83:. He was ordered into custody by the Commons on 8 May 1701 for presenting the petition. On his release, he lost his place on the county bench and his lieutenancy. In 1705 he was freeman of the Company of Free Fishermen of Thames and Medway. After Lord Rockingham became lord lieutenant of Kent in 1705, Polhill was reappointed a deputy lieutenant, and restored to the bench in March 1706.
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