[201:2] Ibid., Art. 5.
[202:1] 8 Hen. VI., c. 7.
[203:1] In Scotland the value of the land, if not of "old extent," had to be £400 a year. In Ireland an Act of 1829 had raised the limit of annual value to £10, to restrain the practice of manufacturing fagot voters on the eve of an election.
[203:2] In Ireland the borough franchise was multifarious as in England. In Scotland it was wholly in the hands of the councils of the royal burghs.
[203:3] 2-3 Will. IV., c. 45, § 26.
[203:4] Ibid., § 18.
[204:1] 2-3 Will. IV., c. 45, §§ 19, 20. The last provision was added during the passage of the bill, and is known from its proposer as the Chandos Clause.
[204:2] Ibid., § 33.
[204:3] Ibid., § 32; but freemen thereafter admitted could vote only if made such by birth or servitude.
[204:4] Ibid., § 33. By § 31, 40s. freeholders retained the franchise in boroughs that are counties by themselves.