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 J.Crouse]

Diss Hundred

This contains the following parishes where voters resided. 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
Scole
(Scole alias Osmundston)
Shelfanger

Shimpling
Thelveton (or Thelton)
Thorpe Parva
Tivetshall St. Margaret
Tivetshall St. Mary
Winfarthing

Residence.	Place of Freehold.	Occupiers
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Brissingham
Algar John	Bressingham	---
Bradstreet William	Fersfield	---
Fisher Edward	Bressingham	---
Fulcher Richard	Bressingham	---
Kent John	Reymerstone, Mit.	John Blanchflower
Lawes [Law] Thomas	Bressingham	---
Licence William	Bressingham	---
Martin Robert	Bressingham	---

Burston
Bacon [Beacon] William	Burston	Robert Lawrence
Eaton Robert	Burston	---
Stimson [Stimpson] John	Burston	John Wood

Dickleburgh
Bendish Robert, Clerk	Dickleburgh	Rectory
Blakeley [Bleckley] William	Dickleburgh	---
Chittock Robert	Harleston, Ears.	James Godbold
Constable John	Dickleburgh	---
Fish [Fisk] Samuel	Landgrave (Langmere), Ears.	---
Howes Timothy [DR=Pulham]	Dickleburgh	William Gibbs
Mobbs Benjamin	Dickleburgh	Thomas Barfoot
Pearson Peter	Dickleburgh [Kenninghall]	---
Rant Humphrey [Humphry], Esq;	Dickleburgh	---
Rivett Henry	Dickleburgh [Kenninghall]	Isaac Bartram
Walton Samuel	Diss	Charles Simpson
Walton Samuel, jun.	Shimpling	Charles Adams

Diss
Basham William	Diss	---
Borton John	New Buckenham, Shrop.	---
Bray James	Diss	---
Browne John	Diss	Richard Simmons
Chappelow Edw[ard], Clerk	Diss	---
Chinnery [Chenery] Robert	Diss	---
Crucknell [Cricknell] Robert	Diss	---
Darby John	Diss	---
Eaton George	Diss	---
Eaton John	Schole (Scole)	Robert Meadows

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Ellis Thomas	Diss	Richard Tyrrell
Fincham Benjamin	Diss	---
Fisher Richard	Roydon (nr_Diss)	William Sayer
Foulger [Foulsher] Robert	Diss	---
Fulcher Thomas	Diss	Edward Watson
Greer [Grere] Thomas	Diss	---
Grice John	Burston	Daniel Wright
Gudgeon Robert	Diss	---
Harvey George	Diss	---
Hogg Robert	Burston	---
Hughes [Hewes] Thomas, [sen.]	Diss	John Bray
Kerry [Carry] John	Diss	---
Kett James	Carleton, Dep.	Edward Riches
Layman Robert	Diss	John Bray
Leech Thomas	Diss	___ Wood
Lingwood George	Diss	---
Meadows Philip	Diss	---
Moore James	Diss	Samuel Law, &c.
Newson John	Diss	Mary Haw, &c.
Parker Benjamin	Diss	---
Pooley John	Diss	---
Read [Reed] Thomas	Diss	---
Runacres James	Diss	Mary Clarke
Sands Thomas	Diss	---
Scott Nathaniel, Clerk	Diss	Robert Plummer
Seaman Samuel	Diss	---
Simpson Charles	Diss	---
Simpson James	Diss	---
Smith John	Roydon (nr_diss)	Samuel Garrard
Spurdance [Spurdens] Sampson	Tivetshall St. Mary	John Ford
Steggall Charles	Diss	---
Strutt Alexander	Diss	---
Symonds Richard	Needham, Ears.	Thomas Flint
Tawell [Towell] Robert	Diss	William Creme
Taylor John	Diss	---
Turner Jonathan, jun.	Diss	Robert Marriot
Ward Andrew	Diss	Widow Allen
Wiseman Benjamin	Diss	---
Wiseman Edward	Diss	---
Worth John	Pulham Magdalen, Ears.	Edward Constable
Wragg John	Diss	---

