Norfolk: King's Lynn
Voting Registers - Poll 1768

(Original Poll Clerks Book)

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.

This transcription is from the original poll clerks book of freemen who voted on Monday, March 21, 1768. This is one item from a Norfolk Record Office document found in the King's Lynn archives.

There were changes indicated by (*) or (*="actual difference") between this and the printed poll book of the same year. Some are minor while others are errors either in this or in the printed word.

Transcriptions available

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
1768 - Original hand written poll clerks book. Names, occupation and residence - This document.
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.

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

Name	Additions	Place of Abode
1
Thomas De Grey	Esq^r	Merton
Walter Robertson (*=Roberson)	[Blank] (*=Merchant)	Lynn
Ja^s Robertson (*=Roberson)	[Blank] (*=Merchant)	Lynn
John Hanslip	Grocer	Lakenheath
Charles Phelps	Clk (Clerk)	Lynn
Maxey Allen	Brewer	D^o
George Patteson	Esq (*=Draper)	D^o
Ben(jamin) Underwood	Clk (Clerk)	[Blank] (*=Basingstoke)
William Scott	Clk (Clerk)	London
John Crisp	Cordwainer	Lynn

2
John Claxton	Pilott	Lynn
William Offley	Merch^t (*=Gent.)	London
Benjamin Lyther Jun^r(*)	Plumber	Lynn
William Potts	Perukemaker (*=Barber)	D^o
W^m (*=Peter?) Foreman	Cordwainer	Norwich
Robert Hunt	Perukemaker (*=C. H. Officer)	Lynn
Edmund Patrick (*=Pattrick)	Tanner	D^o
John King	Baker	D^o (*=Gaywood)
Roger Worman	Bricklayer (*=Mason)	D^o
William Moody	Plumber	Ely

3
Robert Hamilton	M. D.	Lynn
Thomas Goscar (*=Goskar) Jun^r	Plumber	D^o
Matthew Pank(s)	Plumber	D^o
Sam^l Aldred	Cooper	London (*=King's-mills?)
Tho^s Gillings	Perukemaker (*=Barber)	Lynn
James Lyther	Joiner	D^o
William Ward	Butcher	D^o
Robert Dix	Sadler	Swaffham
W^m Dillingham	Butcher	Lynn
Joshua Bird	Draper	St. Ives

4
Dennis Herbert	Merch^t	Bigleswade (Biggleswade)
Edward Everard Jun^r	Esq. (*=Merchant)	Lynn
Charles Wingfield (*=Winkfield)	Perukemaker (*=Meter)	D^o
Benjamin Barlow	Collar-maker	D^o
Francis Carleton (*)	Grocer	D^o
Edmund Grimstone	Butcher	D^o
Francis Allen	D^o	D^o
Henry King	Merch^t	D^o
Matthew Wollaston (*=Woolaston)	Marr^r	D^o
Thomas Mason	Butcher (*=C. H. Officer)	D^o

5
John Mason	Mariner	Newcastle (*=Shields)
Richard Carter	Sadler	Lynn
Thomas Carter	Tanner	D^o
John Barcock	Marr^r (*=Porter)	London
George Gurling	Cab^tmaker (*=C. H. Officer)	Lynn
Charles Bannister	Marr^r (*=Cust. H. Officer)	D^o
William Whetham	Sadler	St. Ives
William Elstobb	Merchant	Lynn
Riches Vincent	Carpenter (*=C. H. Officer)	D^o
Robert Cordell	Cooper	St. Ives

6
Thomas Whetham	Sadler	St. Neots
Stephen Newman	Grocer	London
Robert Cony	Esq.	North Runcton (*)
Xtopher Peek	Grocer	Lynn
John Daville	Clk (Clerk)	St Mary's (*Wiggenhall)
Thomas Stafford	Mariner	Lynn
William Smith	Taylor	D^o
Timothy Fysh	Gent.	Ringstead
Thomas Rix	Baker	London
John Allen	Butcher	Lynn

