Norfolk: Voting Registers

Poll for Walsham 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 South(sic) Walsham Hundred. [Printed by J.Crouse]

Walsham Hundred

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

Acle
Beighton
Fishley (see Upton)
Halvergate
Hemblington
(Hemlington)

Moulton
Panxworth
Ranworth
Reedham
Tunstall

Upton
(Upton with Fishley)
South Walsham
Wickhampton
Woodbastwick

Residence.	Place of Freehold.	Occupiers
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Acle.
Baker George	Acle	William Boatwright
Beck [Back] Robert	Acle	---
Boatwright William	Acle	Samuel Bumby
Browne Samuel, Cl.	Acle	Rectory
Cossey Thomas	Acle	---
Crowe William	Acle	---
Daynes [Daines] Isaac	Stalham, Hap.	Nathaniel Ingle
Garwood James	Acle	Robert Norford
Hewit[t] Robert	Acle	---
Hindle William	Acle	---
Hunn Robert	Acle	---
Knights John	Acle	---
Knights John, jun.	Acle	---
Neave John	Acle	---
Riches Henry	Acle	---
Saul Edmund	Moulton	Thomas Nudd
Shingles Thomas	Acle	---
Tinby John	Acle	---
Tompson Robert	Acle	---
Tubby John	Acle	---
Wigge James	Acle	George Payne

Beighton.
Amyas [Ames] James	Lammas, S. Erp.	Thomas Bond
Ellis John	Beighton	---
Fowler Samuel	Beighton	---
Nudd Robert, [Sen.]	Beighton	Nudd Robert, Jun.
Nudd Robert, jun.	Beighton	---

Halvergate.
Beetley [Bately] Robert	Wickhampton	---
Collins William	Halvergate	---
Gillet John	Halvergate	---
Mack William	Halvergate	---

Hemlington.
Bradford John	Hemblington	---
Gaunt [Gant] Anthony	Ranworth	Elizabeth Gaunt,&c.
Heath Edward	Hemblington	---
Heath William	Hemblington	---

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Heath William, jun.	South Walsham	Enoch Littlewood
Jary Robert	Hemblington	---
Woolterton [Woolarton] John	Barton Turf	Michael Skedge

Moulton.
Beetley [Bately] John	Tunstall	Thomas Wright
Boult William	Acle	---
Browne Joseph	Moulton	---
Howard John	Limpenhoe, Blo.	James Jermyn
Howard Robert	Beighton	Samuel Howard
Howard Samuel	Wickhampton	Robert Pickstone
Nudd Thomas	Moulton	---

Ranworth, with Panxworth.
Heath Edward	Panxworth	---

Reedham.
Filpot Samuel	Strumpeshaw (Strumpshaw), Blo.	John Trett, &c.
Fuller Thomas	Carle (St. Peter), Lod.	John Riches
Groome Edward	Raveningham, Clav.	James Denney
Jary Edward	Freethorpe, Blo.	William Jary
Johnsons John	Reedham	---
Layton Charles	Freethorpe, Blo.	Henry Jex

Upton. with Fishley.
Barker John	Upton	---
Cooke William	Upton	John Mackay
Curson Daniel	Upton	---
Dawson Thomas	Upton	---
Day Thomas, [Sen.]	Upton	---
Day Thomas, jun.[-]	Upton	---
Goate Edward	Upton	---
Goate Robert	Upton	---
Jay Thomas	Upton	---
Johnsons John	Walcote (Walcott), Hap.	Benjamin Cubit
Rogers William	Upton	---
Shreeve Nicholas	Acle	William Pembroke
Smith William	Upton	---

Walsham South.
Cooper John	Panxworth	John Chilvers
Cutting William	South Walsham	William Stanford

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Ellet Thomas	South Walsham	---
Fearman Benjamin	South Walsham	Abraham Warterton
George Samuel	South Walsham	William Prior
Jary William	South Walsham	Solomon Hall
Larner John	South Walsham	Robert Jones
Mickleburgh Francis	Panxworth	James Chapman
Mitchell John	South Walsham	William Mitchell
Pratt James	South Walsham	---
Turner John	South Walsham	---
Westgate William [DF=Acle]	South Walsham	---
Wiscard William	Felthorpe, Tav.	Edmund Gibbs

Wickhampton.
Pickstone [Bixton?] Robert	Wickhampton	---

Woodbastwick.
Breese John	Blofield, Blo.	Thomas Griggs
Davey [Davy] Samuel	Woodbastwick	---
Read [Reed] Thomas [DF=Thurlton?]	Thurton, Lod	James Sherwood
Seaman John	Erpingham. S. Erp.	Robert Critoft

Places with no voters

The following place :-
Tunstall
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.

Walsham Hundred is followed in the Poll book by Wayland Hundred.

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

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