Norfolk Voting Registers - 1734 Poll

Towns & Parishes beginning with M

A copy of the poll for the Knights of the Shire for the county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, May 22, 1734 taken before William Woodley Esq., High Sheriff

The Towns are set in an alphabetical Order; and so are all the Freeholders under each Town.

Each Page consists of six Columns. The first contains the Names of the Resident Freeholders in each Town; the second, the Freeholds when different from the Place of Residency. The other four have the initial Letters of the Candidates Names set at Top, and the Black Lines drawn under them shew how every Freeholder voted.

Places

This contains the following parishes where property was held. The names in brackets "()" are alternative spellings as used in the original poll book.

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Notes

• 1. Moulton (Blof) is actually in Walsham Hundred.
• 2. In the transcription of the Poll Book the modern spelling of place names has been added in brackets "()" to many of the entries so that a search will find them.
• 3. Alby Toft is possibly Aldeby which is near Toft Monks?
• 4. All the Hundreds and Candidates together with their abbreviations are to be found on the main 1734 Poll Book page.
• 5. Metton is actually in North Erpingham Hundred.

Places with no voters

The following place :-
  Mintlyn had no one who lived there and voted because of a freehold in the same place.

Note that many people still voted based on a freehold held elsewhere. An example of this is Mattishall Burgh with no freehold entries but with the following :-

• Joseph Young is under Whitwell (in Eynsford Hundred) because he lives there but claims a vote because of a freehold in Mattishall Burgh.
• Christopher Tooley is under North Elmham (in Launditch Hundred) because he lives there but claims a vote because of a freehold in Mattishall Burgh.
• Thomas Clark is under Little Melton (Melton Parva) in Humbleyard Hundred, because he lives there but claims a vote because of a freehold in Mattishall Burgh.

The Poll book continues with Towns and Parishes beginning with the letter N.

Towns and Parishes

The book contains the following (where "A" is Acle to Aylsham etc.):-

See also the main Voting page and the main 1734 Poll Book page.

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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
January 2010