Norfolk Voting Registers - Poll for Earsham 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 Earsham 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.

Aggas (33)
Aldane (36)
Aldous (35)
Andrews (34)
Astey (35)
Atmere (32)
Austin (32)
Baker (37)
Baley (35)
Barham (32)
Basey (35)
Beaumont (37)
Beckett (34)
Berry (37)
Bezant (33)
Blackburne (34)
Blowers (33)
Bokenham (34)
Booty (31-B)
Boughton (32)
Bowen (34)
Bowles (31-B)
Branch (33)
Brown (32)
Browne (34)
Bull (34)
Burcham (33)
Buxton (33,37)
Calvert (37)
Carter (31-B,34,35)
Cason (32)
Catling (31-B)
Chalker (35)
Chenery (34)
Chittock (35)
Clarke (31-B)
Clements (34)
Cole (31-B,33,34)

Colman (33)
Cook (34)
Corbyn (38-A)
Cotton (32,35)
Crickmer (35)
Crisp (38-A)
Crow (31-B)
Crowfoot (31-B)
Cunningham (31-B,35,37)
Dalbee (35)
Davis (37)
Day (32)
Dogget (31-B)
Dowling (35)
Dunn (32)
Edwards (31-B)
Evans (37)
Fish (32)
Fisk (33)
Fiske (35)
Foulger (37)
Foulser (33)
Fromow (34)
Frost (34)
Fuller (35)
Gibbs (32)
Gidney (38-A)
Gilson (33)
Goat (35)
Godbold (35)
Gooderham (35)
Goodwyn (38-A)
Gorbell (35)
Gowing (33)
Green (32,35)
Habberton (35)
Hamling (31-B)
Harmer (32)

Horn (34)
Hurrion (32)
Hurry (31-B)
Jay (37)
Jefferies (32,34)
Jex (31-B)
Johnson (35)
Kerrich (33,36)
Knights (32)
Leeds (35)
Lincoln (31-B)
Lord (38-A)
Mallison (36)
Malyn (33)
Manclarke (35)
Marshall (38-A)
Martin (37)
Martineau (36)
Matchet (36)
Matthews (31-B,38-A)
Meadows (33)
Medcalf (36)
Meen (36)
Miller (33)
Mobbs (35)
Moore (37)
Moyse (38-A)
Negus (37)
Nunn (37)
Paine (38-A)
Palgrave (34)
Pallant (36)
Philips (38-A)
Poll (36)
Potter (34)
Pretty (32)
Randall (36)
Rant (36)

Rayner (32)
Reeve (36)
Rivett (38-A)
Roberts (37,38-A)
Root (38-A)
Roper (36)
Rudderham (36)
Sallows (38-A)
Salmon (33)
Sandby (32)
Savage (32)
Scrivener (33)
Self (34,37)
Smith (34,35,36,37)
Sparke (31-B)
Spilling (33)
Stockdale (37)
Syer (36)
Symonds (33)
Taylor (32,36)
Thomson (32)
Tompson (32)
Tricker (36)
Trower (34)
Van Kamp(32)
Wales (33)
Warburton (36)
Websdale (37)
Webster (33)
Welton (31-B)
Whitaker (33)
Whiting (36,37,38-A)
Wogan (36)
Woodcock (36)
Woods (31-B)
Worth (34)
Wright (33,36,37,38-A)
Wyndham (33)

Earsham Hundred

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

Alburgh
Billingford [near Diss]
Brockdish
Denton
Earsham
Langmere
[part of Dickleburgh]

Mendham
Needham
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen
(or Pulham Market)
Pulham St. Mary the Virgin
Redenhall with Harleston

Rushall (Ruishall)
Starston
Thorpe Abbotts
(Thorp Abbotts)
Wortwell

Freeholders Names and where the Freeholds lie.	Residence.	Wo de	de Gr	As tl	Co ke	Not es
[Page 31-B]
ALBURGH.
Booty John	Alburgh
Bowles William	Alburgh
Carter William	Norwich
Catling James	Alburgh
Clarke John	Alburgh
Cunningham Robert	Hoxne, Suffolk
Crow John	Alburgh
Crowfoot William	Beccles, Suffolk
Cole William Cl.	Alburgh
Dogget John	Winfarthing
Edwards Onesimus	Alburgh
Hamling Joseph	Norwich
Hurry Stephen	Alburgh
Jex Joseph	Topcroft
Lincoln William	Alburgh
Matthews John	Norwich
Sparke Peter	Alburgh
Welton Cornelius	Alburgh
Woods Thomas	Yoxford, Suffolk
[Totals]		10	10	9	9

