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	Resignation from the British House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead
		The Chiltern Hundreds were first used as a pretext for resignation on January 17, 1751, by John Pitt, who wanted to vacate his seat for Wareham and stand for Dorchester.
		Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of East Hundred, or Hendred, Berks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steward_of_the_Chiltern_Hundreds (912 words)

	CHILTERN HUNDREDS - LoveToKnow Article on CHILTERN HUNDREDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		They are situated on the Chiltern Hills, and the depredations of the bandits, who found shelter within their recesses, became at an early period so alarming that a special officer, known as the steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, was appointed for the protection of the inhabitants of the neighboring districts.
		The appointment of steward was first used for parliamentary purposes in 1750, the appointment being made by the chancellor of the exchequer (and at his discretion to grant or not), and the warrant bestowing on the holder all wages, fees, allowances and other privileges and pre-eminences.
		Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, Yorkshire.
	40.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHILTERN_HUNDREDS.htm (895 words)

	Chiltern Hundreds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A hundred is a traditional division of an English county, and the hilly, wooded hundreds of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire were once notorious as a hiding place for robbers.
		A Crown Steward was appointed to maintain law and order in the area, but the position's duties ceased to be required in the 16th century, and the holder ceased to gain any benefits during the 17th century.
		The Chiltern Hundreds are Stoke, Desborough and Burnham.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Chiltern_Hundreds (142 words)

	CHILTERN HUNDREDS - Encyclopedia Britannica - CHILTERN HUNDREDS - JCSM's Study Center
		Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, County Bucks.The Chiltern Hundreds formed a bailiwick of the
		officer, known as the steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, was appointed for the protection of the inhabitants of the neighbouring districts.
		Hundred, or Hendred, Berks.This stewardship was first used for parliamentary purposes in 1763, and was in more or less constant use until 184o, after which it disappeared.
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	Chiltern Hundreds : Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
		The Chiltern Hundreds is an "office under the Crown" in the United Kingdom, appointment to which disqualifies its holder from sitting as a Member of Parliament.
		A number of offices have been used for this purpose, but only the Chiltern Hundreds and the Manor of Northstead are used today.
		A Crown Steward was appointed to maintain law and order in the area, but its duties ceased to be required in the 16th century, and the holder ceased to gain any benefits during the 17th century.
	www.fastload.org /st/Steward_of_the_Chiltern_Hundreds.html (334 words)

	Chiltern Hundreds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chiltern hundreds), "No member of Parliament is by law at liberty to resign his seat, so long as he is duly qualified; on the other hand, a member who accepts an office of profit under the Crown must vacate his seat, subject to re-election.
		Apply for the Chiltern Hundreds – The Chiltern Hills, between Bedford and Hertford in England, were once notorious as a highwaymen's refuge, until Crown Stewards were appointed to patrol the area.
		Although the necessity for the patrol disappeared, the offices of the stewards remained; thus when a member of Parliament wished to vacate his seat, he could accept the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
	www.facstaff.bucknell.edu /rickard/Hypermedia/HTML/Chiltern.html (224 words)

	Resignation from the British House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham and
		When more than two MPs resign at a time, as for example happened when 15 Ulster Unionist MPs resigned on December 17 1985, the resignations are in theory not simultaneous but instead spread throughout the day, with each member holding one of the offices for a short time.
		The Manor of Northstead was first used as a pretext for resignation in 1844, by Sir George Rose, Member for Christchurch.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Resignation_from_the_British_House_of_Commons (846 words)

	Manor of Northstead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead is now used as a procedural device to allow resignation from the House of Commons.
		The writ for the electing of a replacement was moved as if Chalmers had been appointed to the Chiltern Hundreds.
		The Chiltern Hundreds in the Chiltern Hills are also used as a device for resignation.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manor_of_Northstead (161 words)

	Resignation from the British House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Chiltern Hundreds is usually used alternately with the Manor of Northstead, which makes it possible for two members toresign at exactly the same time.
		Therefore, the legal fiction was inventedthat the MP who wished to quit applied to the King for the post of "steward of the Chiltern Hundreds" or "steward of the Manor ofNorthstead", obsolescent offices of negligible duties and scant profit, but in the King's gift nonetheless.
		The Chiltern Hundreds were first used as a pretext for resignation on January17, 1751, by John Pitt, who wanted to vacate his seat for Wareham and stand forDorchester.
	www.therfcc.org /resignation-from-the-british-house-of-commons-87511.html (461 words)

