Knaresborough was a burgage borough, meaning that the right to vote was confined to the proprietors of certain specific properties (or "burgage tenements") in the borough; in Knaresborough there was no requirement for these proprietors to be resident, and normally the majority were not.
Knaresborough was a burgage borough, meaning that the right to vote was restricted to landowners of specific plots (or "burgage tenements") in the town; in Knaresborough, there was no need for these landowners to be local residents, and typically the majority were not.