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HAND-OUT LEC 1 BOROUGH ELECTORAL FRANCHISES: NUMBER AND TYPES 41 Burgages voting 20 only officers of the Corporation (e.g. Mayor , Aldermen) 100 all Freemen of the city (e.g. members of guilds) 55 Householder Franchise (residential qualification)   

Household head only (least restrictive) Household head but self-sufficient (no charity) Household head pays local taxes (“Scot and Lot”)

SIZE OF THE ELECTORATE C. 1715: 250,000 APPX. County Electors: 180,000 40 shilling freeholders. Borough Electorates: 23 boroughs with 1,000 electors at minimum (e.g. London = 8,000 electors)   

72 (or 1/3d with 500 plus electors 72 ( ditto) with 100 to 300 electors 72 ( ditto) with less than 300 electors

Total 239 boroughs...