Archivist Note | Temp Charles II - original catalogue date of 17th cent changed to c1660s by Mark Smith on 20/2/2017 as a result of a comment through the record office blog. The petition is mentioned in “The Unreformed House of Commons” by Edward Pottle – volume 1, page 6. His reference is to the Historical Manuscripts Commission, 9th Report, Appendix, Part II page 398. Pottle states (page 16) that the last borough to be enfranchised before 1832 was Newark. Newark was enfranchised in 1661, so this may have inspired the miners of Wirksworth. |