	Resignation from the British House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Members of Parliament of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are forbidden from resign ing.
		Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead are "paid offices under the Crown ", appointment to which disqualifies its holder from sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP).
		Therefore, the legal fiction was invented that the MP who wished to quit applied to the King for the post of "steward of the Chiltern Hundreds" or "steward of the Manor of Northstead", obsolescent offices of negligible duties and scant profit, but in the King's gift nonetheless.
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	BUCKINGHAM - LoveToKnow Article on BUCKINGHAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Chiltern district, on the other hand, is said to have been an impassable forest infested by hordes of robbers and wild beasts.
		The eighteen hundreds of the Domesday survey have now been reduced to eight, of which the three Chiltern hundreds, Desborough, Burnham and Stoke, are unaltei-ed in extent as well as in name.
		The remainder have been formed each by the union of three of the ancient hundreds, and Aylesbury is still designated the three hundreds of Aylesbury.
	44.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BU/BUCKINGHAM.htm (2570 words)

	CHILTERN HUNDREDS - Online Information article about CHILTERN HUNDREDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		They are situated on the Chiltern Hills, and the depredations of the bandits, who found shelter within their recesses, became at an See also:
		Hundred, or Hendred, Berks.—This stewardship was first used for parliamentary purposes in 1763, and was in more or less See also:
		Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, Yorkshire.—This manor appears to have been of the same nature as that of Northstead.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CHA_CHR/CHILTERN_HUNDREDS.html (1265 words)

	BUCKINGHAM - LoveToKnow Article on BUCKINGHAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The same reason led at an early period to the appointment of a steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, and this office being continued long after the necessity for it had ceased to exist, gradually became the sinecure it is to-day.
		The shire of Buckingham originated with the division of Mercia in the reign of Edward the Elder, and was probably formed by the aggregation of pre-existing hundreds round the county town, a fact which explains the curious irregularities of the boundary line.
		Fine county seats are numerousthere may be mentioned Stowe (Buckingham), formerly the seat of the dukes of Buckinghani; Cliveden and Hedsor, two among the many beautifully situated mansions by the bank of the Thames; and Claydon Flouse in.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BU/BUCKINGHAM.htm (2570 words)

	steward - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about steward
		The Lord High Steward was a member of the House of Lords who presided over a court when a person was impeached or when a peer was tried for treason or felony.
		The steward of a lord of the manor was responsible for all financial and legal matters.
		When he came downstairs he saw the Steward standing near the pantry door-- a great, fat man, with a huge bundle of keys hanging to his girdle.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /steward (204 words)

	BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks) - Encyclopedia Britannica - BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks) - JCSM's Study ...
		The hundred of Aylesbury retains its ancient designation of the " three hundreds of Aylesbury." The municipal boroughs are Buckingham, the county town (pop.
		The district was not finally disforested until the reign of James I. At the time of the Norman invasion Buckinghamshire was probably included in the earldom of Leofwine, son of Godwin, and the support which it lent him at the battle of Hastings was punished by sweeping confiscations after the Conquest.
		The eighteen hundreds of the Domesday survey have now been reduced to eight, of which the three Chiltern hundreds, Desborough, Burnham and Stoke, are unaltered in extent as well as in name.
	www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/BRI_BUN/BUCKINGHAMSHIRE_abbreviated_Bu.html (3190 words)

