Norfolk: Voting Registers
Poll for Diss Hundred 1768

A copy of the poll for the knights of the shire for the county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, March 23, 1768 for Diss Hundred. [Printed by W.Chase]

Name Index

The poll book contains the following names and the numbers in brackets refer to the page numbers on which they occur.
People who voted at the wrong booth have their original page number in Column 7. They have been included in their correct Parish and the index reflects this "correct" placing.

Adams (45)
Algar (40)
Balderston (44)
Barker (41)
Barry (40)
Bartram (45)
Basham (41)
Beacon (40)
Bendish (41)
Betts (44)
Bleckley (41)
Blomefield (43)
Bokenham (41)
Bolton (44)
Bound (40)
Brabyn (46)
Bradstreet (43)
Bray (41)
Brightwell (41)
Brown (41,43)
Burges (46)
Buxton (42,46)
Carry (42)
Carter (43)
Catchpole (45)
Chappelow (42)
Chenery (42)
Codd (44)
Constable (41)
Cooper (40,45,46)
Cricknell (42)
Darby (42)
Davy (44)

Denny (40)
Dobson (45)
Dodd (41,45)
Drane (44)
Eaton (40,42,44,45)
Elliot (44,45)
Ellis (42)
Fincham (42)
Fisher (40,44)
Foster (46)
Foulsher (42)
Francis (41)
Fulcher (42,44,45)
Gardner (46)
Gibbs (44)
Gilbert (44)
Gilman (45)
Goat (44)
Goddard (44)
Goodsin (46)
Grere (42)
Grice (40)
(see also Le Grice)
Gudgeon (42)
Hart (46)
Harvey (42)
Hewes (42)
Hewett (42)
Hogg (41)
Holmes (46)
Horn (45)
Howes (41)
Howlett (45)

Howman (44)
Jefferies (41)
Law (40)
Layman (42)
Le_Grice (45)
Leatherdale (44)
Leech (42)
Leheup (42)
Leman (41)
Licence (40)
Lillistone (45)
Lingwood (42)
Lock (44)
Long (46)
Lovick (40)
Manning (42)
Martin (40)
Masters (46)
Meadows (42)
Middleditch (41)
Mobbs (41)
Moore (42)
Moyse (44)
Murrell (45)
Nasmith (42)
Newson (42,44)
Norris (46)
Parker (42)
Pilgrim (46)
Pooley (42)
Prentice (41,44)
Press (42)
Rant (41)

Reed (42)
Repton (41)
Robinson (40)
Routh (46)
Runacres (42)
Rust (42)
Sands (43)
Scott (43)
Seaman (43,44)
Searank (44)
Shulver (43)
Simpson (43)
Slap (43)
Smith (43,44,46)
Spurdens (45,46)
Steadman (45)
Steggall (43)
Stimpson (41)
Strutt (43)
Taylor (40,43)
Tilney (40)
Towell (43)
Turner (41,43)
Wake (41,45)
Walton (43,45)
Ward (43)
Watson (41)
Wilson (41,45)
Wiseman (43)
Wisson (45)
Womack (44)
Wragg (43)
Wright (46)

Diss Hundred

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

Bressingham (Brissingham)
Burston
Dickleburgh
- [see also Langmere]
Diss
Fersfield

Frenze
Gissing
Roydon [near Diss]
Scole
Shelfanger
Shimpling

Thelveton [or Thelton]
Thorpe Parva
Tivetshall St. Margaret
Tivetshall St. Mary
Winfarthing

Freeholders Names and where the Freeholds lie.	Residence.	Wo de	de Gr	As tl	Co ke	Not es
[Page 40]
BRISSINGHAM
Algar John	Brissingham (Bressingham)
Bound Edward	Bergh Apton
Fisher Edward	Brissingham (Bressingham)
Fulcher Richard	Brissingham (Bressingham)
Law Thomas	Brissingham (Bressingham)
Law Edmund	Pulham
Licence William	Brissingham (Bressingham)
Lovick Robert	North Lopham
Martin Robert	Brissingham (Bressingham)
Robinson Thomas	Bury St Edmund's, Suffolk
Taylor Edward	Braconash (Bracon Ash)
Tilney Francis	Stradbroke, Suffolk
[Totals]		4	4	8	8

BURSTON
Beacon William	Burston
Barry Lamb, Esq;	Syleham, Suffolk
Cooper Isaac, Cl.	Eye, Suffolk
Denny Thomas	Eye, Suffolk
Eaton Robert	Burston
Grice John	Diss

[Page 41]
Hogg Robert	Diss
Leman Robert	Wickham Market, Suffolk
Prentice Thomas	Bungay, Suffolk
Stimpson John	Burston
Watson Yull	Kenninghall
[Totals]		8	8	3	3

DICKLEBURGH
Bendish Robert, Cl.	Dickleburgh
Bleckley William	Dickleburgh
Constable John	Dickleburgh
Dodd William	Norwich Thorpe
Francis John	Shimpling
Francis James	Shimpling
Howes Timothy	Pulham
Jefferies John, jun.	Bridgeham (Bridgham)
Middleditch Joseph	Glemsford, Suffolk
Mobbs Benjamin	Dickleburgh
Rant Humphry, Esq;	Dickleburgh
Repton John	Norwich
Turner George	Pulham Virgin					[ was 38-B]
Wake Henry	Gosbeck, Suffolk
Wilson Nicholas	Hoxne, Suffolk
[Totals]		11	11	1	3

DISS
Barker James, Cl.	Redgrave, Suffolk
Basham William	Diss
Bray James	Diss
Brightwell William	Northwold
Brown John	Diss
Bokenham William	Norwich

