To the worthy independent freemen of the city of Oxford. Gentlemen, having had the honour to be publickly nominated and approved of at a very full council and meeting of the freemen, as a proper person to represent you in the ensuing Parliament, I cannot help expressing my surprize at hearing a fresh nomination has been made, without my being acquainted therewith, ...
Craven, William Craven,Baron,1737 or 1738-1791.
[Oxford,
1768]
Signed and dated: William Craven. Oxford, Feb. 23rd, 1768.
William Craven, the protege of Willoughby Lord Abingdon and standing as a candidate in the Oxford parliamentary election of 1768, issuing a complaint aimed at the corporation of Oxford for putting forward other candidates.
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