Norfolk Residents and Places of Abode

A copy of the poll for the Knights of the Shire for the county of Cambridgeshire, taken on Thursday Sept. 14th 1780.

Candidates :- Lord Robert Manners [M], Hon. Philip Yorke [Y] (Whig party), Sir Sampson Gideon, Bt. [G]

Printed by Francis Hodson, Cambridge, 1780

The following extract is part of the "PREFACE".

The following lists require very little explanation. The hundreds are arranged alphabetically, as are the towns in the respective hundreds.

Each original Page consists of five Columns.

• The first column contains the names of the freeholders, and the places where their freeholds are situated.
• The second column give the places of abode of the non-resident freeholders, with the nature of the freeholds, "H" being put for house, "L" for land, and "H L" for house and land.
• 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 Cambridgeshire have been transcribed out of the 2635 voters.

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

Cambridgeshire Election, 1780.

[End of Poll Book]

Notes

• 1. Emneth, Outwell (partly in CAM) and Upwell (partly in CAM) have been transcribed in full except for freeholders resident in Cambridgeshire.
• 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. The following list may help identify where some of the places are located :-
  • 1. Downham, Norf. is Downham Market but note there is also a Downham in Cambridgeshire.
  • 2. Weston is Weston Longville.
  • 3. Apart from Swaffham in Norfolk there is also "Swaffham Bulbeck" and "Swaffham Prior" in Cambridgeshire.
• 4. Philip Yorke had the title "Viscount Royston" before he became 3rd Earl of Hardwicke in 1790.

See also the main Voting page.

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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
May 2012

Poll 1768: W. Chase

A copy of the poll for the knights of the shire for the county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, March 23, 1768 taken before William Woodley Esq., High Sheriff

The Poll Book contains the following information :-

CANDIDATES

Printed by W. Chase 1768

The directory now contains the names of the Freeholders and where the Freeholds lie and in another column the place of Residence of the person entitled to vote.

This is followed by 4 columns headed by the names of the candidates.
Each person has up to 2 votes and a horizontal bar indicates which people they voted for (only some of which have been transcribed).

The book contains the following:-

Hundreds and Boroughs

Note that many of the Hundreds etc. finish part way down a page particularly where people voted at the wrong booths. The original page numbers for the majority are maintained but if there are 2 or more Hundreds etc. on a page then they are given suffixes "-A" for first, "-B" for second etc.

Those who voted at the wrong booth (all listed below with original page numbers) have been moved to their correct Hundred and Parish and renumbered accordingly with a cross reference showing old and new (used in index) page numbers.

The layout of the Poll Book is as follows:-

[Page 6] BOOTH No 1. &c. -- Loddon, Clavering and Henstead HUNDREDS
[Page 6 to 11-A] Loddon Hundred
[Page 11-B to 17-A] Clavering Hundred
[Page 17-B to 21-A] Henstead Hundred
[Page 21-B to 22] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 1 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 23] BOOTH No 2. &c. -- Depwade and Earsham HUNDREDS
[Page 23 to 31-A] Depwade Hundred
[Page 31-B to 38-A] Earsham Hundred
[Page 38-B to 39] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 2 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 40] BOOTH No 3. &c. -- Diss and Guiltcross HUNDREDS
[Page 40 to 46] Diss Hundred
[Page 47 to 51] Guiltcross Hundred
[Page 52] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 3 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 53] BOOTH No 4. &c. -- Borough of Thetford, Shropham and Wayland HUNDREDS
[Page 53 to 55-A] Borough of Thetford
[Page 55-B to 63-A] Shropham Hundred
[Page 63-B to 68] Wayland Hundred
[Page 69] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 4 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 70] BOOTH No 5. &c. -- Lynn Borough, Freebridge Lynn and Freebridge Marshland HUNDREDS
[Page 70 to 77-A] Lynn Borough
[Page 77-B to 85-A] Freebridge Lynn Hundred
[Page 85-B to 89-A] Freebridge Marshland Hundred
[Page 89-B] -- Freeholders who voted at Booth 5 but uncertain in what Hundreds their Freeholds lie.

