Norfolk: Voting Registers

Poll for West Flegg 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 West Flegg Hundred. [Printed by J.Crouse]

West Flegg Hundred

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

Ashby
(Ashby cum Oby)
Bastwick
Billockby
Burgh St. Margaret
(Burgh)
Clippesby

East Somerton
(Somerton East)
Hemsby
(Hemesby)
Martham
Oby
(See Ashby)

Repps
(Repps cum Bastwick)
Rollesby
Thurne
West Somerton
(Somerton West)
Winterton

Residence.	Place of Freehold.	Occupiers
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Ashby cum Oby.
Fayerman Richard, Cl. [Oby]	Ashby cum Oby	Rectory
Marston Thomas	Thirne (Thurne)	---
Postle John	Ingham, Hap.	Laz. Hellesden

Billockby
Gostling [Gosling] Samuel	Runham, E. Flegg	---
Skinner Robert	Billockby	---
Wright Berney	Whetacre (Wheatacre), Clav.	John Key

Burgh
Alexander Robert	Burgh	---
Dyball John	Burgh	---
Dyball John jun.[-]	Burgh	---
Herne [Hunn] John	Burgh	Church and Howard
Sanders [Saunders] Edward	Burgh	---
Sewell Thomas	Burgh	---
Warren Robert	Burgh	---

Clippesby.
Pollard Thomas	Martham	Philip Page
Savory William	Clippesby [DF=Martham]	John Harbord

Hemesby.
Copeman George	N. Burlingham, Blo.	John Cubit
Drake John	Hemesby	---
Harbord [Harbert] Thomas	Hemesby	---

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Lubbock Robert	Hemesby	---
Rising Timothy [Tilney]	Hemesby	---
Thornton Thomas	Hemesby	---
Wright John [DR=Somerton]	Hemesby	---

Martham.
Atwood James	Martham	---
Bear William	Martham	---
Bowman Thomas, Cl.	Martham	Vicarage
Creasey [Creasy] Thomas	Martham	Wm. Sutfield
Fairweather William	Martham	---
Garnham John	Martham	Thomas Playford
Howell Robert	Martham	---
Littleboy Robert	Martham	---
Page William	Martham	---
Proctor Philip	Rollesby	John Preston
Sutfield [Sulfield] William	Martham	---
Watson John	Martham	---
Watson Robert	Martham	---
Wright Richard	Martham	---

Repps cum Bastwick.
Abbots John	Repps	Richard Belson
Belson William	Runham, E. Flegg	---
Westgate Thomas	Burgh	---

Rollesby
Adams William, Cl.	Rollesby	Rectory
Cobb Francis	Rollesby	---
Collins Edmund	Rollesby	---
Cooke [Coke] Robert	Rollesby	---
Duck Charles	Rollesby	---
Eaton Benjamin	Rollesby	---
Forder William	Rollesby	---
Mapes Leonard, Esq;	Rollesby	Richard Mundford
Munford Richard	Rollesby	-- Watson

Somerton East.
Callow Edward [Edmund]	Walcote (Walcott), Hap.	John Barber
Dyball Humphry	East Somerton	---
Green Robert	West Somerton	John Gisleham
Grimmer Thomas	East Somerton	---

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Knights Engle [Ingle], Esq;	East Somerton [DF=Martham]	---
Woods Robert	Hemsby	Wm. Ebbs

Somerton West.
Crowe Thomas	Catfield, Hap.	Matthew Willis
Olley John	Somerton	---

Thirne
Bradford Richard	Rollesby	Charles Duck

Winterton
Bartram [Barham] James	Swafield, Tuns.	Richard Hubbard
Cole Robert	Winterton	---
Williams William, Cl.	Dilham, Tuns.	Vicarage

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.

West Flegg Hundred is followed in the Poll book by Forehoe Hundred.

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

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