Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 498
Title	Opinion of Sergeant Darnell relative to the Nottingham elections; 4 Jan. 1700/1
Date	4 January 1701
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Concerns several aspects of the case relating to the Nottingham election; refers to specific days of the week on which county courts can be held; refers to possible differences in election procedures due to Nottingham's status as a 'towne county and also a burrough'; comments on the timescale in which a writ of summons must be executed; discusses whether burgesses who have no right by birth to vote are eligible to do so. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	elections, Nottingham 1701
	legal business, writs
	elections, voting rights, burgesses
	courts, county