Forty-shilling freeholders were those who had the parliamentary franchise to vote by virtue of possessing freehold property, or lands held directly of...

must have earnings for 40 quarters (equivalent to 10 years). Forty-shilling freeholders, a nickname, given to those who qualified for a franchise, the...

that lead to chaos and ultimately corruption. Anarcho-capitalism Forty-shilling freeholders Right-libertarianism Harper, Douglas (November 2001). ""Timocracy"...

same day as the relief bill, the act disenfranchised Ireland's Forty Shilling Freeholders, by raising the property threshold for the county vote to the...

be styled knight or esquire or gentleman, and who, not being a forty-shilling freeholder was not a yeoman, was described as husbandman." It has also been...

intervals to the Parliament of England since 1265. From 1432 only forty-shilling freeholders held the parliamentary franchise. The franchise for the Parliament...

feet; or a town lot and a house twelve feet by twelve Timocracy Forty-shilling freeholders Walker, Graham. A History of the Ulster Unionist Party: Protest...

ten pounds. This eliminated the middling tenantry (the Irish "forty-shilling freeholders") who had risked much in defying their landlords on O'Connell's...

in different types of constituency; in county constituencies forty shilling freeholders (i.e. landowners) could vote, while in boroughs the franchise...

Freehold Land Society (FLS) was founded in 1849 as part of the "forty-shilling freeholders movement" which developed across England. Its aim was to enable...