Constituencies Abolished Between 1378 and 1441
A number of boroughs were represented in the Parliaments before 1378, but were not enfranchised by 1442. 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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Bramber | 1295 | 2nd creation 1467-1832 |
Downton | 1295 | 2nd creation 1467-1832 |
Liverpool | 1295 | 2nd creation 1545-1885 |
Steyning | By 1327 | 1st creation 1298-by 1307. 3rd creation 1467-1832. |
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