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Lostwithiel
Borough
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Elections
Date | Candidate |
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1558/9 | THOMAS MILDMAY I 1 |
JOHN COSWORTH 2 | |
22 Dec. 1562 | THOMAS MILDMAY II |
JOHN KILLIGREW I | |
1571 | ROBERT SNAGGE 3 |
WILLIAM KENDALL 4 | |
21 Apr. 1572 | JOHN BERKELEY |
ROBERT SNAGGE | |
13 Nov. 1584 | JAMES DALTON |
JOHN SHURLEY I | |
17 Oct. 1586 | JOHN AGMONDESHAM II |
JAMES DALTON | |
11 Nov. 1588 | WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM |
8 Nov. 1588 | WILLIAM GARDINER |
1593 | SIR FRANCIS GODOLPHIN |
ROBERT BEALE | |
3 Oct. 1597 | JOHN COOKE |
SIR WILLIAM CORNWALLIS | |
28 Oct. 1601 | NICHOLAS SAUNDERS I |
RICHARD CROMWELL |
Main Article
Lostwithiel was the administrative centre of the duchy of Cornwall. Its privileges were confirmed in 1565 and a charter of incorporation granted in 1608. William Kendall (1571) was the only known Elizabethan MP who was a local man.
In 1559 and 1563 respectively the senior seat was taken by the auditor of the duchy and his son. John Cosworth (1559) was also a duchy official, and the family of John Killigrew I was related to Burghley, and had many offices in county and duchy. It is not known how the lawyer Robert Snagge came to be returned in 1571 and 1572. The only person whose return can reasonably be ascribed to the 2nd Earl of Bedford is John Berkeley, the other 1572 Member, which is surprising, considering that Bedford was lord lieutenant, warden of the stannaries, and owned the neighbouring manor of Boconnoc. During the later part of the reign the influence of the Cecils is apparent (Dalton, Fitzwilliam, Beale, Cornwallis, Cromwell). It is not known how John Shirley I (1584) came to be returned. John Agmondesham II was a puritan lawyer, a friend of James Dalton and his fellow-Member in 1586. William Gardiner (1589) was a London merchant who lent money to Ralegh, by then warden of the stannaries; Sir Francis Godolphin (1593) was a duchy official; John Cooke (1597) a relation of Godolphin, and Nicholas Saunders I (1601) a government agent connected with the Killigrews.5