Norfolk: Voting Registers

Poll for Smithdon 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 Smithdon Hundred. [Printed by J.Crouse]

Smithdon Hundred

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

Barwick
Bircham Newton
Bircham Tofts
Brancaster
Choseley
(Chosely)
Docking
Fring

Great Bircham
Great Ringstead
Heacham
Holme-next-the-Sea
Hunstanton
Ingoldisthorpe
(Ingoldesthorp)

Sedgeford
Shernborne
Snettisham
Stanhoe
Thornham
Titchwell

Residence.	Place of Freehold.	Occupiers
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Barwick.
Haslewood [Hazlewood] William	North Tuddenham. Mit.	Robert Burroughs
Sinclair [St._Clair] Edmund	Letheringsett, Holt.	Henry Hagon

Bircham Great & Tofts.
Bowne [Brown] Daniel, T.	Hindringham, N. Gr.	Widow Stokes

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Carr Anth[ony], Cl.	Testerton, Gall.	Rectory
Holland Edmund	Wiggenhall P. Fr, M.	Thomas Beckwith
Miller Robert	Bircham	---

Brancaster.
Beeston Edward	Brancaster	Thomas Foster
Carter John	Brancaster	---
Clarke John	Brancaster	---
Griggs Thomas	Salthouse, Holt.	Richard Cock
Hendry Stephen	Brancaster	---
Hendry William	Brancaster	---
Liddeman Thomas	Docking	Thomas Ward
Parr William	Titchwell	Nicholas Thistle
Simpson Gregory	Wereham, Clac.	Robert Boyden

Docking.
Bacon George	Docking	---
Bird John	Docking	Matthew Bullen
Bobbet [Bobbitt] Robert	Docking	---
Christian Humphrey, Cl.	Docking	James Fish
Cooper John, [sen.]	Docking	---
Cooper John, jun.[-]	East Dereham, Mit.	Joseph Alcock
Curtis Philip	Docking	---
Dolman John	Hunstanton	Jeffery Dolman
Drew Nicholas	Docking	---
Fish James	Docking	Francis Dunn
Makemead Edmund	Docking	---
Mason Robert	Burnham Ulph, Broth.	William Mayes
Pitcher William	Docking	---
Rayner Robert	Docking	---
Rose William	Docking	---
Sharpe Phillip	Lynn, Fr. L.	Charles Crawley
Short Timothy	Docking	---
Simonds [Simmons] Nicholas	Docking	---
Smith Carlos [Careless]	Docking	---
Sparham Robert	Docking	---
Spooner Robert	Docking	---

Heacham.
Bambridge [Banbridge] Cuthbert	Heacham	---
Bradfield [Bradford] Robert	Bintry, Eyns.	Samuel Coe
Browne John	Heacham	---
Burrel[l] Edmund	Snettisham	Richard Lewis
Cropley Fairborne	Heacham	---

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Daniel William	Hunstanton	Edmund Neave
Dearns [Dearnes] Thomas	Heacham	---
England William	Heacham	---
Hill Francis	Heacham	---
Makemead William	Heacham	---
Poynter [Pointer] Benjamin	Heacham	---
Rolfe Edmund, jun, Esq;	Heacham	---
Wilton Thomas	Heacham	---
Wilton William	Heacham	---
Young Alexander	Heacham	Thomas Walker

Holme, next the Sea.
Holley John	Dereham, Mit.	Samuel Rash
Holley John, jun.	Holme	---
Renaud [Rennet] Samuel	Holme	---
Thurlow Giles	Holme	---

Hunstanton.
Beverley William	Hunstanton	---
Jarvis Samuel	Hunstanton	---
Mason William	Hunstanton	---
Norman Abraham	Hunstanton	Rice Stocking
Pickerell John	Ringstead	Robert Thurlow
Stocking Rice	Hempton, Gall.	Thomas Walker
Tilney John	Hunstanton	---

Ingoldsthorpe.
Bell Benjamin	Ingoldisthorpe	---
Hoste Theodore [Theodorus], Esq;	Ingoldisthorpe	Thomas Hoste
Ransome Robert	Ingoldisthorpe	---
Weatherhead Tho[mas]. Cl.[-]	Ingoldisthorpe	Rectory

Ringstead with Chosely.
Crisp William	Weasenham, Laun.	Francis Hall
Castleton Edward, Cl(erk). [Castleton Clark?]	Thornham	Rectory
Styleman Armine, Clerk	Ringstead	Rectory
Wilkin[s] John	Bircham Tofts	Thomas Smith

Sedgeford.
Dunham Edmund	Burnham Ulph, Broth.	John Read
Dunham Wacey [Wasey]	Bagthorpe, Gall.	Robert Haycock
Lawes [Laws] Edward	Sedgeford	---
Poynter [Pointer] Thomas	Sedgeford	---

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Roythorne [Reythorn] Thomas	Sedgeford	---

Snettisham.
Alty [Allty] Thomas	Burnham N. Broth.	Jeremiah Mitchel
Bell Christopher	Snettisham	Robert Gathercole
Cock Thomas	Snettisham	---
Curtis James [DF=Heacham]	Snettisham	William Paston
Fayres [Fairs] Thomas	Snettisham	---
Franklin[g] Richard	Snettisham	---
Gould [Gold] George	Snettisham	James Tuck
Gould [Gold] Robert	Snettisham	---
Manser Edward	Snettisham	---
Miller James	Snettisham	---
Osborne Thomas	Snettisham	---
Pescod [Peascod] Michael	Snettisham	---
Sapey [Sapy] Thomas	Snettisham	---
Styleman Nicholas, Esq;	Snettisham	Robert Scarfe
Tinkler James	Ringstead	---
Willis Christopher	Heacham	Joseph England
Woods William, [sen.]	Snettisham	---

Stanhoe.
Howard William	Stanhoe	---
Meek [Mack] William	Great Ryburgh, Gall.	Thomas Sayer
Smith William	Stanhoe	William Plumb

Thornham.
Bell Clement	Thornham	John Parsons
Collison John	Thornham	Henry Benton
Franklin Richard	Walsingham, N. Gr.	William Loyal
Hall John	Thornham	---
Large William	Docking	William Sporne
Mace Michael	Wells, N. Gr.	Laurence Rouse
Overton William	Thornham	---
Pattern [Patron] Michael	South Creake, Broth.	Francis Hubbard
Rose John	Docking	John Makemead
Woodrow John	Houghton (St. Giles), N. Gr.	Mrs. Purdy

Titchwell.
Dracott William	Thornham	Edmund Clarke
Thistle Nicholas	Titchwell	---

Places with no voters

The following place :-
Shernborne
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.

Smithdon Hundred is followed in the Poll book by Taverham Hundred.

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

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