hy King James the Second, in 1688. 



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Malmesbitet, 



CeICIiADE, 



Gkeat Bedwin, 



LtTGDEESALE, 



WooTON Bassett, 

 Maeleboeough 



C This corporation is lately altered, 

 \ and t'is supposed his Ma'^ may have 

 Cany. 

 S^ Stephen Tox, ( Have the chiefe interest, and if 



Collonel Webb. •] they joyne will be chosen against 



(.any. 



C My L"* Aylshury has y° chiefe 

 interest. There is one [ohliter- 

 atedl of 200"' has a very good inter- 

 J est, and says if a new charter comes 

 j down, they having lost their old 

 one, and he named Bailiff, the King 

 shall have any 2 persons he will 

 l^name. 

 M'. Neale. f S' Anthony Browne, catholique, 



X_ has y° chiefe interest. 

 C My L* Eochester, and Mr. 

 \ Moore, catholique, have the chiefe 

 (_ interest. 



This charter must be altered, and 

 the Burgesses reduced to 18 ; M'. 

 Lobbs opinion. 



My L"* Duke of Somersett and 

 my L"* Alsbury have y^ present 

 interest, but will not, when y° 

 Charter is altered. 

 Three Questions propounded by "William, Earl of Yarmouth,* Lord-Lieutenant 

 of the county of Wiltshire, to the Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of the peace 

 within his Lieutenantcy, one by one, in pursuance of his Ma'''= Instructions and 

 commands, signified by a Letter fi-om the Lord President, dated 25th October 

 1687, together with their several names, to whom the Questions were proposed, 

 and their respective answers to eveiy particular question : 



S'' John Emly, Chan- 

 cellor of y° Exchequer, 



Mr. Eider, an atturney, 

 dissenter. 



In case you shall bee 

 chosen Knight of the 

 Shire, or Burgess of 

 a Towne, when y° 

 King shall think fitt 

 to call a Parliament, 

 will you be for taking 

 off the Penal Laws 

 and the Tests? 



Will you assist and 

 contribute to the 

 Election of such 

 members (of Par- 

 liament) as shall 

 be for taking off 

 the Penal Laws 

 and Tests ? 



Will you support his 

 Majesties Declaration 



for Liberty of Conscience, 

 by living friendly 

 with those of all Per- 

 swasions, as subjects 

 of y° same Prince, and 

 good Christians ought 

 to do? 



In obedience to His Maj*y'' commands I have asked the three questions to the 

 several! persons following : 

 First, 



S' Eichard How of Wishford, deputy lieutenant ; 

 1 question, says he will not be for taking of any penall Laws or tests, till h e 

 "i^UUam Paston, (second) Earl of YarmouthTob s.p.m. 1732. The late Lord-Lieutenant, Thomas 

 (eighth) Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, had declined to put the questions proposed by James 

 II. .land like many other Lieutenants of Counties was removed, in this case being superseded by the 

 Earl of Yarmouth. 



