Berwick (Parliament of Scotland constituency) should not be confused with North Berwick (Parliament of Scotland constituency).
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |
Parl Name: | Parliament of Scotland |
Abolished: | 1482 |
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Berwick-upon-Tweed was a constituency of the Parliament of Scotland.
Berwick-upon-Tweed was created a royal burgh between 1119 and 1124,[1] and was intermittently represented in Parliament.[2] The burgh is known to have been represented in the meetings of 20 November 1469, 6 May 1471, 6–7 May 1478, 1 March 1479 and 2 April 1481, but the only burgh commissioner whose name is recorded is Archibald Manderston,[1] who attended on 11 April[3] and 13 April 1481.[4]
No commissioner for Berwick-upon-Tweed is listed in the sederunt of 19 March 1482.[5] The burgh was lost to the English later that year, and sent no further representatives to the Scottish parliament.[1] By 1512 the town had been enfranchised and was sending members to the Parliament of England.[2]