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	Chiltern Hundreds - LoveToKnow 1911
		Steward and Bailif f of the Manor of Northstead, Yorkshire
		This manor comprised copyholds, the usual courts were held, and the stewardship was an actual and active office, the duties being executed by a deputy steward.
		This manor belonged to the duchy of Cornwall, and it is difficult to understand how it came to be regarded as a crown appointment.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Chiltern_Hundreds (853 words)

	Manor of Northstead - Biocrawler
		The Manor of Northstead was once a collection of fields and farms in the parish of Scalby in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
		At present the area of the Manor is part of the Barrowcliff area of the town of Scarborough.
		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.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Manor_of_Northstead (145 words)

	Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds (idea)@Everything2.com
		Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds (or more officially, "Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty's Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham in the county of Buckingham") is one of two offices used today to effectively allow MPs to resign.
		The other is the Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
		To maintain the legal fiction of the office, the Stewards are actually paid a nominal amount of money to make them "paid officers of the Crown," and continue to hold the office until another member of Parliament wants to resign, which sometimes takes years.
	www.everything2.org /index.pl?node_id=1847578&lastnode_id=1372629 (531 words)

	CHILTERN HUNDREDS - Online Information article about CHILTERN HUNDREDS
		Each new warrant expressly revoked the grant to the last holder, the new steward retaining it in his turn until another should be appointed.
		This manor comprised copyholds, the usual courts were held, and the stewardship was an actual and active office, the duties being executed by a 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 (1313 words)

	[No title]
		Peter Benjamin Mandelson Esquire has applied to become "Steward and Bailiff of Her Majesty's Manor of Northstead in the County of York".
		This was the news with which the Commons started its proceedings yesterday, and it provoked much merriment, especially on the Labour benches, where anything old whose purpose is not immediately apparent is sure to raise a laugh.
		Two offices have been retained for this purpose, the Chiltern Hundreds and the Manor of Northstead, and the profits have become purely nominal.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/10/nmilb410.xml (548 words)

	Steward of the Manor of Northstead@Everything2.com
		Since British MP's are not allowed to resign their seat in the House of Commons, any MP wishing to do so must disqualify themselves on a technicality, such as taking an "office of profit under the Crown", for example.
		One such post is that of "Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead".
		The other is that of "Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desbrough and Burnham".
	everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=1216608 (218 words)

	telescreen.org: Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
		One way to be disqualified is to accept an "office of profit under the Crown", because of course it would create a conflict of interest for an MP to act independently and still be in the pay of the King or Queen.
		Enter the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds and the Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
		The Chancellor of the Exchequer has this day appointed the Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern.
	vidiot.typepad.com /telescreen/2007/06/steward-of-the-.html (554 words)

	Unghostly Apparition
		Sir Carne Rasch continued to serve as the representative for Mid-Essex until his resignation in November of 1908.
		He was shortly afterwards appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
		On September 27, 1914, Sir Carne Rasch died at the age of 66.
	www.resologist.net /art05.htm (1177 words)

	Steward - TIME
		By law, no member of Britain's Parliament may resign or be fired.
		A member may vacate his seat by becoming Steward or Bailiff of His Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds, may be eased out of the House by being appointed to the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
		In London last week it was announced that Major Latham had accepted the Northstead Stewardship.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,850665,00.html (286 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/British House of Commons
		The rule that precludes certain Crown officers from serving in the House of Commons is used to circumvent a resolution adopted by the House of Commons in 1623, under which Members are not permitted to resign their seats (in theory).
		Should a Member wish to resign from the House of Commons, he may request appointment to one of two ceremonial Crown offices: that of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, or that of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
		These offices are sinecures (that is, they involve no actual duties); they exist solely in order to permit the "resignation" of Members of the House of Commons.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/British_House_of_Commons (7385 words)

	Manor of Northstead
		The Manor of Northstead is an "office under the Crown" in the United Kingdom, appointment to which disqualifies its holder from sitting as a Member of Parliament.
		Therefore, the legal fiction was invented that the MP who wished to quit applied to the King for the post of "steward of the Manor of Northstead", an obsolescent office of negligible duties and scant profit, but an office in the King's gift nonetheless.
		The office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead was first used as a pretext for resignation in 1844.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/m/ma/manor_of_northstead.html (349 words)

	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 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.
	www.bartleby.com /81/3489.html (277 words)

	Chiltern Hundreds
		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", an obsolescent office of negligible duties and scant profit, but an office in the King's gift nonetheless.
		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 of robbers.
		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.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/c/ch/chiltern_hundreds.html (438 words)

	Stewards - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Stewards
		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.
		He was the sole judge in the case.
		The steward of a lord of the manor was responsible for all financial and legal matters.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Stewards (130 words)

