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[74] Vol. xxvi. p. 70.

[75] Sinclair’s language shows that this was the general arrangement. Of course there are exceptions. See _e.g._ Haute Huntre and other cases in Appendix.

[76] Cf. Billingsley’s _Report on Somerset_, p. 59, where the arrangements are described as ‘a _little system of patronage_. The lord of the soil, the rector, and a few of the principal commoners, monopolize and distribute the appointments.’

[77] _Parliamentary Register_, June 14, 1781.

[78] _General Report on Enclosures_, 1808.

[79] _Six Months’ Tour through the North of England_, vol. i. p. 122.

[80] See Appendix A (6).

[81] _Report on Somerset_, p. 192.

[82] _Parliamentary Register_, January 21, 1772.

[83] _Carlisle MSS._; _Historical MSS. Commission_, pp. 301 ff.

[84] Charles James Fox.

[85] The earlier name of Brooks’s Club.

[86] For the subsequent history of King’s Sedgmoor, see Appendix A (14).

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