[Page 90] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 5 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 91] BOOTH No 6. &c. -- Borough of Yarmouth, East and West Flegg HUNDREDS
[Page 91 to 106-A] Borough of Yarmouth
[Page 106-B to 108] East Flegg Hundred
[Page 109 to 111] West Flegg Hundred

[Page 112] BOOTH No 7. &c. -- South Greenhoe and Grimshoe HUNDREDS
[Page 112 to 116] South Greenhoe Hundred
[Page 117 to 122-A] Grimshoe Hundred
[Page 122-B] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 7 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 123] BOOTH No 8. &c. -- Forehoe and Humbleyard HUNDREDS
[Page 123 to 132-A] Forehoe Hundred
[Page 132-B to 134] Humbleyard Hundred
[Page 135] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 8 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 136] BOOTH No 9. &c. -- Tunstead and Happing HUNDREDS
[Page 136 to 143-A] Tunstead Hundred
[Page 143-B to 148-A] Happing Hundred
[Page 148-B] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 9 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 149] BOOTH No 10. &c. -- Blofield, Taverham and Walsham HUNDREDS
[Page 149 to 154-A] Blofield Hundred
[Page 154-B to 158-A] Taverham Hundred
[Page 158-B to 163-A] Walsham Hundred
[Page 163-B] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 10 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 164] BOOTH No 11. &c. -- North Erpingham and South Erpingham HUNDREDS
[Page 164 to 171] North Erpingham Hundred
[Page 172 to 181-A] South Erpingham Hundred
[Page 181-B] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 11 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 182] BOOTH No 12. &c. -- Holt and Eynsford HUNDREDS
[Page 182 to 191-A] Holt Hundred
[Page 191-B to 201-A] Eynsford Hundred
[Page 201-B] FREEHOLDER that voted at BOOTH No 12 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 202] BOOTH No 13. &c. -- Brothercross, North Greenhoe and Smithdon HUNDREDS
[Page 202 to 205-A] Brothercross Hundred
[Page 205-B to 212] North Greenhoe Hundred
[Page 213 to 217-A] Smithdon Hundred
[Page 217-B to 218] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 13 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 219] BOOTH No 14. &c. -- Clackcloss[sic] (Clackclose) and Launditch HUNDREDS
[Page 219 to 230-A] Clackcloss Hundred
[Page 230-B to 240-A] Launditch Hundred
[Page 240-B] FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 14 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Page 241] BOOTH No 15. &c. -- Gallow and Mitford HUNDREDS
[Page 241 to 246-A] Gallow Hundred
[Page 246-B to 255-A] Mitford Hundred
[Page 255-B to 256] - FREEHOLDERS that voted at BOOTH No 15 whose freeholds lie in other Hundreds.

[Pages i to xxxv] - Index of names with page numbers.

[Page xxxvi] (no number on page)

E R R A T A.

[Page 7] For Cocking William read Cocking Charles.
[Page 48], Robinson William, Cl. read for Wodehouse and De Grey.
[Page 48] Rush William read for Astley and Coke.
[Page 51] Coleby Edward read for Wodehouse and De Grey.
[Page 100] Manby John read for Astley and Coke.
[Page 100] May John read for Wodehouse and De Grey.
[Page 100] Morley Hildebrand read for De Grey and Astley.
[Page 100] Master Jacob read for Wodehouse and De Grey.
[Page 128] Bunn Peter read for Wodehouse and Coke.
[Page 197] For Le Grice, Cl. read Le Grice Robert, Cl.
[Page 228] Crosley John read for De Grey and Astley.
[Page 253] At the end of Shipdham Town, 2 for Coke left out.
[Page 253] At the end of Tuddenham East should be 9 for Coke.
[Page 255] For Wathing read Watling.

[Pages xxxvii to xxxviii]

Alphabetical List of Hundreds and votes cast for each CANDIDATE.

[End of Poll Book]

Notes

• 1. Some variation will be found in the names of the places in the book.
• 2. Docking Hundred parishes are included under Smithdon.
• 3. "Norwich City and County of the City" are not in the book as it was a County election.
• 4. People who voted at the wrong booths are also included in transcriptions of their correct Hundreds and have been placed in their correct Parishes (and indexed as such).
• 5. This entry only appears here as STERNINGHOE does not appear in any gazetteer? Note Crouse has this as "Stanhoe, Smithdon Hundred"
• 6. This is assumed to be Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen as "MAUDLIN" is assumed to be the place name.
• 7. As no place was given for this entry it has not been added to the Freebridge Marshland page.
• 8. Eastgate, Southgate and Woodrow are Hamlets of Cawston.
• 9. Sir Edward Astley, Bart. and Thomas De Grey Esq. were elected.

