
Such Nomination void.Whereas the Election of Members to serve in Parlyament ought to be Free And whereas the late Lord
Wardens of the Cinque Ports have pretended unto and claimed as of Right a Power of Nominating and
Recommending to each of the said Cinque Ports the two antient Townes and their respective Members one person
whome they ought to elect to serve as a Baron or Member of Parlyament for such respective Port antient Towne
or Member contrary to the antient Usage Right and Freedome of Elections Bee it therefore declared and enacted
by the King and Queens most excellent Majestyes by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spirituall
and Temporall and Commons in this present Parlyament assembled and by the authoritie of the same That all
such Nominations or Recommendations were and are contrary to the Laws and Constitutions of this Realme and
for the future shall be soe deemed and construed and hereby are declared to have beene and are void to all
intents and purposes whatsoever any pretence to the contrary notwithstanding.