#TodayILearned that this is a pun

The Freeholder of @EHOldSarum got to decide who the MP was

….but the surname ‘Franklin’ is also derived from an old word for ‘Freeholder’

Matt Penny ⭐⭐ @salisbury_matt

#OnThisDay in 1774 Benjamin Franklin signed a letter to a paper:

Your humble Servant, A FREEHOLDER OF OLD SARUM.