Norfolk: King's Lynn
Voting Registers - Poll 1768

King's Lynn elected 2 people to represent the Borough in Parliament from at least 1298 until 1885 after which only one person was elected. Before the secret ballot of 1872 Poll Books were published for many contested elections indicating how the voters (only Freemen of the Borough until 1832) voted. See King's Lynn Voting page for all known.

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1747 - Original hand written poll clerks books Nos 2, 3 & 4 only.
Names, occupation and residence.
1747 - Original hand written full copy of poll.
Detail is as above but with differences in spelling, trades etc.
1768 - Names, occupation and residence - This document.
1768 - Original hand written poll clerks books.
Detail is as above but with differences in spelling and trades.
1784 - Names, occupation and residence
1822 - Names, occupation and residence
1822 - Original hand written poll clerks books (including some non-voters).
Detail is as above plus Christian names & Street addresses.

R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

FOR THE

Town of LYNN REGIS, elected in 1761.

The Hon. HORATIO WALPOLE, Uncle to the Earl of

Orford

Sir JOHN TURNER, Bart. Alderman of Lynn

Candidates for the ensuing Parliament, in 1768.

CRISP MOLINEUX, Esq. of Garboldisham in Norfolk,

and High Sheriff of the County in 1767,

who declared Himself

at the Mayor's Feast,

Septr. 29, 1766.

The Hon. THOMAS WALPOLE, Brother to

Lord Walpole of Woolterton,

who declared Himself,

March 18, 1767,

In the Room of Mr. HORATIO WALPOLE,

who declined to offer

His Services any longer, on Account of his ill

State of Health, and other his Reasons

assigned, in a Letter to

WILLIAM LANGLEY, Esq. MAYOR,

bearing Date, March 13, 1767.

The last contested Election for this Town,

was in the Year 1747,

when upon casting up the Poll, June 29, the Numbers

were as follows:


Mr. HORATIO WALPOLE	199
Sir JOHN TURNER	184
Mr. FOLKES	131

N. B. Sir JOHN TURNER was principally opposed in this Contest, but being supported by the WALPOLE Family, carried his Election.

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A LIST OF THE

F R E E M E N,

OF THE BOROUGH OF

KING'S LYNN, in NORFOLK.

Who Poll'd on Monday, March 21, 1768.

The CANDIDATES were
The Hon. Thomas Walpole, Esq.
Sir John Turner, Bart.
Crisp Molineux, Esq.

[Name, Occupation]	[Residence]	T.	W.	M.
A

ADlington [sic], John, Carpenter	Lynn
Alcock, John, Stone-Mason	---
ALDERSON, THOMAS, Merchant	---
Alderson, Jos. Merchant	---
Aldred, Samuel, Cooper	King's-mills?
Allen, Francis, Butcher	Lynn
Allen, John, ---	---
Allen, Maxey, Brewer	---
Allen, Thomas, Cust. H. Officer	---
Allen, William, Hatter	Norwich
Allen, William, Woollen-Draper	Bury
Anderson, Robert, Stone-Mason	Lynn
Ashley, Robert, Butcher	---
Athley, Thomas, Cust. P. Officer	---
Audley, Thomas, Merchant	---
Avis, Thomas, Mason	---

B

Bacon, Edward, Esq.	Earlham
Badger, William, Cooper	Lynn
Bagge, Charles, D.(octor). D(ivinity)	---
Bagge, John, Brewer	---
BAGGE, THOMAS, Merchant	---
BAGGE, WILLIAM, ---	---
Bailey, Charles, ---	---
Bailey, John, ---	---
Bannister, Charles, Cust. H. Officer	---
Barcock, John, Porter	London
Barlow, Benjamin, Collar-maker	Lynn
Barret, Edward, Sail-maker	London
Beals, John, Joiner	Lynn
Beats, George, Mason	---
Bell, William, Cooper	---
Berney, Thomas, Gent.	---
Bird, Joshua, Draper	St. Ives
Bloom, William, Navy Lieutenant	Lynn
Boardman, James, Mason	---
Boardman, Roger, ---	London
Bodham, Jos. ---	Lynn
BODHAM, ROBERT, Currier	---
Bond, Thomas, Mason	Ringstead
Brethett, Jos. Cust. H. Officer	Lynn
Broadway, Crispin, Cordwainer	---
BROWNE, DANIEL, Merchant	---
Browne, Samuel, ---	---
Browne, Samuel, Sail-Maker	[blank]
BROWNE, SCARLET, Town Clerk	---
Browne, Thomas, Butcher	London
Browne, William, Knight, M.D.	---
Bryant, Benjamin, Cust. H. Officer	Wolferton
Balmer, Thomas, Grocer	London
Bunting, Robert, Butcher	Pickenham
Burch, Thomas, Sail-Maker	Lynn
Burke, John, Porter	---
BUTTERWORTH, ROBERT, Barber	---

