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    The Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 13) is the act of Parliament allowing the county palatine of Cheshire in the Kingdom...
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    early-sixteenth century, Chester was not enfranchised (sent no MPs) until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 13),...
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  • in Parliament until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 13). Cheshire was represented by two knights of the shire from...
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    613 such constituencies, in place of the 591 under previous legislation.[citation needed] These were to be the only constituencies, and the Act thus abolished...
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    county palatine, Cheshire was unrepresented in Parliament until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542. From 1545, Cheshire was represented...
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    county palatine Cheshire was unrepresented in Parliament until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542. From 1545 Cheshire was represented...
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  • palatine, Cheshire was unrepresented in the House of Commons until 1545. Under the terms of the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542, the County...
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    This is a list of acts of the Parliament of England for the year 1542. For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament...
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    example with the Bishop of Durham for County Durham, and with the Earl of Chester for Cheshire. A county's magistrates sat four times a year as the quarter...
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    parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom is governed by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies...
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