Norfolk: Voting Registers
Poll 1768 by J.Crouse

- Owners and Occupiers -

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

{ Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart.
{ Thomas De Grey Esq.

(2680)
(2754)

and

{ Sir Edward Astley, Bart.
{ Wenman Coke Esq.

(2977)
(2610)

List of the Hundreds and Boroughs, as disposed in the
different Booths, for taking the Poll.

BOOTHS.	HUNDREDS and BOROUGHS.
No. 1	Clavering, Loddon. Henstead
2	Depwade, Earsham
3	Diss, Guiltcross
4	Shropham, Borough of Thetford, Wayland.
5	Freebridge Lynn, Borough of Lynn, Freebridge Marshland.
6	East and West Flegg, Borough of Yarmouth.
7	South Greenhoe, Grimshoe.
8	Forehoe, Humbleyard.

BOOTHS.	HUNDREDS and BOROUGHS.
9	Tunstead, Happing.
10	Blofield, Taverham, Walsham.
11	North and South Erpingham.
12	Holt, Eynsford.
13	Brothercross, North Greenhoe, Smithdon.
14	Clackclose, Launditch.
15	Gallow Mitford.

Printed by J. Crouse 1768

The Hundreds, and Towns in each Hundred, are set in alphabetical Order; and so are all the resident FREEHOLDERS under each Town.
Each Page consists of seven Columns. The first contains the Names of the resident FREEHOLDERS in each Town; the second, the Places of FREEHOLDS, and Hundreds in which such places lie when diferent from those of RESIDENCE; the third, the Names of the OCCUPIERS, where Freeholds are not in the Occupation of the Persons voting; or the Nature of the Freehold, as Rectory, Vicarage or Annuity; 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.

Note that the votes cast have not been transcribed here, but are available in the W.Chase poll book transcription.

The book contains the following:-

Hundreds and Boroughs

Norfolk

Page Nos	HUNDREDS and BOROUGHS.
1 to 4	Blofield
4 to 6	Brothercross
7 to 13	Clackclose (Clackcloss)
14 to 17	Clavering
17 to 20	Depwade
21 to 24	Diss
	Docking (see Smithdon)
24 to 28	Earsham
29 to 33	Erpingham, North
34 to 39	Erpingham, South
40 to 45	Eynsford
45 to 57 (47 to 57)	Flegg, East (Great Yarmouth)
57 to 59	Flegg, West
59 to 65	Forehoe
65 to 74 (67 to 72)	Freebridge Lynn Borough of King's Lynn
74 to 77	Freebridge Marshland
77 to 81	Gallow
81 to 86	Greenhoe, North
86 to 89	Greenhoe, South
90 to 93	Grimshoe

Page Nos	HUNDREDS and BOROUGHS.
93 to 96	Guiltcross
96 to 99	Happing
100 to 102	Henstead
102 to 108	Holt
108 to 110	Humbleyard
(67 to 72)	Borough of King's Lynn (Part of Freebridge Lynn)
110 to 116	Launditch
117 to 120	Loddon
120 to 125	Mitford
154 to 161	Norwich
125 to 131 (130 to 131)	Shropham Borough of Thetford
131 to 134	Smithdon
135 to 137	Taverham
(130 to 131)	Borough of Thetford (Part of Shropham)
137 to 142	Tunstead
143 to 145	Walsham
145 to 148	Wayland
47 to 57	Borough of Great Yarmouth (Part of East Flegg)

Non- Norfolk Counties

Non- Norfolk Counties
+ City of Norwich

Page Nos	Counties
149 to 150	Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
150	Derbyshire
150 to 151	Essex
151	Gloucestershire
151	Hampshire
151	Hertfordshire
151	Huntingdonshire
151	Kent
151	Lancashire
151 to 152	Lincolnshire

Page Nos	Counties
152 to 153	London and Westminster
153	Middlesex
153	Northamptonshire
153 to 154	Northumberland
154 to 161	Norwich
161	Oxfordshire
161 to 166	Suffolk
167	Surrey
167	Warwickshire
167	Worcestershire
167	Uncertainties

Page 167 [continues]

E R R A T A.


Page	35,	dele Austin Joseph, Denton, Ears. Tho. Norman, A. & C.
	75,	line 1, for Flewer, read Hewer.
		10, after Methwold, add Grim.
	76,	17, for Dodds John, read Dobbs John
	120,	23, for Bone Francis, A. & C. read W. & D. G.
	122,	9, for 28--44--48--22 read 29--45--47--21.
		In the Advertisement, line 7, for that, read those. (Corrected above)

[Page 168]

List of the Hundreds, with the Abbreviations Used.

[Hundreds]	[Abbrev.]	[Hundreds]	[Abbrev.]	[Hundreds]	[Abbrev.]
Blofield	Blo.	Flegg West	W. Flegg	Holt	Holt
Brothercross	Bro.	Forehoe	Fore	Humbleyard	Hum.
Clackclose	Clac.	Freebridge Lynn	Fr. L.	Launditch	Laun.
Clavering	Clav.	Freebridge Marshland	Fr. M.	Loddon	Lod.
Depwade	Dep.	Gallow	Gall.	Mitford	Mit.
Diss	Diss.	Greenhoe North	N. Gr.	Smithdon	Smith.
Earsham	Ears.	Greenhoe South	S. Gr.	Shropham	Shrop.
Erpingham North	N. Erp.	Grimshoe	Grim.	Taverham	Tav.
Erpingham South	S. Erp.	Guiltcross	Guilt.	Tunstead	Tuns.
Eynsford	Eyns.	Happing	Hap.	Walsham	Wals.
Flegg East	E. Flegg	Henstead	Hens.	Wayland	Way.

N. B. The Market Towns are Printed in Capitals, and such Places as send Members to Parliament are distinguished by this Mark *.

Pages 168-172

An Alphabetical LIST of the TOWNS in the County of NORFOLK, shewing the different Hundreds in which they lie, and the Page in which each Town is to be found.

N. B. No resident Freeholder, from any Town against which no Number is set, gave his Vote at the late Election.

[List not transcribed but included :-]

* Castle Rising = Fr. L. 66,
[* Norwich (absent see Note 4)]
* YARMOUTH (Great) = E. Flegg. 47

* LYNN KING's = Fr. L. 67,
* THETFORD = Shrop. 130,

Pages 172
List of Counties (outside Norfolk) and the pages on which they occur.
[Information already given above]

Add to the foregoing List of the Towns &c. Belaugh, Eyns. p 40.

F I N I S

[End of Poll Book]

Notes

1. Names of people in this document seem to be as heard and copied down by the clerks/publishers agents. This can be illustrated because W. Chase also published just the list of voters.
2. Some variation will be found in the names of the places in the book.
3. Docking Hundred parishes are included under Smithdon.
4. People with Freeholds in "Norwich City and County of the City" are not in the book as it was a County election. Note that many residents held Freeholds outside the City so were able to vote (see Pages 154-161).
5. Sir Edward Astley, Bart. and Thomas De Grey Esq. were elected.
6. Under the "Occupiers column" will be found the following with numbers in brackets :-
Vicarage (40), Annuity (5), Rectory (183) and Empty (3).
There are approximately 2957 occupiers names which excludes owner occupiers.

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