burgesses in English

noun
1
a person with municipal authority or privileges, in particular.

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1. Related to Burgesses: House of Burgesses BURGESS

2. House of Burgesses synonyms, House of Burgesses pronunciation, House of Burgesses translation, English dictionary definition of House of Burgesses

3. How to say Burgesses in English? Pronunciation of Burgesses with 1 audio pronunciation, 7 translations and more for Burgesses.

4. House of Burgesses (1619) The Virginia House of Burgesses was the colonies first elected legislative body

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8. ‘This placed an onerous tax burden on townsmen (taxation had been extended beyond Burgesses to resident non-Burgesses).’ ‘In March 1340 he travelled to London on community business, to show proof to the city authorities that Lynn Burgesses were exempt from murage exactions there.’

9. The Burgesses drilled and exercised in the presence of the governor

10. Voters and Burgesses had to be at least twenty-one years of age

11. The House of Burgesses was the first legislative body in North America

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13. 19 The burgesses constituted a growing challenge to the social relations of feudalism.

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15. The Burgesses The larger group in the Commons were the 222 Burgesses, two from each town allowed to return representatives, known as a borough. Another 12 joined after 1536 when Wales was united to England.

16. Synonyms for Burgesses include citizens, burghers, denizens, inhabitants, residents, townsmen, dwellers, freemen, householders and locals

17. 9 He became a councilor and sat as a member of the House of Burgesses.

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19. Basse later served in the House of Burgesses and was appointed to the governor’s council in Mar

20. The first legislature among the English colonies in America was established in Virginia on July 30, 1619, and was known as the House of Burgesses. Historyplex discusses the purpose, facts, and the significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

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22. Only Burgesses could enjoy the privileges of trading or practising a craft in the town or could vote in elections.

23. But he was prevented by Simon Glover, who, with other burgesses of consideration, had now entered the Barrace

24. The burgesses, who had little independence under the abbey, tried to obtain self-government after the dissolution of the monasteries.

25. The House of Burgesses was a democratically elected legislative body where each county in the colony sent two representatives

26. Bio: DANIEL MCCARTY (or McCarthy) was Speaker of the House of Burgesses at the assemblies of 1715 and 1718

27. Burgesses were merchants or craftsmen who owned property in burghs and were allowed to trade in burghs free of charge

28. Virginia 's House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in North America.It was created by Governor George Yeardley (c

29. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been established in 1619, became a bicameral institution.

30. The bored wives of old men and burgesses often found happiness in the arms of some court dandy or noble fop.

31. The Burgesses of Glasgow were originally inhabitants of the town, who held land there and contributed to taxation and other burdens

32. Much of that history stems from the actions of its early Burgesses, those responsible citizens who, appointed as Freemen, were charged with

33. The House of Burgesses is an important topic in the history of Virginia and also in the political history of the US

34. All of the Bourgeois, Bushways,Bushwas,Bursways, and some Burgesses in North America are descended from Jeanne Trahan and Jaques-Jacob Bourgeois

35. (ca.1589-1665), an English minister, descended from the Burgesses of Batcombe, Somerset; and Anthony Burges or Burgess (died 1664), a Nonconformist …

36. The House of Burgesses / ˈbɜːrdʒəsɪz / was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia

37. The House of Burgesses was an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia that met from 1643 to 1776. This democratically elected legislative body …

38. Bio: EDWARD MAJOR was Speaker of the House of Burgesses at the first assembly of 1652, which imminently followed Virginia's surrender to the authority of Parlaiment

39. 705 Admission of burgesses, 706 The title to Burgherhood, 706 The “subject” in the borough charters, 708 Discussion of the charters, 708 Charters for the borough, the county and the whole land, 709 Charters and laws, 710 The burgesses as co-proprietors, 711 The community as bearer of rights, 712 Inheritance, succession and organization, 712

40. After 1311, parliament began to include, in addition to the barons, the representatives of the knights and burgesses, who in later years would constitute the "commons".

41. House-of-Burgesses definition: the lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia synonyms: house Synonym.com is the web's best resource for English synonyms, antonyms, and definitions

42. This is a list of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1619 to 1775 from the references listed at the end of the article

43. There are rogues and knaves here, friars and priests, barons and Burgesses, bakers and butchers, tailors and tanners, masons and miners, and folk of many other crafts

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46. The proceedings of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, convened in General Assembly, on Thursday the first day of June, 1775, will fully appear in their journals, printed at large

47. The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly to be set up in the Americas and was an important step in the movement toward independence from the English monarchy.

48. The House of Burgesses was empowered to enact laws and government (legislation) for the colony, but its actions were subject to veto by the governor, council, and ultimately by the directors in London

49. AN ESSAY ON THE TRIAL BY JURY LYSANDER SPOONER If any one happen to fall into my Amercement he may be reasonably fined by my bailiff and the faithful burgesses of the court.

50. The Commonalty (1) ("The middle people of England") Citizens and Burgesses* Yeomen* Professionals* Merchants Lawyers Administrators Clergy* The Commonalty (2) "The fourth sort or class" Small merchants or retailers Day-labourers*, husbandmen