| Aldeburgh | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Suffolk |
| Borough | Aldeburgh |
| 1571–1832 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | East Suffolk |
Aldeburgh in Suffolk, was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessor bodies.
The town was enfranchised in 1571 [1] as a borough constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England and continued in the Parliaments of Great Britain and the United Kingdom until it was abolished in 1832 as a rotten borough. [2]
It was represented by two burgesses. The right to vote was vested in the town's freemen, although the electoral roll was controlled by the Corporation of Aldeburgh which consisted of two bailiffs (the returning officers), 12 aldermen, and 24 common councilmen. [3] Originally it had been strongly influenced by the Howard family and although the family lost some power due to their Catholicism the Arundel family were still nominating MPs in the seventeenth century. [4] It gradually fell under the control of the Tory Henry Johnson who with his brother represented it for 30 years from 1689 [5] although Whig political influence was growing and after unsuccessful challenges in 1708 and 1713 the borough was captured after the brothers' death by the Whigs at a reputed cost of £9,000. [6] By the mid-18th century it had been "stolen" from being a Government influenced seat by a City of London merchant, Thomas Fonnereau: [7] and later came under the control of his cousin Philip Champion Crespigny who sold it for £39,000 and eventually it devolved to the control of the Marquess of Hertford. [8]
It was described as "a venal little borough in Suffolk". [9]
The constituency comprised the parliamentary borough of Aldeburgh, in the county of Suffolk in Eastern England.
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1571 | Roger Woodhouse | Robert Higford [1] |
| 1572 | Francis Beaumont | Charles Seckford [1] |
| 1584 | Peter Osborne | John Foxe [1] |
| 1586 | Peter Osborne | Edmond Bell [1] |
| 1588 | Edward Coke | William Bence [1] |
| 1593 | Thomas Knyvet | William Bence [1] |
| 1597 | Francis Harvey | Francis Johnson [1] |
| 1601 | Martin Stutteville | Francis Corbet [1] |
| 1604–1611 | Sir William Woodhouse | Thomas Ryvett |
| 1614 | Sir William Woodhouse | Sir Henry Glemham |
| 1621–1622 | Sir Henry Glemham | Charles Glemham |
| 1624 | Nicholas Ryvett | John Bence |
| 1625 | Sir Thomas Glemham | Charles Glemham |
| 1626 | Sir Thomas Glemham | William Mason |
| 1628 | Sir Simon Steward | Marmaduke Rawden |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Arthur Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | John Wilson Croker | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | c. 65 | ||||
| Tory hold | |||||
| Tory hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Arthur Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | John Wilson Croker | Unopposed | |||
| Tory hold | |||||
| Tory hold | |||||
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