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- ↑ The Dictionary of National Biography records Mansell as MP for Carmarthen borough in the 1604 Parliament and for the county only in 1614, but Cobbett's Parliamentary History names Mansell as MP for the county in 1604 and Sir Walter Rice as the borough MP
- ↑ Claypole chose for Northampton
- ↑ On petition, Rice was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Sir Nicholas Williams, was seated in his place
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