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held by burgage-tenure, have a right to vote in the election of citi- 

 zens to serve in Parliament for the city of Lichfield. That such 

 freemen only of the said city as are enrolled, and pay scot and lot, 

 have a right to vote, &c. December 18, 1718, it was further deter- 

 mined by the same authority, that the right of election of citizens 

 to serve in Parliament for the city of Lichfield, is in the freeholders 

 of forty shillings per annum ; and all that held by burgage-tenure, 

 in such freemen only of the said city as are enrolled, paying scot 

 and lot there, and in the bailiffs and magistrates. The number of 

 electors is about six hundred. 



Lichfield has given the title of Earl to several families. The 

 city is divided into three parishes, St. Chadd's, St. Mary's, and St. 

 Michael's. The central part of Lichfield is occupied by St. Mary's 

 parish ; the parish of St. Chadd occupies the north-east part of the 

 city and suburbs ; and the parish of St. Michael includes the south- 

 east division and its suburbs. 



A distinct part of Lichfield is the Close, in which the Cathedral 

 stands. This district is a separate jurisdiction, governed by the 

 Dean and Canons, who are the only magistrates within its bounds, 

 and entirely independent not only of the city but the county of 

 Stafford. 



In 1781, a plan of the City and Close was made from an actual 

 survey by John Snape. The names of the wards, with the number 

 of houses and inhabitants, were then as follow : 



Houses. Inhabitants. 



Bacon-streetward 71 372 



Bird-streetward 41 230 



Sandford-street ward 47 292 



Sandford-street below the Water ward 35 165 



St. John-street ward 47 229 



St. John-street above the Bars' ward 38 201 



Sadler-streetward 55 291 



Boar-streetward 53 325 



Wade-streetward 45 190 



Dam-street and Butcher's-row ward 56 258 



Tarn worth-street ward - 66 334 



Lombard-streetward 25 104 



Stow-streetward 64 278 



Green-hill ward 79 387 



Total within the City 72J 3555 



Close 43 216 



765 3771 



Sir Frederick Morton Eden, Bart, collected many valuable facts 





