Bridport was represented in parliament by two members from 1395 to 1867.
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Bridport was incorporated by James I.
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By the early thirteenth century the fortunes of Bridport were on the up.
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The first existing grant of a market and fairs to Bridport is dated 1593, but it appears from the Quo Warranto Rolls that Edward I.
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Dialect poet William Barnes wrote on Bridport Harbor.
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Bridport was evidently of some importance before the Conquest, when it consisted of 120 houses rated for all the king's services and paying geld for five hides.