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Meeting at Wells backs reform and parliamentary limits
A Somerset County gathering in Wells on April 11 1780 unites Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders to endorse a plan for fiscal reform and constitutional improvements. They commit to support candidates who back reduced public expenditure shorter parliaments and increased county representation, with an association to press legal measures against corruption.
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Somerset
Wells
Philip Stephens
Swan Inn, Wells
Kingdom of
Great Britain
America
France
Spain
John Coxe
Anc
Samuel Stuckey
Phillip Stephens
R. H. Coxe
Thas
Edward Phelips
Kennet
City of London
Earl of Shelborne
Mnite
Wilts
Thomas Pini
Cig
House of Cons Ners
Chts
Nedem
Kennett
Remembrancer
Cour
Earl of Sheburne
John Dunnis
Cour Agres
London
Europe
Shelburne-house
Shelburne
Wm. Saxby
Beals Crothy
John Withers
James Townsend
Josiah Dornford
John Sawbridge
G. Bodley
J. Kirkman
Wn. Hurford
N. Foster
Court of Common Council
Kingdom of Great Britain
Evrl of Chatham
Earl of Temple
Thomas Dughes the Younger
Holywell
Flint
Mercer, Drajer
Grocer