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How Bedfordshire Voted, 1735-1784 - The Evidence of Local Documents and Poll Books (Hardcover) Loot Price: R862
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How Bedfordshire Voted, 1735-1784 - The Evidence of Local Documents and Poll Books (Hardcover): James Collett-White

How Bedfordshire Voted, 1735-1784 - The Evidence of Local Documents and Poll Books (Hardcover)

James Collett-White; Edited by James Collett-White

Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

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The third in Bedfordshire Historical Record Society's series of poll books covers the years from the fall of Walpole to the rise of William Pitt the younger. It was a period when Britain was constantly at war, when it suffered a dangerous Jacobite rebellion and when the American colonies were lost. Yet this constant warfare did not produce the revolutionary changes to the national and local economy that the Napoleonic wars subsequently created. There is only one complete poll book for the county (1774) but surviving lists from Bedford borough, including a partial poll book of 1747, enable political allegiance to be gauged. Lack of contested elections does not mean an absence of political activity. Detectable trends are illustrated from the Duke of Bedford's archives and the Hardwicke manuscripts in the British Library. They include the attempts of the Duke to increase his power, which was successfully challenged in Bedford Borough by the creation in 1769 of many new out-of-town freemen to detach it from his influence; the decline of formerly prominent political families; and, from the 1760s, the rise of the Whitbreads. The volume also details the political dimension of the legal cases about the appointment of the rector of St John's, Bedford; the administration of the Harpur Trust; and turnpike and enclosure acts. JAMES COLLETT-WHITE is an archivist at Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service, and to Sir Samuel Whitbread.

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Imprint: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc
Release date: April 2012
First published: April 2012
Authors: James Collett-White
Editors: James Collett-White
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 978-0-85155-077-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Elections & referenda
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-85155-077-0
Barcode: 9780851550770

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