	201-202 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 5. Cestius - Degas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chiltern hills [tälten hi'ls], en låg kedja af kullar i engelska grefskapet Buckingham, v.
		De täta bokskogar, som förr klädde C:s kalkberg, voro ett tillhåll för talrika röfvarband, och för att skydda den kringboende befolkningen för plundring af dem tillsattes en särskild tjänsteman, "steward of the Chiltern hundreds".
		Behofvet af en sådan har nu för länge sedan upphört, men benämningen Chiltern hundreds bäres ännu af de tre kronan tillhöriga "hundreds", Burnham, Desborough och Stoke, i Buckinghamshire, och en "steward" utnämnes af skattkammarkanslern med en lön af 20 shillings och sportler.
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	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Chiltern Hundreds (The).
		At one time the Chiltern Hills, between Bedford and Hertford, etc., were covered with beech trees which formed shelter for robbers; so a steward was appointed by the Crown to put down these marauders and protect the inhabitants of the neighbourhood from depredations.
		The necessity of such watch and ward has long since ceased, but the office remains; and, since 1750, when a Member of Parliament wishes to vacate his seat, one way of doing so is by applying for the stewardship of the three Chiltern Hundreds.
		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.”
	www.bartleby.com /81/3489.html (277 words)

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		Although a by-election had taken place in the meantime, he was still considered to be an MP.
		He applied for the Chiltern Hundreds while still in Australia, but decided not to sign the papers.
		The delay in his extradition was caused partly because the Australians were reluctant to deport a British MP.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /john_stonehouse.html (405 words)

	Manor of Northstead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By 1600 the manor house had fallen into and was occupied only by a shepherd.
		The position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor Northstead is now used as a procedural to allow resignation from the House of Commons.
		It was first used in this in March 1844 to allow Sir George Rose Member for Christchurch to resign his in Parliament.
	www.freeglossary.com /Manor_of_Northstead (154 words)

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		Guido of Vaux has taken three hundred years to burn to ashes; for much of the time the flare of him lit up the whole vault of heaven, and good men as well as bad, saints as well as statesmen, warmed their hands at that gigantic fire.
		It was like a hundred straight lines drawn with schoolboy pencils all brought to judgment suddenly by one straight line drawn with a ruler.
		Such was their utilitarian cowardice that they would die in hundreds upon the bayonets of Austria.
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	Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, Gilbert K. - Chapter 26
		Chiltern Hundreds." The Prime Minister then replies, "I can imagine
		duties of a Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds were to put down
		but I fear I shall never really be Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
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	Chiltern Hundreds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham is an "office under the Crown" in the United Kingdom, appointment to which disqualifies its holder from sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP).
		It is used to allow MPs to effectively resign their seats, a move which is formally prohibited.
		Where more than two MPs resign at a time, as for example happened when 15 Ulster Unionist MPs resigned on December 17 1985, the resignations are in theory not simultaneous but instead spread throughout the day, with each member holding one of the offices for a short time.
	www.portaljuice.com /chiltern_hundreds.html (417 words)

	Brian Walden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was a campaigner for the liberalisation of the cannabis and gambling laws, even named by some as "the bookies' MP" when he was revealed to be receiving more from the National Association of Bookmakers than his parliamentary salary.
		On 16 June 1977, Brian Walden became Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, resigning the House of Commons to become a journalist and broadcaster.
		He has presented various television programmes such as 'Weekend World', 'The Walden Interview' and 'Walden' and was a member of the board of Central Television between 1981 and 1984.
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	Alarms and Discursions by G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith) eBook by BookRags
		Now, the thought that struck me like a thunderbolt as I sat on the Chiltern slope was that I would like to get the Prime Minister to give me the Chiltern Hundreds, and then startle and disturb him by showing the utmost interest in my work.
		For as far as I can recollect the original duties of a Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds were to put down the outlaws and brigands in that part of the world.
		Well, there are a great many outlaws and brigands in that part of the world still, and though their methods have so largely altered as to require a corresponding alteration in the tactics of the Steward, I do not see why an energetic and public-spirited Steward should not nab them yet.
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	Chiltern Hundreds - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chiltern Hundreds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chiltern Hundreds - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chiltern Hundreds.
		Here you will find more informations about Chiltern Hundreds.
		The orginal Chiltern Hundreds article can be editet
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	Crown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	October 26
		g The Chiltern Hundreds are small area in England that used to have their own local administration (a "hundred" is a collection of villages).
		The Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds has been a do-nothing job for centuries, but is carefully preserved for this reason: Nobody can resign from Parliament as such.
		Therefore, to resign from Parliament, one applies for the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, an office of profit (it pays a salary), is forthwith no longer an M.P., and then resigns the Stewardship.
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