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Fersfield
Carter Samuel, Clerk	Fersfield	Rectory
Ellis Samuel	Wacton, Dep.	Henry Smith

Gissing
Bolton Francis	Gissing	---
Brabyn Henry	Tivetshall	Thomas Barret
Codd George	Gissing	Richard Wright
Gilbert John	Gissing	---
Howman Edward, Cl.	Gissing	Rectory

Roydon
Balderstone Robert	Roydon	---
Elliot William	Roydon	---
Fulcher Richard	Roydon	---
Moore Edward	Diss	James Howes
Newson Robert	Roydon	---
Scott Robert	Diss	Bedingfield, &c.

Scole alias Osmundston
Drane William	Scole	---
Gibbs Robert	Scole	George Norman, &c.
Leatherdale John	Scole	---
Stedman [Steadman] Edmund	Scole	---

Shelfanger
Catchpole James	Shelfanger	---
Catchpole James, jun. [-]	Shelfanger	---
Dodd Charles	Shelfanger	---
Eaton George	Shelfanger	Stephen Cobbe
Edwards John	New Buckenham, Shrop.	Thomas Kemp
Elliot William	Shelfanger	---
Gilman James	Shelfanger	Isaac Death
Goddard John	Roydon (_nr_diss)	John Francis
Horne [Horn] Robert	Shelfanger	---
Lillistone William	Shelfanger	---
Murrel [Murrell] John	Shelfanger	---
Spurdance [Spurdens] Robert	Scole	Ambrose Constable
Wilson Robert	Shelfanger	John Smith, &c.

Shimpling
Adams Charles	Shimpling	Matthew Emms
Bartram James	Shimpling	---
Ellis Robert	Carleton (Rode), Dep.	Richard Smith

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Ellis Robert, jun.	Hardwick, Dep.	John Archer
Fiske [Fisk] John	Feltwell, Grim.	Thomas Grimmer
Francis James	Dickleburgh	John Browne
Francis John	Dickleburgh	William Blakeley
Wake William	Shimpling	Peter Saul

Tivetshall St. Mary, and St. Marg(aret).
Holmes Rob[ert], St. Marg.		John Holmes
Longe [Long] John St. Marg.		Thomas Barret
Smith William, St. Mary		---
Thrower [Trower] Robert, St. Mary	Pulham Magdalen, Ears.	Jonathan Booty

Thelveton
Grice [Le_Grice] John	Thelveton	---

Winfarthing
Buxton John	Winfarthing	---
Dogget John	Alburgh, Ears.	Samuel Scales
Hart Samuel	Winfarthing	---
Jacobs John	South Lopham, Guils	Richard Alderton
Pilgrim Thomas	Winfarthing	---
Wright Jonas	Winfarthing	---

Places with no voters

The following place :-
Frenze
had no one who lived there and voted because of a freehold in the same place. Note that voters may still have lived there and voted because of a freehold held elsewhere.

Legend

1. The list of the Hundred abbreviations is on the main 1768 Poll Book (Crouse) page.
2. W. Chase also published this list of voters. This has enabled a comparison between the two. The differences are as follows:-
- Many surnames were spelt as they sounded. Crouse seems to have added an "e" to the end of many names such as "Browne"/"Longe". For many both spellings have been included.
- Some entries have the Surnames and Christian names transposed.
- There are also both incorrect Christian names and surnames.
- Some people are in one book but not the other as indicated.
- The alternatives from Chase are enclosed in square brackets - "[]" as indicated below :-
  - "[-]" means information differs from Chase.
  - "[+]" means preceding information was not in Chase.
  - "[DF="place"]" indicates a place of freehold in Chase which is different to that here.
  - "[DR="place"]" indicates a place of residence in Chase which is different to that here.
  - "[xyz]" eg. "[Cl.]" or "[Esq;]" indicates additional or different text in Chase.

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.

Diss Hundred is followed in the Poll book by Earsham Hundred.

See also the main Voting page and the main 1768 Poll Book (Crouse) page.

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