Norfolk Voting Registers - Poll 1714

A copy of the poll for the Knights of the Shire for the county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, Feb 18, 1714-15

CANDIDATES

[Names]	[Abbreviation]	Votes	Elected
Sir Ralph Hare, Bar^t	H.	2840	No
Erasmus Earle, Esq;	E.	2635	No
Sir Jacob Astley, Bar^t	A.	3059	Yes
Thomas De Grey, Esq;	G.	3183	Yes

[Printed by Henry Cross-grove, 1715]

The Poll Book contains the following information :-

[iii]

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There are several Towns in the County of NORFOLK of the same Name, which lye in different Parts of the County; as Beeston in Taverham Hundred; Beeston in North-Erpingham Hundred; Beeston cum Bittering in Landitch [sic, ie. Launditch] Hundred; Beeston Saint Laurence in Tunstead Hundred; which are not distinguish'd in the Original Poll-Books: And therefore to avoid mistakes, the Freeholds of all the Beestons are put under the general Title of Beeston; and the like for other Towns of the same Name.

[iv]

But where Distinctions are made in the Original Poll-Books, they are here observ'd, by annexing the initial Letter of the Distinction to the Person's Name.

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.

Towns and Parishes

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


A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
I	K	L	M	N	O	P+Q	R
S	T	U	W	Y

Uncertainties

-County Freeholders resident in Norwich-

[Page] 274 Norfolk POLL, 1714

Summ of	Hare	Earle	Astley	Grey
A	81	65	93	112
B	299	297	361	357
C	149	134	146	167
D	162	155	162	162
E	63	52	84	91
F	109	102	109	116
G	73	71	95	94
H	310	279	225	228
I	19	17	30	31
K	36	26	16	19
L	135	129	251	255
M	123	119	100	204
N	53	49	33	37
O	41	33	32	38
P	38	34	30	55
Q	-	-	1	1
R	106	99	218	223
S	308	285	320	326
T	176	163	174	184
U	31	31	10	10
W	325	305	307	322
Y	189	177	251	259
Uncertain	14	13	11	12

TOTAL	2840	2635	3059	3183

Notes

1. Some variation will be found in the names of the places in the book. With each section a list of places with their standard spelling is given. If that in the book differs then it is given in brackets () following. The reverse in true in the transcription of the actual Poll Book so that places are found with a search.
2. Docking Hundred parishes are included under Smithdon.
3. Page numbers in the book are numbered [iii], [iv], [v], 6, 7, etc. with "Uncertainties" finishing on page 273. These are followed by the tables of statistics (page 274) listed above. The book concludes with voters residing in Norwich contained on pages 275 to 283.

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Hundreds

The following abbreviations are used for the Hundreds throughout the Poll Book. Note that some may vary slightly from those given below eg. Mitt/Mitf both indicate Mitford.

Abbreviation	Full-Name
Blof H.	Blofield
Brot H.	Brothercross
Clack. H.	Clackclose
Clav. H.	Clavering
Dep. H.	Depwade
Diss H.	Diss
Dock. H.	Docking
E. Fleg. H.	East Flegg
Ears. H.	Earsham
Eyns. H.	Eynesford
Fore. H.	Forehoe
Freb. L. H.	Freebridge Lynn
Free. M.	Freebridge Marshland

Abbreviation	Full-Name
Gall. H.	Gallow
Grim. H.	Grimshoe
Guilt. H.	Guiltcross
Hap. H.	Happing
Hens. H.	Henstead
Holt H.	Holt
Humb. H.	Humbleyard
Land. H.	Launditch
Lod. H.	Loddon
Mitf. H.	Mitford
N. Erp. H.	North Erpingham
N. Green H.	North Greenhoe

Abbreviation	Full-Name
Norwich	City of Norwich
Shrop. H.	Shropham
Smith. H.	Smithdon
S. Erp. H.	South Erpingham
S. Green. H.	South Greenhoe
Tav. H.	Taverham
Thetford	Borough of Thetford
Tuns H.	Tunstead
Wals. H.	Walsham
Wey. H.	Wayland
W. Fleg. H.	West Flegg
Yarmouth	Borough of Great Yarmouth

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