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| | Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Chiltern Hundreds (The). (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | The Stewardships used for a similar purpose were Old Sarum (in Sussex), East Hendred (in Berks), the Manor of Poynings (in Sussex), Hempholwic (in Yorkshire), all of which have dropped out of use. |
 | | The Stewardship of the Manor of Northstead (in Yorks) survives (1894), but the Escheatorships of Munster and Ulster were abolished in 1838. |
 | | The London Gazette of August 4, 1893, announced that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed William Henry Grenfell to be steward and bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds in the room of John Morrogh, resigned. |
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