	[No title]
		The last person who applied for the Manor of Northstead was rebel former Labour MP Dennis Canavan, Falkirk, in 2000 after he had been elected to the Scottish Parliament.
		However, it was not until 1844 that the appointment of the steward or bailiff of Northstead manor was first used by a member of the Commons to vacate his seat.
		During the 1920s the whole of the Northstead estate of 468 acres was purchased from the Crown by Scarb-orough Corporation, the forerunner of Scarborough Council.
	www.hartlepooltoday.co.uk /viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=800&ArticleID=853031 (513 words)

	Crown Holiday Apartments
		Immediately beyond that was the Manor of Northstead, although modern boundary extensions have brought it entirely within the town boundary and the area has been built upon.
		The site of what may have been the manor house is now covered by the lake in Peasholm Park, one of Scarborough's most attractive gardens.
		Northstead and Members of Parliament In theory a Member of Parliament cannot resign.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /crownhols/scarinfo.htm (3041 words)

	Ceredigion by-election, 2000 Information
		The Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Ceredigion, Cynog Dafis, was unexpectedly elected to the National Assembly for Wales in May 1999 and decided to give up his seat in the House of Commons in order to concentrate on his work in the Assembly.
		By accepting the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on January 10, 2000, he formally vacated his seat.
		Plaid Cymru selected Simon Thomas, who had been their Director of Policy and responsible for writing their manifestos for the 1997 general election and 1999 Assembly election.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Ceredigion_by-election,_2000 (285 words)

	BBC News \| Beckenham by-election \| 'Sleaze' haunted Tories in Beckenham
		The office MPs apply for alternates between the Steward or Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham and the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
		He was given the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
		Neil Kinnock was the last MP to resign from the House in January 1995 when he became a European Commissioner, he applied for the Chiltern Hundreds.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1997/uk_politics/beckenham_by-election/30293.stm (334 words)

	Roehrender Hirsch: Traditionen
		* Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead
		A number of offices have been used for this purpose historically, but only the Chiltern Hundreds and the Manor of Northstead are used today.
		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.
	www.fieldcrop.com /roehrenderhirsch/archiv/000343.html (242 words)

	Manor of Northstead (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead is an "office under the Crown" in the United Kingdom, appointment to which disqualifies its holder from sitting as a Member of Parliament.
		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.fact-index.com /m/ma/manor_of_northstead.html (335 words)

	Hartlepool by-election, 2004 at AllExperts
		On July 23, 2004, the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool, in England, Peter Mandelson (Labour), was nominated as the United Kingdom's new European Commissioner.
		On September 8 he accepted the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, thereby disqualifying himself from Parliament and causing a by-election.
		The Labour Party candidate Iain Wright won the seat with a majority of 2,033.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/ha/hartlepool_by-election,_2004.htm (506 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Date set for Hartlepool election
		He has been appointed the Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
		Technically, MPs cannot resign their seats and have to disqualify themselves from being a member of the Commons by applying for an office of profit under the Crown.
		The manor of Northstead is in fact under a lake near Scarborough and the post will give Mr Mandelson no income.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3638120.stm (331 words)

	The Dalton Genealogical Society
		Extracts relating to the Dalton family from the Court Rolls and Rentals of the Manor of Norstead.
		Abstract of Court Roll of the Manor of Norstead held 6 October 1617, James Wolveridge and Bridget his wife Lord and Lady of the Manor.
		Rental made at a Court for the Manor of Norstead held on Tuesday 17 September 1717 by George Weller gent., Steward: Thomas Skeggs, gentleman, Lord of the Manor.
	members.aol.com /daltongene/dgsaug05.htm (2039 words)

	Manor of Northstead (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By 1600 the manor house had fallen into disrepair and was occupied only by a shepherd.
		At present the area of the Manor is part of the Barrowcliff area of the town of Scarborough.
		List of Stewards of the Manor of Northstead
	www.syzygytech.info /en/Manor_of_Northstead.htm (140 words)

	BlurtIt: Where are the Chiltern Hundreds?
		A hundred is a division of a county as was done traditionally.
		The Chiltern Hundreds were a part of the monarchial domain from the 13th century and were administered by a Crown Steward and a Deputy Steward whose duty it was to maintain law and order in the Hundreds.
		The offices ceased to become functional in the 17th century but were retained due to a law which prohibited the direct resignation of a member of the House of Commons.
	www.blurtit.com /q469231.html (155 words)

	Manor of Northstead: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
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	Gatorsports.com :: 100 years of Gator Football
		The rule that precludes certain Crown officers from serving in the House of Commons is used to circumvent a resolution adopted by the House of Commons in 1623, under which Members are not permitted to resign their seats (in theory).
		Should a Member wish to resign from the House of Commons, he may request appointment to one of two ceremonial Crown offices: that of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, or that of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
		These offices are sinecures (that is, they involve no actual duties); they exist solely in order to permit the "resignation" of Members of the House of Commons.
	www.gatorsports.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=wiki&text=British_House_of_Commons (7368 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		Those of Steward and Deputy Steward of the Manor of Northstead in Yorkshire are also used as a device for resignations.
		Any Member of Parliament accepting an "office of profit" under the Crown must give up his or her seat.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Chiltern_Hundreds (159 words)

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