[Page 32]
BILLINGFORD.
Barham John	Pulham Virgin (Pulham St Mary the Virgin)
Jefferies John	Billingford
[Totals]		2		2

BROCKDISH
Atmere Samuel	Brockdish
Cotton Thomas	Brockdish
Fish Nathaniel	Brockdish
Gibbs Samuel	Brockdish
Gibbs Lawrence, Cl.	Norwich
Knights Richard	Thorpe Abbots
Pretty John	Brockdish
Rayner John	Brockdish
[Totals]		2	1	7	6

DENTON
Austin Joseph	Brampton, Suffolk
Boughton Samuel	Alburgh
Brown Robert	Chediston, Suffolk
Cason James	Denton
Cotton Richard	Weybread, Suffolk
Day James	Broome, Suffolk	(-)	(-)			[was 21-B]
Dunn Henry	Denton
Green Benjamin	Wisset
Harmer Thomas	Ashwelthorpe (Ashwellthorpe)
Hurrion John, Cl.	Southwould, Suffolk					2
Sandby George, D.D.	Denton
Savage Richard	Denton
Taylor William	Mundham	(-)		(-)		[was 21-B]
Thomson Daniel	Blyford, Suffolk (Blythford)
Tompson Stackhouse	Denton
Van Kamp John	Bungay, Suffolk
[Totals]		3	4	11	10

[Page 33]
EARSHAM
Aggas Michael	Earsham
Burcham John, Cl.	Norwich
Buxton John	Earsham
Cole Thomas	Rumburgh, Suffolk
Gowing John	Earsham
Meadows John	Earsham
Spilling John	Earsham
Wyndham William, Esq;	Earsham
[Totals]		7	7	1	1

LANGMERE
Bezant Enoch	Langmere	(-)	(-)			[was 21-B]
Branch Henry	Huntingfield, Suffolk	(-)		(-)		[was 21-B]
Fisk Samuel	Dickleburgh			(-)	(-)	[was 21-B]
Miller John	Langmere
Salmon James	Norwich
[Totals]		2	2

MENDHAM
Blowers Isaac	Beccles, Suffolk
Kerrich ---- Cl.	Chigwell, Essex
Malyn John, Cl.	Mendham
Scrivener John, Esq;	Sibton, Suffolk
Whitaker Thomas, Esq;	Mendham
Wright John	Mendham
[Totals]		3	2	4	2

NEEDHAM
Colman Philip	Ipswich, Suffolk
Foulser James	Needham
Gilson John	Norwich
Symonds Richard	Diss
Wales Carver	Walberswick, Suffolk
Webster Thomas, Cl.	Brockdish
[Totals]				6	6

[Page 34]
PULHAM ST. MARY MAGDALEN
Andrews Philip	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Blackburne John	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Bokenham William	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Bowen ---- Cl.	Pulham Virgin (Pulham St Mary the Virgin)
Chenery Thomas	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Cole William	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Fromow Peter, Esq;	Norwich
Frost Christopher	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Horn Robert	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Horn John	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Jefferies Jonathan	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Palgrave William	Harleston
Potter Thomas	Norwich
Self Robert	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Smith James	Norwich
Trower Robert	Tivetshall St. Mary
Worth John	Diss
Worth William	Norwich
[Totals]		13	13	5	5

PULHAM ST. MARY the VIRGIN
Beckett James	Tharston
Browne Thomas	Ashwelthorp (Ashwellthorpe)
Bull Daniel	Framlingham, Suffolk
Carter John	Pulham Virgin (Pulham St Mary the Virgin)
Clements Benjamin	Pulham Virgin (Pulham St Mary the Virgin)
Cole James	Ditchingham
Cook John	Ditchingham
Horn William	Pulham Virgin (Pulham St Mary the Virgin)

