eventually required to retain representation after 1832.Brackley was a corporation borough, the right to vote having been restricted to the Mayor, 6 aldermen and 26 "burgesses" (the remaining members of the corporation), a total electorate of 33, in the reign of James II. The Mayor was appointed by the
Lord of the Manor , and the major local landowners or "patrons" had total control over the election of MPs. In the mid 18th century theDuke of Bridgewater was able to nominate both MPs; by the time of the Reform Act, theEarl of Bridgewater nominated to one seat and theMarquess of Stafford to the other.Brackley lost both its MPs under the provisions of the Reform Act.
Members of Parliament
1547-1640
* 1601: Edward Montagu
* 1604-1611: Sir Richard Spencer
* 1604-1611: William Lisle
* 1621-1622: Sir Thomas Wenman
* 1621-1622: Edward Spencer
* 1624-1625: Sir Thomas Wenman
* 1626: John Crew
* 1626: Sir John Hobart1640-1832
Notes
References
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* D Brunton & D H Pennington, "Members of the Long Parliament" (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
* "Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803" (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]
* Lewis Namier, "The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III" (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1961)
* J Holladay Philbin, "Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales" (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
*Rayment
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