Searching this Poll Book

Use the Genuki-NFK "Contents & Search" button linked from the top of the page and then use "Search GENUKI Norfolk" box and type in the following four words (separated by spaces):-
            Poll Chase 1768 "Surname-required"

        eg.       poll chase 1768 morse

Errors and Omissions

Whilst comparing this publication to the same (but including occupiers) by J. Crouse a number of discrepancies have been found and are noted in the other transcription. Therefore it is worth checking both.

Use the Genuki-NFK "Contents & Search" button linked from the top of the page and then use "Search GENUKI Norfolk" box and type in the following four words (separated by spaces):-
            Poll Crouse 1768 "Surname-required"

        eg.       poll crouse 1768 morse

Note that missing out the words "Chase" or "Crouse" will search both.

Examples of Norfolk Poll Book entries (for Dunston) show what information is available for a typical small village.

See also the main Voting page and the county elections page.

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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
January 2010

Towns & Parishes beginning with U

A copy of the poll for the Knights of the Shire for the county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, Feb, 1714-15.

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 Freeholders under each Town; the Second, the Place of their Residence, (when different from that of their Freehold) 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.

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

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Notes

• 1. For these few entries the christian names were printed "James" or "John" ie. they started with a "J" as opposed to an "I" everywhere else.
• 2. The printed Poll Book contained many christian names starting with the letter "I" such as "Ia.", "Iames", "Iohn", "Ios." etc. These have been changed respectively to "Ja.", "James", "John", "Jos." etc.
• 3. All the Hundreds and Candidates together with their abbreviations are to be found on the main 1714 Poll Book page.
• 4. 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.
• 5. Surname spelling varied and below are some alternatives which are to be found in the other Norfolk Poll Books which may refer to the same families :- Golding/Golden, Hugo/Hugh

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

Towns and Parishes

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

See also the main Voting page and the main 1714 Poll Book page.

These pages are for personal use only. They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages. Please see the Copyright Notice.

Copyright © Mike Bristow.
May 2012

Towns & Parishes beginning with D

A copy of the poll for the Knights of the Shire for the county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, Feb, 1714-15.

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 Freeholders under each Town; the Second, the Place of their Residence, (when different from that of their Freehold) 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.

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

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Notes

• 1. The printed Poll Book contained many christian names starting with the letter "I" such as "Ia.", "Iames", "Iohn", "Ios." etc. These have been changed respectively to "Ja.", "James", "John", "Jos." etc.
• 2. The christian name "Ios." could be "Joseph", "Josiah", "Joshua" etc.?
• 3. "Ieffery", "Ieremiah", "Ionas", "Ionathan", "Ioseph" and "Ioshua" have also been changed as per Note 1.
• 4. All the Hundreds and Candidates together with their abbreviations are to be found on the main 1714 Poll Book page.
• 5. 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.
• 6. Surname spelling varied and below are some alternatives which are to be found in the other Norfolk Poll Books which may refer to the same families :- Camel/Cammell, Chamberlain/Chamberlyn, Coulson/Coulsey, Dusman/Dutcham, Felsted/Felstead, Fulcher/Foulser, Gunn/Gunns, Jeffery/Jefferys, Leyman/Layman, Lindoc/Lindoe, Lynes/Lines, Margill/Macgil, Owell/Howell, Redwyn/Redwin, Ruston/Rustan, Rutland/Rudland, Sutliff/Sutcliff, Vallis/Valtows?
• 7. Dillington (in Launditch Hundred) is a hamlet of East Dereham parish (in Mitford Hundred) and will be found under Hoe cum Dillington.

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

Towns and Parishes

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

See also the main Voting page and the main 1714 Poll Book page.

These pages are for personal use only. They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages. Please see the Copyright Notice.

Copyright © Mike Bristow.
May 2012

Towns & Parishes beginning with E

A copy of the poll for the Knights of the Shire for the county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, Feb, 1714-15.

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 Freeholders under each Town; the Second, the Place of their Residence, (when different from that of their Freehold) 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.

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

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