[Page 42]
Buxton Robert	Watton
Carry John	Diss
Chappelow Edward, Cl.	Diss
Chenery Robert	Diss
Cricknell Robert	Diss
Darby John	Diss
Eaton George	Diss
Ellis Thomas	Diss
Fincham Benjamin	Diss
Foulsher Robert	Diss
Fulcher Thomas	Diss
Grere Thomas	Diss
Gudgeon Robert	Diss
Harvey George	Diss
Hewett Richard, Esq;	Great Baddow, Essex
Hewes Thomas, sen.	Diss
Layman Robert	Diss
Leech Thomas	Diss
Leheup Michael, Esq;	Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Lingwood George	Diss
Manning Thomas, Esq;	Bungay, Suffolk
Meadows Philip	Diss
Moore Edward	Royden (Roydon)
Moore James	Diss
Nasmith Thomas	Norwich
Newson John	Diss
Pooley John	Diss
Press William	Hoxne, Suffolk
Parker Benjamin	Diss
Rust Thomas	Wortham, Suffolk
Runacres James	Diss
Reed Thomas	Diss

[Page 43]
Sands Thomas	Diss
Seaman Samuel	Diss
Scott Nathaniel, Cl.	Diss
Slap Thomas	Botesdale, Suffolk
Simpson James	Diss
Scott Robert	Royden (Roydon)
Steggall Charles	Diss
Simpson Charles	Diss
Shulver John	Witheringset, Suffolk (Wetheringsett)
Strutt Alexander	Diss
Smith Francis	Blo Norton
Taylor John	Diss
Turner Jonathan, jun.	Diss
Towell Robert	Diss
Walton Samuel	Dickleburgh
Ward Andrew	Diss
Wragg John	Diss
Wiseman Benjamin	Diss
Wiseman Edward	Diss
[Totals]		27	27	31	27

FERSFIELD
Blomefield John	Aylsham
Bradstreet William	Brisingham (Bressingham)
Carter Samuel, Cl.	Fersfield
[Totals]		2	2	1	1

FRENZE
Brown Charles, Cl.	Tacolneston
[Totals]		1	1

[Page 44]
GISSING
Bolton Francis	Gissing
Codd George	Gissing
Gilbert John	Gissing
Howman Edward, Cl.	Gissing
Lock Henry	Botesdale, Suffolk
Seaman Robert	Norwich
Prentice Robert	Walsham, Suffolk
Womack Thomas	Old Buckenham
[Totals]		4	2	6	4

ROYDON
Balderston Robert	Roydon
Elliot William	Roydon
Fisher Richard	Diss
Fulcher Richard	Roydon
Goddard John	Shelfanger
Moyse Samuel	Harleston
Newson Robert	Roydon
Searank Thomas	Newmarket, Suffolk
Smith John	Diss
[Totals]		4	3	6	5

SCOLE
Betts Edmund, Esq;	Oakly, Suffolk (Oakley)
Davy Lancelot	Southwold, Suffolk
Drane William	Scole
Eaton John	Diss
Gibbs Robert	Scole
Goat Edward, Esq;	Brent Ely, Suffolk
Leatherdale John	Scole

[Page 45]
Spurdens Robert	Shelfanger
Steadman Edmund	Scole
[Totals]		6	6	3	3

SHELFANGER
Catchpole James	Shelfanger
Catchpole James	Shelfanger
Dodd Charles	Shelfanger
Eaton George	Shelfanger
Elliot William	Shelfanger
Fulcher William	New Buckenham					[ was 69-A]
Gilman James	Shelfanger
Horn Robert	Shelfanger
Lillistone William	Shelfanger
Murrell John	Shelfanger
Wilson Robert	Shelfanger
[Totals]		3	3	7	7

SHIMPLING
Adams Charles	Shimpling
Bartram James	Shimpling
Cooper William	Norwich
Howlett John	Pulham Virgin					[ was 38-B]
Wake William	Shimpling
Walton Samuel, jun.	Dickleburgh
Wisson Stephen, Cl.	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
[Totals]		5	4	2	1

THELVETON
Dobson Berry, Cl.	Orford, Suffolk
Le_Grice John	Thelveton
[Totals]		1	1	1	1

[Page 46]
TIVETSHAEL St. Mary, and TIVETSHALL St. MARGARET
Brabyn Henry	Gissing
Burges John	Wymondham
Cooper Daniel	Fressingfield, Suffolk
Foster Daniel	Norwich
Gardner John	Earsham
Goodsin William	Norwich
Holmes Robert	Tivetshall
Long John	Tivetshall
Masters Robert, Cl.	Landbeach, Cambridgeshire
Norris James	Norwich
Routh George, Cl.	Norwich
Smith William	Tivetshall St. Mary
Spurdens Sampson	Diss
[Totals]		9	7	5	5

WINFARTHING
Buxton John	Winfarthing
Hart Samuel	Winfarthing
Pilgrim Thomas	Winfarthing
Wright Jonas	Winfarthing
[Totals]		2	3	2	1

Candidates

Wode = Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart.
de Gr = Thomas De Grey Esq.
Astl = Sir Edward Astley, Bart.
Coke = Wenman Coke Esq.

Notes

1. 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.
2. "(-)" indicates who was voted for but this is included in count for original page.

Places with no voters

The following place :-
THORPE PARVA
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 Stow Bardolph with no entries but with the following :-

Francis Rising is under Hockering because of his freehold there but lives in Stow Bardolph.
William Barton a Clerk (Clergyman) is under Wiggenhall because of his freehold there but lives in Stow Bardolph.

Diss Hundred is followed in Poll book by Guiltcross Hundred.

See also the main Voting page and the main 1768 Poll Book page.