Disambiguation evidence for knights of the shire via surface form

"Knights of the shire"


As subject (42)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Knights of the shire".

Predicate Object
associatedInstitution county gentry community
associatedWith county court elections
chamber lower house
contrastedWith burgesses
contrastedWith citizens of boroughs
country Kingdom of England
differFrom peers of the realm
differFrom spiritual lords
documentedIn parliamentary rolls
documentedIn parliamentary writs
earliestFormation 13th century
electorate county freeholders
governingMonarchs House of Plantagenet
surface form: Plantagenet dynasty
governingMonarchs House of Stuart
surface form: Stuart dynasty
governingMonarchs Tudor dynasty
hasPart county representatives
historicalFunction participate in lawmaking
historicalFunction participate in taxation decisions
historicalFunction represent rural interests
instanceOf member of Parliament
instanceOf parliamentary constituency representative
jurisdiction English counties
languageOfTerm English
legalStatus statutory officeholders
legislativeBody House of Commons of England
numberPerCounty usually two
originatesFrom English feudal system
partOf Parliament of England
politicalRole local interests mediation at national level
politicalSphere English constitutional history
representedAreaType county
representedAreaType shire
role represent counties in Parliament
selectionMethod election
socialClass gentry
status commoners
supersededBy modern Members of Parliament for county constituencies
timePeriod Middle Ages
timePeriod early modern period
titleIndicates knightly or gentle status
typicalBackground local landowning gentry
votingQualification 40-shilling freehold