Norfolk: Voting Registers

Poll for Wayland 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) Wayland Hundred. [Printed by J.Crouse]

Wayland Hundred

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

Ashill
Breckles
- (Breccles)
Carbrooke
Caston
Griston

Little Ellingham
Merton
Ovington
Rockland St Peter
Saham Toney
- (Saham Tony)

Scoulton
Stow Bedon
Thompson
Threxton
Tottington
Watton

Residence.	Place of Freehold.	Occupiers
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Ashill.
Baker John	Ashill	Jonathan Gardiner
Buscall Edmund	Ashill	Henry Garner
Gardiner Jonathan	Ashill	---
Gateley Richard	Crimplesham, Clac.	--- Webb
Oldfield Edmund	Ashill	---
Percival William	Ashill	---
Poll Edward	Carleton (Rode), Dep.	William Elden
Ripper Francis	Larling, Shrop.	Widow Napkin
Stebbing William	N(orth). Pickenham, S. Gr.	---
Tompson [Thompson] John	Ashill	---
Whaites Tho. jun. Cl.	Ashill	Rectory

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Breccles.
Foyster John	Bunwell, Dep.	Mary Royall
Taylor Philip [+Reginald] Ryley, Esq;	Breccles (Breckles)	John Foster

Carbrooke.
Amyas [Ames] Francis	Carbrooke	---
Clements Henry	Ovington	George Funnel
Dack William	Ovington	Thomas Callow
Feverall [Feverell] Thomas	Carbrooke	---
Fuller John	Carbrooke	Francis Edwards
Grief Jonathan	Caston	Jonathan Smith
Hammond Thomas	Griston	Stephen Tawell
Haycock John	Carbrooke	---
Robinson Edmund	Carbrooke	---
Stagg Nathaniel [DF=Shipdham]	Carbrooke	Stephen Stagg
Thomas George, Clerk[-]	Whinburgh, Mit.	Rectory
Watson William	Carbrooke	---Watson, &c.
Womack Henry	Carbrooke	Henry Clements

Caston.
Carter John	Caston	Edmund Pitts
Cater Richard	Caston	---
Durrant Thomas	Caston	---
Ellis John	Caston	John Howes
Fisher John [DR=Eastring]	Weeting, Grim.	Robert Grimmer
Hardy William	Caston	---
Howes John	Stow Bedon	---
Leech Philip, Clerk	Rockland St Peter	Rectory
Smith Jonathan	Caston	---
Springall Thomas	Rockland St Peter	--- Kennington
Twells John, Clerk	Caston	Rectory
Walker John	Caston	John Palmer

Ellingham Little.
Bond Thomas, Clerk	Little Ellingham	Rectory
Brunton [Plumpton?] Richard	Little Ellingham	---
Leech William	Little Ellingham	---
Norton Henry	Little Ellingham	---
Palmer Thomas	Little Ellingham	Nathaniel Hawkes

Griston.
Borret[t] John, Clerk	Griston	Vicarage
Gage William	Griston	---
Hardy Michael	Carbrooke	James Hale
Lobb William, Clerk	Moulton St Michael, Dep.	Rectory

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Machin William	Griston	---
Rice Christopher	Griston	---

Merton.
De_Grey THO[mas], Esq;	Merton	---
Gilman John	Little Ellingham	William Eagle
Houghton Henry	Stow Bedon	Thomas Garwood

Ovington.
Dunn [Donn] Edward	Ovington	---
Eldred John	Saham Toney	William Eldred
Minns John	Carbrooke	Francis Hicks
Ward Lawrence [Laurence]	Ovington	---
Ward William	Ashill	James Holmes
Wright William	Ovington	---

Rockland St Peter.
Collyer [Culyer] John	Rockland St Peter	---
Crispe Simeon	Rockland St Peter	---
Locke William	Rockland St Peter	Thomas Crispe
Nunn John	Rockland St Peter	---
Pitts John	Rockland St Peter	---
Springall Thomas	Rockland St Peter	---
Wyard Daniel	Rockland St Peter	---

Saham Tony.
Boughen Hugh	Watton	John Rayner, &c.
Clarke Edward	Saham (Toney)	Stephen Williams, &c.
Cooke William	Saham (Toney)	---
Clough William, Clerk	Scarning, Laun.	Matthew Skerret
Eldred William	Saham (Toney)	---
Francis Samuel	Shipdham, Mit.	James Mindham
Hunt Samuel	Saham (Toney)	---
Parrat [Parrot] Charles, Clerk	Saham (Toney)	Rectory
Vincent Daniel	Saham (Toney)	---
Willimot Bell [Bell Willemott]	Saham (Toney)	Thomas Curtis
Wright William	Saham (Toney)	---
Wyard [Wiar] Simon	Saham (Toney)	---

Scoulton.
Bodney John	Deopham, Fore.	John Nixon

Stow Bedon.
Eagle John	Caston	Thomas Large
Legget [Leggatt] William	Stow Bedon	---

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Potter Joseph	Thompson	Thomas George, &c.
Webster William	Caston	Joshua Hooke

Thompson.
Bale John	Thompson	---
Bale William	Thompson	---
Barker Matthew	Thompson	John Parker
Bokenham [Buckenham] William	Thompson	---
Eldred Henry	Necton, S. Gr.	George Judd
Levitt Thomas	Tottington	Edmund Buscall
Osborne Henry	Thompson	John Wright
Turner William	Great Ellingham, Shrop.	Robert Houchin

Threxton.
Knopwood Robert, Esq;	Threxton	Clement Wace
Wace Clement	Carbrooke	James Harvey

Tottington.
West Robert	Tottington	---

Watton.
Brett John	Watton	---
Buxton Robert	Diss, Diss	Carleton Sursham
Catton John	Shipdham, Mit.	John Baldwin
Crockley Edward	Little Ellingham	John Browne
Dewing William	Cawston, S. Erp.	John Back
Fletcher Henry	East Harling, Guilt.	--- Chasteney
Greene Thomas [Francis]	Watton	---
Harvey Edward	Watton	Robert Swallow
Hicks Francis [DF=Caston]	Watton	---
Hicks George	Old Buckenham, Shrop.	John Claxton
Hicks Thomas [DF=Watton]	Caston	Richard Cater
Lincolne Thomas	Watton	---
Lucas Joseph	East Harling, Guilt.	John Pooley
Machin Francis	Watton	John Robinson
Pigge Thomas, Clerk	Watton	Vicarage
Robinson John	Scarning, Laun.	Henry Johnson
Scott Peter, Clerk	Thompson	Tythes
Scott Thomas, Clerk	Watton	John Ward
Spurrel[l] John	Ovington	Edward Oldfield
Swallow Robert	Barningham, N. Erp.	--- Bayfield
Thompson [Tompson] James	Carbrooke	John Horstead
Youngs Thomas	Watton	John Rayner

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.

Wayland Hundred is followed in the Poll book by Counties - Cambridgeshire to Northumberland.

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

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