Constituencies Abolished Between 1302 and 1307
A number of boroughs were represented in the Parliaments before 1302 but were not enfranchised by 1307. They were seldom, if at all, represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
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Amersham | 1300 | 2nd creation 1625-1832 |
Beverley | 1295 | 2nd creation 1563-1870. 3rd creation 1950-55. 4th creation 1983-97. |
Evesham | 1295 | 2nd creation 1604-1950 |
Great Marlow | 1301 | 2nd creation 1625-1885 |
Hertford | 1298 | 2nd creation by 1327-by 1377. 3rd creation 1624-1974. |
Honiton | 1301 | 2nd creation 1640-1868. 3rd creation from 1885. |
Milborne Port | 1298 | 2nd creation 1628-1832 |
Okehampton | 1301 | 2nd creation 1640-1832 |
Orford | 1298 | 2nd creation 1512-1832 |
Seaford | 1298 | 2nd creation 1641-1832 |
Stamford | 1295 | 2nd creation 1467-1918 |
Steyning | 1298 | 2nd creation by 1327-1442. 3rd creation 1467-1832. |
Torrington | 1295 | 2nd creation 1950-74 |
Wendover | 1301 | 2nd creation 1625-1832 |
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