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CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION 15
I THE COUNTY 21
II COUNTY ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY MOVES 56
III COUNTY ELECTIONS: AT THE COUNTY COURT 77
IV COUNTY ELECTIONS: THE MONTGOMERYSHIRE ELEC-
TION OF 1588 		99
V COUNTY ELECTIONS: THE DENBIGHSHIRE ELECTIONS
OF 1588 AND 1601 		111
VI COUNTY ELECTIONS: THE RUTLAND ELECTION OF 1601 129
VII THE GENTRY AND THE BOROUGHS 140
VIII BOROUGH TYPES 162
IX BOROUGH PATRONS 193
X BOROUGH PATRONS: THE CINQUE PORTS AND THE
DUCHY OF LANCASTER 		213
XI BOROUGH PATRONS: ESSEX AND CECIL 233
XII BOROUGH ELECTIONS 246
XIII BOROUGH ELECTIONS: CHICHESTER AND GLOUCESTER 261
XIV THE GOVERNMENT AND ELECTIONS 282
XV THE QUALITY OF THE HOUSE 301
XVI MEMBERS' WAGES AND ELECTION COSTS 321
XVII THE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE 332
XVIII THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT 349
XIX PROCEDURE -- I 364
XX PROCEDURE -- II 383
XXI PROCEDURE -- III 404
XXII THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION 419
LIST OF ELIZABETHAN PARLIAMENTS 433
INDEX 435

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Elizabethan House of Commons. Contributors: J. E. Neale - author. Publisher: Yale University Press. Place of Publication: New Haven, CT. Publication Year: 1950. Page Number: 7.
    
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