C

Carlton, Francis, Grocer	Lynn
Carter, Richard, Sadler	---
Carter, Thomas, Tanner	---

CARY, BRIGGS, Clerk	Lynn
CARY, JOHN, Esq.	---
CARY, JOHN, jun. Merchant	---
CASE, PHILLIP, Esq.	---
CASE, THOMAS, Attorney	---
Chadwick, John, Upholder (*)	---
Clarke, William, Merchant	---
Claxton, John, Pilot	---
Claxton, Thomas, ---	---
Claxton, William, Linen-Draper	---
Clements, William, Grocer	London
Collet, Edward, Plumber	Snettisham
Cony, Robert, Esq.	Runcton
Cook, George, Butcher	Lynn
Cook, Robert, Baker	---
Cooper, M. Gray, Sadler	---
Copeland, Robert, Butcher	Freestone
Cordell, Robert, Cooper	St. Ives
Cornwell, Jeremiah, Cordwainer	Lynn
Cowell, Edward, Carpenter	---
Cowell, James, Baker	---
Cowell, Robert, Merchant	Upwell
Cox, William, ---	Lynn
Creemer, Edmund, Grocer	---
Crisp, John, Cordwainer	---
Crisp, Robert, Butcher	Wareham (Wereham)
Crow, Henry, Sail-Maker	Lynn
Cruso, Robinson, Upholder (*)	---
Cummins, Peter, Cooper	---

D

Darney, John, Baker	---
Daville, John, Clerk	Wiggenhall
Day, Thomas, Merchant	Lynn
Dean, John, Cooper	Bury
De Grey, Thomas, Esq.	Merton
Dix, Robert, Sadler	Swaffham
Dix, William, Baker	---
Dexter, Daniel, Shipwright	Lynn
Dexter, John, C. H. Officer	---
Dexter, Samuel, ---	---
Dillingham, Burgess, Butcher	---
Dillingham, William, ---	---

Dillingham, Wm. jun. Stone-Mason	Lond.
Dunham, John, Cook	---

E

Earish, John, Baker	Lynn
Edge, Edmund, Meter	---
Edwards, Bartholomew, Esq.	Swaffham
Edwards, Nicholas, Gent.	Lynn
Elsden, Edmund, Merchant	---
Elstobb, William, Surveyor	Boston
Elstobb, William, Merchant	Lynn
EVERARD, EDWARD, Esq.	---
EVERARD, EDWARD, jun. Merchant	---
EVERARD, WILLIAM, Clerk	---

F

Fairchild, John, Collar-Maker	Stoke
Farthing, John, Joiner	Lynn
Farthing, Robert, Mariner	---
Farthing, Robert, Grocer	London
Farthing, Samuel, Brewer	Lynn
FELLOWS, WILLIAM, Gent.	Mile-End
Folkes, William, Esq.	Hillington
Foreman, Peter, Cordwainer	Norwich
Forster, Isaac, Sail-Maker	Lynn
FYSH, JAMES, Merchant	---
FYSH, TIMOTHY, Gent.	Ringstead

G

Garrett, Silvan, Carpenter	London
Gillings, Thomas, Barber	Lynn
Glew, Richard, Mariner	---
Goodwin, Henry, Gent.	London
Goodwin, Richard, Grocer	Lynn
Goodwin, Robert, Clerk	Wells
Gore, Money, Shipwright	Lynn
Goskar, Thomas, Plumber	---
Greenacre, Edward, Taylor	---
Grimitt, John, Pilot	---
Grimstone, Edmund, Butcher	---

Grundy, William, Grocer	London
Gurling, George, C. H. Officer	Lynn

H

Hamilton, Gavin, Merchant	---
Hamilton, James, ---	---
Hamilton, Robert, M. D.	---
Hammond, Horace, D. D.	Harpley
Hammond, Richard, Esq.	Westacre
Hammond, Thomas, Surgeon	Bristol
Hanslip, John, Grocer	Lakenheath
Handwell, James, Plumber	Lynn
Harris, John, C. H. Officer	---
Harris, John, Baker	Enfield
HART, JOHN, Merchant	---
Haycock, Nathaniel, Blacksmith	---
Haycock, Robert, Blacksmith	---
Hendry, Thomas, Brewer	---
Henley, John, Gent.	London
Herbert, Dennis, Merchant	Bigleswade (Biggleswade)
Hill, John, Meter	Lynn
Hogge, George, Merchant	---
Holditch, Adam, Meter	---
Hopkins, Richard, Hatter	---
Horncastle, James, Baker	---
Hubbard, Thomas, Mariner	---
Hudson, William, ---	---
Hunt, Robert, C. H. Officer	---

