by King James the Second, in 1688. 



363 



Malmesbttry, 



Criclade, 



Great Bedwin, 



S r . Stephen Fox, 

 Collonel Webb. 



C This corporation is lately altered, 



< and t'is supposed his Ma ty may have 

 (any. 



C Have the chiefe interest, and if 



< they joyne will be chosen against 

 (.any. 



C My L d Aylsbury has y e chiefe 

 interest. There is one [obliter- 

 ated^ of 200 lb has a very good inter- 

 J est, and says if a new charter comes 

 down, they having lost their old 

 one, and he named Bailiff, the King 

 shall have any 2 persons he will 

 jiame. 



C S r Anthony Browne, catholique, 

 \ has y e chiefe interest. 

 C My L d Eochester, and Mr. 



< Moore, catholique, have the chiefe 

 (. interest. 



This charter must be altered, and 

 the Burgesses reduced to 18 ; M r . 

 Lobbs opinion. 



My L d Duke of Somersett and 

 my L d Alsbury have y e present 

 interest, but will not, when y e 

 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 ties Instructions and 

 commands, signified by a Letter from the Lord President, dated 25th October 

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

 and their respective answers to every particular question : 



Ltjgdersale, 

 Wooton Bassett 



Marleborough 



M r . Neale. 



S r John Ernly, Chan- 

 cellor of y e Exchequer, 



Mr. Rider, an atturney, 

 dissenter. 



In case you shall bee 

 chosen Knight of the 

 Shire, or Burgess of 

 a Towne, when y e 

 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 e same Prince, and 

 good Christians ought 

 to do? 



In obedience to His Maj ty ' s commands I have asked the three questions to the 

 severall persons following : 

 First, 



S r Richard How of Wishf ord, deputy lieutenant ; 

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

 • William Paston, (second) Earl of YarmoutbTob. 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., and like many other Lieutenants of Counties was removed, in this case being superseded by the 

 Earl of Yarmouth. 



