Norfolk Voting Registers - 1714 Poll

Towns & Parishes beginning with P and Q

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.

Palgrave
(see also
Sporle-with-Palgrave)
Palling
[Sea Palling]
(Pauling)
Panxworth
Paston
Pattesley
(see also
Oxwick with Pattesley)
Pensthorpe
Pentney
Pickenham, North
[North Pickenham]

Pickenham, South
[South Pickenham]
Plumstead
[Plumstead-N. Erp. Hund.]
Plumstead, Great
[Great Plumstead]
(Plumstead Magna)
Plumstead, Little
[Little Plumstead]
(Plumstead Parva)
Poringland, East
[East Poringland
or Great Poringland]
(Poringland)

Poringland, West
[West Poringland
or Little Poringland]
(Poringland)
Postwick
Potter Heigham
Pudding Norton
see Norton, Pudding
Pulham St Mary Magdalen
[or Pulham Market]
(Pulham St. Mark)
Pulham St Mary the Virgin
(Pulham St. Mary)

Quarles

Quidenham (Quiddenham)

[Page] 156

Freehold.	Resid.	H.	E.	A.	G.
Panxworth, Wals. Hund.
Bendy William	Beckles [sic] (Beccles)
Durrell Thomas
Scales William	Gillingha(m).
Smith Robert
	Sum.	3	2	1	2

Paston, Tunst. Hund.
Burrow Richard
Clayton Samuel	Trunch
Dyball John
Lee William	Munsley (Mundesley)
Moon Richard
Pearson Philip
Pratt Thomas
	Sum.			7	7

[Page] 157
Pauling, Hap. Hund.
Jermy Richard
Johnsons John
Teasdale Matthew	Swafield
	Sum.	2	2	1	1

Pentney, Freb. L. Hund.
Gamble Thomas	Yarmouth
	Sum.	1	1

Pickenham, North, S. Green Hund. Pickenham, South, S. Green Hund.
Brett Robert, N.	Brancaster
Crowe Robert	Swaffham
Roper Robert, N.
Tompson William, N.	Castleacre (Castle Acre)
Warren Thomas, Clerk
	Sum.	5	[4]		1

[Page] 158
Plumstead Magna, Blof. Hund. Plumstead Parva, Blof. Hund. Plumstead, N. Erp. Hund.
Bullock John	Yarmouth
Colman Thomas	Rollesby
Elden Edmund
Elden Edward
Green Thomas	Sprowston
Lyoll William
Mark Peter
Marker Thomas
Moss William	Postwick
Smith Thomas, P.	Wells
Vincent Jos.	Mulbarton
	Sum.	4	4	7	7

Poringland, Hens Hund.
Beverly Thomas
Helme Jos.	Seething
Mayne Robert
Reeve Christopher
Sandall Thomas, jun.	Norwich
Tofts John	Norwich
White Stephen	Norwich
Woolston John	Horsey
	Sum.	2	2	6	6

[Page] 159
Postwick, Blof. H. Hund.
Russell John, Clerk
	Sum.			1	1

Potter Heigham, Hap. Hund.
Bolt Benjamin	Yarmouth
Bussy Robert	Norwich
Postle Philip
Rogers Simon	Catfield
Rust Robert	E(ast). Ruston
	Sum.	2	1	3	4

Pulham St. Mark, Ears. Hund. Pulham St Mary, Ears. Hund.
Alden Thomas
Atner John
Baker Richard
Bird James	Norwich
Brampton Will. Mark
Buckenham William
Clark William, Mary
Cork Jos.
Frost Thomas	Forncet P. (Forncett St Peter)
Fuller John, Mary
Horne Thomas
Lucas Thomas

[Page] 160
Matchett Samuel
Mobbs Moses
Palgrave Thomas	Norwich
Pickarell John, G(en)t. Mark	Cringlefor(d).
Sayer John	Bradf. Suf. (Bradfield?)
Seaman Thomas, Mark
Starkey William, Clerk
Stannow John
Stone John
Swann John
Terry Daniel
Yell Thomas
Yell Thomas
	Sum.	19	18	4	4

	Total of P	38	34	30	35

Quiddenham, Guil. Hund.
Baldwin James, Clerk
	Sum.			1	1

	Total of Q			1	1

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. 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 :- Burrow/Burroughs, Lyoll/Loyall, Roper/Reaper

Places with no voters

The following places :-
Palgrave, Pattesley, Pensthorpe and Quarles
had no one who lived there and voted because of a freehold in the same place.

Note that there may have been voters living in these places but appearing elsewhere. An example of this is Arminghall with no entries but Nicholas Jacob, Gent. lived there but voted because of a freehold held in Needham.

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

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-

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

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