The agreement whereby the Bond and Bankes families returned a Member each during this period was disturbed only by the accidents of family history. Thus on Nathaniel Bond’s retirement in 1807, as there was no member of the family desirous of his seat, it went to a neighbouring country gentleman, Peter William Baker. On the latter’s death in 1815, as there was still no Bond available, the Bankes family were given custody of the seat for one of themselves until John Bond junior came of age in 1823. This accommodation was facilitated by the good relations and absence of marked political disagreement between the two families.
in inhabitant householders paying scot and lot
Number of voters: about 50