Right of election
in the freeholders and freemen
Background Information
Number of voters: about 1500
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb. 1715 | JOHN BAMPFYLDE | |
| FRANCIS DREWE | ||
| 27 Mar. 1722 | JOHN ROLLE | 887 |
| FRANCIS DREWE | 806 |
|
| Samuel Molyneux | 665 |
|
| Charles Stuart (Sturt) | 664 |
|
| 5 Sept. 1727 | FRANCIS DREWE | |
| SAMUEL MOLYNEUX | ||
| 25 May 1728 | JOHN BELFIELD vice Molyneux, deceased | |
| 7 May 1734 | JOHN KING | 746 |
| THOMAS BALLE | 703 |
|
| Upcot | 561 |
|
| John Belfield | 511 |
|
| 11 Mar. 1735 | SIR HENRY NORTHCOTE vice King, called to the Upper House | |
| 26 May 1741 | SIR HENRY NORTHCOTE | |
| HUMPHREY SYDENHAM | ||
| 20 Dec. 1743 | SIR RICHARD WARWICK BAMPFYLDE vice Northcote, deceased | |
| 1 July 1747 | HUMPHREY SYDENHAM | |
| JOHN TUCKFIELD |
Main Article
At Exeter candidates were put up by the corporation, a strongly high church body, who nominated local Tory gentlemen. Two Tories were returned unopposed in 1715, and after a contest in 1722; but in 1727 one seat had to be conceded to the Whigs, who in 1734 captured both seats. Before the next general election the corporation created 240 honorary freemen, ‘composed of the most zealous gentlemen, clergy, and attorneys of the Tory party’,1Sir Hen. Drake to Pelham, 16 Sept. 1753, Newcastle (Clumber) mss. a step which achieved its object of putting an end to all further Whig opposition.
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- 1. Sir Hen. Drake to Pelham, 16 Sept. 1753, Newcastle (Clumber) mss.