By the Rev. J. Ward. 



299 



— Anno 3 Car. I. lie was returned for Ludgershall, and 

 Anno 16 Car. I. for the University of Oxford. He pub- 

 lished Analectum Anglo Britannicum, — England's Epi- 

 nomes, — Jani Anglorum facies altera, — a Latin'f and 

 English Treatise on the Progress of English Law, — Titles 

 of Honour, — De Diis Syriis, — History of Tythes, — Mar- 

 mora Arundeliana, — Treatises on Jewish Antiquities, — 

 Mare clausum, — De jure naturali et Gentium juxtaDis- 

 ciplinam Ebrreorum, — Table Talk published posthu- 

 mously, and many productions of minor notoriety. His 

 works were collected and published in 3 vols, folio by 

 Dr. David Wilkins in 1726. He died 30 Nov. 1654, 

 ret. 70. 



3. Parlt. Westr. Edward Kirton, Esq. 



John Trevor, Jim. Knt. 1627-8 

 (This is the last entry in the MS. compiled from the Tower 

 Records.) 



Edward Kirton sat in the Parliament of 21 Jac. I. for 

 Ludgershall, and in that of 16 Car. I. for Milbourne 

 Port. His burial is thus entered at Easton, near Pew- 

 sey; — " 1653-4. Edward Kirton, Officer to the Lord 

 Marquesse of Hertford, was buried Jan, 30." 



A.D. 



1640. 15 Car. I. Richard Harding, Esq. Charles Seymour, Esq. 



Petition, April, 1640. Richard Harding and Charles 

 Seymour, Esquires, were chosen, which was contested. 

 The account in the Journals is as follows: — "Mr. Jones's 

 second report from the Committee of Privileges, That the 

 election for this place did belong to the Bailiffs, Portreeves 

 and ancient Burgesses of the Town; that there were some 

 misdemeanors in one Franklin, that got the precept in 

 the Bailiff's hand, and caused a new Election for his own 

 ends, and returned Burgesses under the hands of an offi- 

 cer, to whom the warrant was not directed. Tt was denied 

 on the other side, that the Election of Burgesses did be- 

 long to the ancient Burgesses of the Town, which were 

 the Bailiffs, Portreeves and those that had been officers of 

 the Town, and the Election was free to every one, that 