J

Jee, Edward, Carpenter	Norwich
Jempson, John, Carpenter	Lynn
Jenkins, Griffith, Mariner	---
Jenkins, John, Sail-maker	London
Jervis, William, Barber	---

K

King, George, Innholder	---
King, Henry, Merchant	Lynn
King, John, Baker	Gaywood

King, Thomas, Mason	Lynn
Kirby, Francis, Cordwainer	---
Kirk, John, Stone-mason	---

L

Langman, William, Sadler	Fakenham
LANGLEY, WILLIAM, Merchant	Lynn
Law, William, Barber	---
Lawrence, Richard, Mason	---
Lawrence, Richard, jun. Mason	---
Leach, John, Plumber	Brandon
LEWIS, RALPH, Merchant	Norwich
Lock, Thomas, C. H. Officer	Lynn
Locus, Daniel, ---	Brancaster
Loder, John, Cooper	Boston
Lord, Thomas, Taylor	Lynn
Loveday, James, Meter	---
Loveday, John, Meter	---
Lunn, Timothy, Cordwainer	---
Lyther, Benjamin, Plumber	---
Lyther, James, Joiner	---
Lyther, Nicholas, Cooper	Thornham

M

Mackender, Townshend, Butcher	London
Magnis, Stephen, Sail-maker	Wells
Mann, John, C. H. Officer	Lynn
Manning, Edward, Brazier	Norwich
Mason, John, Mariner	Shields
Mason, Thomas, C. H. Officer	Lynn
Massam, Robert, Cooper	---
Massingarb, Timothy, Sadler	Wisbich (Wisbech)
Mayors, Richard, Shipwright	Lynn
Meverly, William, Cordwainer	---
MIXSON, WILLIAM, Merchant	---
Monford, John, Joiner	London
Moody, R. Baker, Merchant	Lynn
Moody, William, Plumber	Ely

N

Newman, Stephen, Grocer	London
Nichols, Matthew, Parish Clerk	Lynn
NUTHALL, BENJAMIN, Merchant	---
NUTHALL, JOHN, Gent.	Norwich

O

OFFLEY, WILLIAM, Gent.	London
Old, William, Baker	Swaffham
Oldmeadow, William, Mason	London
Outlaw, Henry, Mariner	Lynn

P

Paddeson, John, Mason	Lynn
Paine, Edward, Cordwainer	---
Panks, Matthew, Plumber	---
Partridge, Henry, Esq. Recorder	---
Partridge, John, Gent.	London
Patteson, George, Draper	Lynn
Pattrick, Edmund, Tanner	---
Pattrick, William, C. H. Officer	---
Paxton, David, ---	---
Peacock, Joseph, ---	---
Peacock, William, Taylor	---
Peek, Christopher, Grocer	---
Petchy, John, Stone Masom	---
Pett, Robert, Gent.	London
Pettet, Linsted, Ironmonger	Lynn
Peyton, Sir John, Bart.	London
Phelps, Charles, Clerk	Lynn
Plowright, William, Baker	---
Pooley, Francis, Salesman	London
Pooley, Henry, Butcher	Lynn
Pooley, George, ---	---
Porter, James, Sail-maker	---
Potts, William, Barber	---
Powel, Hugh, Milk-man	---
Pulvertoft, John, Currier	London

R

Ransom, Robert, Mason	Ingoldsthorpe (Ingoldisthorpe)
Raven, Richard, Painter	Lynn
Rayner, John, C. H. Officer	---
Reeve, Philip, Painter	---
Richardson, John, Mason	---
Richardson, James, Cooper	---
Richmond, James, C. H. Officer	---
Rix, Thomas, Baker	London
Roberson, James, Merchant	Lynn
Roberson, Walter, ---	---

RODWELL, WILLIAM, Merchant	Swaffham
ROLFE, EDMUND, Esq.	Lynn
Rudkin, John, Carpenter	---
Russel, James, Innholder	---

