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Oxford election dispute and public notices from 1722
A fragmented 1722 document asserts a false report accused the author of meeting with Walpole and offering to oppose Oxford University electors. It also advertises inns, price lists, and several law books including The Game Law and An Institute of the Laws of England, with prices and publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
University of Oxford
Robert Walpole
Mary’s Hall
Oxor
Farringdon
Berks
London
Monmouth
Edmund Denman
George
Samuel Butler
Bernard
Holborn
Thomas Butler
King’s Head
Fleettreet
Peice
England
Wood
Barcister
Rich
Gray’s Inn-Gate
Bolborn