1775 Electorate of Shearsby

Date: 1775 [unknown]
Location: Shearsby, Leicestershire, England

An election for two Members of Parliament was held in January 1775. This was the first election for Shearsby’s electorate after the passing of the 1773 Enclosure Act divided all the land in the parish ^[1].

Edward Goode

John Goodman,

Robert Higgs (who owned land in Walton by Kimcote),

Ralph Hoball

William Meadows

Thomas Miles,

Thomas Paybody

John Tilley

Richard Turville,

John Ward

William Ward

John Wyat.

Sources

1. ↑ An exact copy of the poll, for the county of Leicester; … for electing a knight of the shire, to serve in Parliament, for the said county; began the 12th, and continued to the 26th of January, 1775. Candidates, William Pochin, Esq; and John Peach Hungerford, Esq.; [p.95-6] …[online] https://data.historicaltexts.jisc.ac.uk/view?pubId=eccoii-1444801200&terms=knaptoft&date=1759-1780&undated=exclude accessed 23 May 2018 [username and password required]