Bossiney was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, one of a number of Cornish rotten boroughs, and returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1552 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ... There were 21 boroughs in Cornwall prior to 1821, most of which were rotten boroughs. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. ... Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The British Reform Act of 1832 (2 & 3 Will. ...

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History

Bossiney was one of a number of small parliamentary boroughs established in Cornwall during the Tudor period, and was not a town of any importance even when first enfranchised. The borough consisted of the village of Bossiney itself and the nearby hamlet of Trevena, both in the parish of Tintagel on the North Cornwall coast. In 1831, the borough contained only 67 houses, and had a population of 308. Parliamentary boroughs are boroughs that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Bossiney is a village in northern Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... Remains of Tintagel Castle Tintagel (pronounced with the stress on the second syllable; Cornish: Dintagell) is a village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, in England, UK. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surrounding King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. ...

The right to vote was vested in the Mayor and freemen of the borough, collectively called the burgesses; the freedom of the borough was hereditary, passing to the eldest son of any burgess possessing freehold property within the borough. The number of burgesses was always small, with only 25 being entitled to vote in 1831. In 1816 Oldfield recorded that there were only 9 voters, 8 of whom belonged to the same family. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Freedom of the City is an award made by some municipalities in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, the United States and Italy to esteemed members of its community; such people may then be termed Freemen or Freewomen of the City. ... Freehold is a term used in real estate or real property law, land held in fee simple, as opposed to leasehold, which is land which is leased. ...

Like most of the tiny boroughs, Bossiney was completely under the control of its "patrons", who had such influence over the voters that they could in practice choose whoever they wanted as MPs. From the middle of the 18th century, the patrons were the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and the Wortley family. Usually they chose one member each and, indeed, a formal agreement to that effect, dated 3 July 1752, survives. In Bossiney, the patrons habitually secured their interests by obtaining for the burgesses lucrative appointments in the customs-house at Padstow. In 1758, there was a dispute between Lord Edgcumbe and Samuel Martin, patron of nearby Camelford, over a Commissionership of Customs that both wanted for one of their constituents; a Camelford man was appointed, and at the election that followed in 1761 Edgcumbe was unable to secure the election of his candidate. The title of Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1789. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Her Majestys Customs and Excise (HMCE) was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government in the UK. It was responsible for the collection of Value added tax (VAT), Customs Duties, Excise Duties, and other indirect taxes such as Air Passenger Duty, Climate Change Levy, Insurance Premium Tax... Location within the British Isles Padstow (Cornish: Lannwedhenek) is a small town on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, approximately 14 miles east of Newquay, at the mouth of the River Camel (Grid reference SW919754). ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680 - November 22, 1758), was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe. ... Samuel Martin was a Secretary to the Treasury from 1760 (and/or earlier?) to 1763. ...

The abuse of government patronage was considered a scandal even in the 18th century, and in 1782 an Act of Parliament was passed to disqualify the holders of certain posts, including customs officers, from voting. While the new law was not aimed specifically at Bossiney it had a more dramatic effect there than anywhere else: the borough established an unbeatable record at the general election of 1784, when so many of the burgesses were disqualified that there was only a single qualified voter (one Arthur Wade) to return the two MPs. 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the British House of Commons, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents. ...

Bossiney was disfranchised by the Great Reform Act of 1832. The British Reform Act of 1832 (2 & 3 Will. ...

Members of Parliament

1552-1660

• 1625: Francis Cottington
• 1626: The Lord Lambart
• 1628-1629: The Lord Lambart

Short Parliament Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington (ca. ... The Short Parliament (April-May, 1640) of King Charles I is so called because it lasted only three weeks. ...

• 1640: Sir John Clotworthy
• 1640: ?

Long Parliament John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene (d. ... The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by Charles I, in 1640, following the Bishops Wars. ...

• 1640-1642: Sir Ralph Sydenham (Royalist) - disabled to sit, September 1642
• 1640-1648: Sir Christopher Yelverton (Parliamentarian) - not known to have sat after Pride's Purge, December 1648
• 1645(?)-1648: Lionel Copley - excluded in Pride's Purge, December 1648

Bossiney was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate Prince Rupert of the Rhine Cavaliers was the name used by Parliamentarians for the Royalist supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651). ... The Roundheads was the nickname given to supporters of the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. ... Prides Purge was the occasion when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the House of Commons all those who were not supporters of Oliver Cromwell. ... Prides Purge was the occasion when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the House of Commons all those who were not supporters of Oliver Cromwell. ... The Barebones Parliament came into being on July 4, 1653. ... The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. ... The Second Protectorate Parliament sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658 with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House. ...

Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session from 27 January until 22 April 1659 with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfield as the Speakers of the House. ...

• 1659: Antony Nicholl
• 1659: ?

Long Parliament (restored)

• 1659-1660: ?

1660-1832

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1. ^ Tregagle was re-elected in 1700, but following a petition alleging bribery and diversion of Duchy of Cornwall revenues, the election was declared void and a new writ issued
2. ^ Robartes was also elected for Bodmin, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Bossiney in this Parliament
3. ^ Sabine and Tower won the election of 1741, but on petition they were unseated and their defeated opponents, Liddell and Foster, declared elected in their place
4. ^ Wortley was also elected for Peterborough, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Bossiney
5. ^ Stuart adopted the surname Wortley in 1794
6. ^ Wortley was re-elected in 1819, but had also been elected for Yorkshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Bossiney

Bodmin was a constituency in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member. ... Peterborough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Yorkshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. ...

References

• Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• T H B Oldfield, The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1816)
• J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
• Edward Porritt and Annie G Porritt, The Unreformed House of Commons (Cambridge University Press, 1903)
• Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1961)
• Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)

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