[Page 35]
Leeds Edward	Hemingston, Suffolk (Hemingstone)
Manclarke ---- Cl.	Yarmouth
Mobbs John	Pulham Virgin (Pulham St Mary the Virgin)
Smith Samuel	Norwich
[Totals]		8	9	4	3

REDENHALL with HARLESTON.
Aldous John	Redenhall
Astey William	Redenhall
Baley Martin, Cl.	Kelsall, Suffolk (Kelsale)
Basey Alexander	Redenhall
Carter John	Redenhall
Chalker Charles	Aldeby	(-)	(-)			[was 22-A]
Chalker Thomas	Redenhall
Chittock Robert	Dickleburgh
Cotton Richard	Redenhall
Crickmer John	Redenhall
Cunningham Samuel	Redenhall
Dalbee Edward	Mutford, Suffolk
Dowling William	Redenhall
Fiske William	Starston
Fuller Samuel	Redenhall
Goat Edward	Redenhall
Godbold James	Redenhall
Gooderham John	Redenhall
Gooderham Godfrey	Redenhall
Green John	Redenhall
Gorbell Thomas	Woodton
Habberton Stephen	Redenhall
Johnson Jonathan	Redenhall

[Page 36]
Kerrich John, Esq;	Redenhall
Mallison John	Pulham	(-)	(-)			[was 22-A]
Martineau David	Norwich
Matchet John	Gislingham, Suffolk
Medcalf Thomas	Redenhall
Meen Henry	Bungay, Suffolk
Pallant Thomas	Redenhall
Poll Robert	Redenhall
Randall Robert	Redenhall
Rant Thomas	Redenhall
Rant William	Needham
Reeve William	Redenhall
Roper John	Hoxne, Suffolk
Rudderham William	Mendham
Smith Thomas	Bungay, Suffolk
Smith George	Redenhall
Smith Ofley	Redenhall
Smith Edward, Cl.	Redenhall
Syer John	Lavenham, Suffolk
Taylor John	Redenhall
Tricker Robert	Redenhall
Warburton William, Cl.	Redenhall
Whiting Charles	Redenhall
Wogan John, Esq;	Redenhall
Woodcock John	Redenhall
Wright Samuel	Pulham Magdalen (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen)
Wright James	Redenhall
[Totals]		19	16	30	27

RUISHALL
Aldane John	Hoxne, Suffolk

[Page 37]

Berry Abel Sparrow	Redenhall
Cunningham John	Ruishall (Rushall)
Foulger Samuel	Ruishall (Rushall)
Negus Daniel	Eye, Suffolk
Self John	Ruishall (Rushall)
Smith Robert	Pulham Virgin (Pulham St Mary the Virgin)
Stockdale ---- Cl.	Redenhall
Websdale Charles	Mendham
Wright John	Redenhall
[Totals]		5	5	5	5

STARSTON
Baker Richard	Needham
Davis George, Cl.	Starston
Evans Richard	Sileham, Suffolk (Syleham)
Jay Robert	Starston
Martin John, Esq;	London
Moore Buxton	Starston
Nunn Robert	London
Roberts James	Starston
Smith Matchet	Redenhall
Whiting John	Starston
[Totals]		4	4	6	6

THORP ABBOTTS
Calvert Turner, Esq;	Brundish, Suffolk
[Totals]		1	1

WORTWELL
Beaumont Samuel	Mendham
Buxton Benjamin	Mendham

[Page 38-A]
Corbyn Jonathan	Wortwell
Crisp John	Frostenden, Suffolk
Gidney James	Mendham
Goodwyn Robert	Yoxford, Suffolk
Lord John	Redenhall
Marshall William	Wortwell
Matthews William	Needham
Moyse John	Wortwell
Paine Henry	Wortwell
Philips Joseph	Brighlandsea, Essex					1
Rivett John	Yarmouth
Roberts James	Wortwell
Root Robert	Wortwell
Sallows William	Wortwell
Sallows John	Wortwell
Whiting James	Homersfield, Suffolk
Wright John	Wortwell
[Totals]		8	5	14	11

Candidates

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

Notes

1. Brighlandsea is Brightlingsea, Essex
2. Southwould is Southwold, Suffolk
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. "(-)" indicates who was voted for but this is included in count for original page.

Earsham Hundred is followed in Poll book by Diss Hundred.

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