S

SAY, ROBERT, Clerk	Swaffham
Scales, Thomas, Baker	Oxtwell (Outwell)
Scarnall, Stephen, Barber	Lynn
Scot, Walter, Butcher	---
Scott, William, Clerk	London
Secker, James, C. H. Officer	Lynn
Sisson, John, Plumber	---
Sharp, Philip, Baker	Docking
Sharp, William, Baker	London
Shearman, William, Meter	Lynn
Skelton, Henry, C. H. Officer	Wells
Smith, Richard, Cooper	Lynn
Smith, Thomas, Baker	---
Smith, William, Taylor	---
Somersby, Thomas, Esq.	---
Somersby, Thomas, jun, Grocer	---
SOUTHWELL, JOHN, Merchant	Wisbich (Wisbech)
Stafford, Thomas, Mariner	Lynn
Steed, Thomas, Grocer	Peterborough
Stokeham, Stephen, Mason (*)	Lynn
Stort, Henry, Butcher	---
Stort, Henry, jun. Grocer	---
Stort, Thomas, Butcher	---
STRATTON, JAMES, Mariner	---
Stream, John, Baker	---
SWAINE, DANIEL, Esq.	Leverington (Cambs)
Swan, John, Baker	Lynn
Sutton, Morgan, Blacksmith	---

T

Taylor, Henry, Surgeon	---
Taylor, John, Mariner	---
TAYLOR, JOSEPH, M. D.	---
Taylor, Thomas, Barber	---
Taylor, William, Sadler	---

Tidd, William, C. H. Officer	Lynn
Tilson, Edward, Grocer	---
Tilson, Thomas, Sail-Maker	London
Turner, Charles, Esq. Mayor	Lynn
Turner, Sir John, Bart.	Warham
Tweddale, George, Carpenter	Lynn

V

Vincent, Isaac, Mason	---
Vincent, Riches, C. H. Officer	---
Underwood, Benjamin, Clerk	Basingstoke

W

Ward, William, Butcher	Lynn
Wardale, Abraham, Wheelwright	Denver
Wardale, John, Butcher	Lynn
Warnes, Samuel, Cooper	---
Watson, Henry, C. H. Officer	---
Wells, Stona, ---	---
Weskett, Robert, Merchant	London
West, James, Meter	Lynn
West, Thomas, Joiner	---
Whetham, Thomas, Sadler	St. Neots
Whetham, William, ---	St. Ives
Whittington, James, Shopkeeper	Massingham
WILSON, JOHN, Esq.	Lynn
Wilkinson, John, Mariner	---
Windlow, Adam, Butcher	Tilney
Winkfield, Charles, Meter	Lynn
Wiseman, Robert, Mason	Islington
Woodrow, John, Cooper	London
Woodcock, Robert, Brazier	Lynn
Woolaston, Matthew, Mariner	---
Worman, Roger, Mason	---
Wright, John, Baker	---
Wright, Thomas, Plumber	Burnham

Y

Youngs, Richard, Cooper	Wisbich (Wisbech)


The Numbers were for Sir John Turner,	174
Single Votes for Sir John Turner,	80


The Honourable Thomas Walpole, Esq.	200
Single Votes for Mr. Walpole,	4

[The 4 single votes were cast by :-]

1. Dr. Bagge. 2(n)d. Dr. Hammond. 3(r)d. Edmund Rolfe, Esq. 4th. Mr. Say.---
Mr. Walpole could likewise have commanded a single Vote from, 1, Richard Hammond, Esq. --- 2. Bartholomew Edwards, Esq. --- and, 3, William Old, Esq. Total 7

Crisp Molineux, Esq. 159
Single Votes offered to Mr. Molineux, but the Second given to Mr. Walpole at his Request, 100.

[End of Poll Book]

Notes

1. Some variation will be found in the names of the places when compared to their standard spelling which are given in "()".
2. John Daville was minister from 1755 to 1800 at Wiggenhall St. Mary.
3. Page numbers (as printed in the original) start at "[4]".
4. Column headings shows votes for T.=Turner, W.=Walpole or M.= Molineux
5. "Gent."= Gentleman
6. Charles Bagge D.D. was minister from 1755 to 1777 at King's Lynn St Margaret
7. "Stephen Stokeham" had votes for all 3 candidates? In the other poll book he voted for "Walpole" and "Molineux" and not "Turner".
8. The meaning of names in CAPITALS and Bold letters is not currently known?
9. The notation "---" for trades and residences normally means "Ditto" or the same as the previous one.
10. In other documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
Peake/Peek, Stokeham/Stoakham
11. The meaning of "Upholder" is "Tradesman" or more specifically could be one of Auctioneer, Broker, Undertaker or Upholsterer.

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Norfolk: King's Lynn Voting Registers - Poll 1768

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Norfolk: King's Lynn
Voting Registers - Poll 1768