Suffolk: Voting Registers - 1790 Poll

Norfolk Residents and Places of Abode

A copy of the poll for the Knights of the Shire for the county of Suffolk, taken at Ipswich, Tue/Wed June 29/30th, 1790

Candidates :- Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, Bt. [B], Sir John Rous, Bt. [R], Sir Gerard William Vanneck, Bt. [V]

Printed by Robert Loder & G. Jermyn, Ipswich, 1790

The following extract is part of the "PREFACE".

"The greatest care has been taken to render such a complex publication as correct as possible; but should any material errors occur, they may be fairly be supposed to arise from the unavoidable mistakes of the Clerks at the Booths, who in their haste, in some instances, have returned two persons of the same christian and sirname [sic], without any other distinction. A few names also of Towns, being so nearly alike in their Orthography, occasioned a difficulty of nicely discriminating between each other; such happen but rarely: -typographical errors, of lesser moment, it is hoped will be overlooked.

The Editor embraces this opportunity of returning his grateful Thanks to his Friends and the Public, and solicits a continuance of their Favors.
G. Jermyn.
Ipswich, Sept. 29, 1790."

The Towns are set in an alphabetical Order.

Each original Page consists of five Columns.

• The first contains the "Names and Place of Residence"
• The second has the "Place of Freehold"
• Third, fourth and fifth columns are the letters of the 3 candidates with a horizontal line to indicate who people voted for.

Note that only people who appear to live in Norfolk or places which are partly in both Norfolk and Suffolk have been transcribed out of the 4849 voters.

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

S U F F O L K       P O L L,

J U N E   29 and 30,   1790

[End of Poll Book]

Notes

• 1. Written in ink against this entry "Hanged for the Murder of Briggs by inticing a Boy named Harper to Shoot him!".
• 2. Gorleston has been transcribed in full even it did not become part of Norfolk until much later.
• 3. 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.
• 4. Mendham is partly in Norfolk so has been transcribed in full.
• 5. The following list may help to identify non-standard place name spelling:- Attleburgh/Attleborough, Bridgeham/Bridgham, Brissingham/Bressingham, Godderstone/Gooderstone, Great Rudham/East Rudham?, Harlestone/Redenhall with Harleston, Hemlington/Hemblington, Heveringland/Haveringland, Reddenhall/Redenhall with Harleston, Roundham/Roudham, Whetacre/"Wheatacre All Saints" or "Wheatacre Burgh alias Burgh St. Peter".

See also the main Voting page.

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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
February 2011