* the //third estate// of [[wiki>burgh commissioners]] (representatives chosen by the [[wiki>royal burghs]])
A //[[wiki>Shire Commissioner]]// was the closest equivalent of the [[wiki>Eng... iki>Member of Parliament]]//, namely a [[wiki>commoner]] or member of the lower nobility. Because the p... of England|James VI]] ascended to the English throne. It was believed that the universities were affec
rties of that Kingdom, which accordingly we have done.
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