7
Lynstead (*=Linsted) Pettet	Gent. (*=Ironmonger)	Lynn
Lynstead (*=James) Richardson	Cooper	D^o
William Clarke	Merchant	D^o
John Bagge	Brewer	D^o
James Whittington	Shopkeeper	Massingham
John Grimitt	Pilot	Lynn
Robert Cook	Baker	D^o
William Plowright	D^o	D^o
John Kirk	Freestone-mason (*)	D^o
John Jempson	Carpenter	D^o

8
Daniel Browne	Merchant	Lynn
Richard Hopkins	Hatter	D^o
William Peacock	Taylor	D^o
Thomas Taylor	Perukemaker (*=Barber)	D^o
Richard Young	Cooper	Wisbeach (Wisbech)
William Bell	Cooper	Lynn
Francis Kirby	Cordwainer	D^o
Thomas Bond	Mason	Ringstead
Edmund Edge	Baker (*=Meter)	Lynn
Sir John Peyton	Bart.	London

9
Thomas Hubbard	Mariner	Lynn
Thomas Browne	Butcher	London
Edward Cowell	Carpenter	Lynn
Robert Ashley	Butcher	D^o
W^m Dillingham Jun^r	Stone-Mason	Lond.
Richard Raven	Painter	Lynn
Stona Wells	Perukemaker	D^o
Henry Watson	Baker (*=C. H. Officer)	D^o
James Porter	Sail-maker	D^o
Thomas Berney	Gent.	Lynn

10
John Harris	Baker	Enfield
John Darney	D^o	D^o
George Beets (*=Beats)	Mason	D^o
Crispin Broadway	Cordwainer	D^o
Hugh Powell	Milk-man	D^o
Joseph Peacock	Cordwainer	D^o
John Stream	Baker	D^o
James Cowell	Baker	D^o
Isaac Vincent	Mason	D^o
Jeremiah Cornwell	Cordwainer	Lynn

11
Edward Greenacre	Taylor	Lynn
Edward Barret	Sail-maker	London
Samuel Warnes	Cooper	Lynn
John Henley	Gent.	London
Samuel Browne	Sail-Maker	Lynn
Timothy Massingarb	Sadler	London (*=Wisbich)
Edward Paine	Cordwainer	Lynn
Henry Pooley	Butcher	Lynn
George Pooley	D^o	D^o
Griffith Jenkins	Mariner	D^o

12
William Meverly	Cordwainer	Lynn
John Rudkyn (*=Rudkin)	Carpenter	D^o
George King	Victualler (*=Innholder)	London
Thomas Tilson	Sail-Maker	D^o
William Oldmeadow	Mason	D^o
John Woodrow	Cooper	D^o
Edmund Elsden	Merchant	Lynn
Thomas Allen	Cordwainer (*=Cust. H. Officer)	D^o
Robert Farthing	Grocer	London
James Richmond	Perukemaker (*=C. H. Officer)	Lynn

13
Stephen Scarnall	Perukemaker (*=Barber)	Lynn
Henry Skelton	Marr^r (*=C. H. Officer)	Wells
Samuel Dexter	Carpenter	Lynn
Stephen Magnus (*=Magnis)	Sail-maker	Wells
Burgess Dillingham	Butcher	Lynn
John Petchey (*=Petchy)	Stone Masom	D^o
Money Gore	Shipwright	Lynn
John Swan	Baker	Lynn
Henry Taylor	Surgeon	D^o
John Richardson	Bricklayer (*=Mason)	D^o

14
John Nuthall	Gent.	Norwich
Henry Stort	Butcher	Lynn
William Bloom	Navy Lieutenant	Lynn
Matthew (*) Grey Cooper	Sadler	D^o
William Langman	Sadler	Fakenham
Edward Tilson	Grocer	Lynn
Thomas Case	Attorney	D^o
Scarlet Browne	Town Clerk	D^o
James Fysh	Merchant	D^o
Thomas Alderson	Merchant	D^o

15
Robert Woodcock	Brazier	Lynn
Peter Commins (*=Cummins)	Cooper	D^o
James Horncastle	Baker	D^o
James Secker	Butcher (*=C. H. Officer)	Lynn
James Loveday	Meter	D^o
Edmund Cremer (*=Creemer)	Grocer	D^o
John Wright	Baker	D^o
Henry Stort Jun^r	Grocer	D^o
William Claxton	Linen-Draper	D^o
Richard Goodwin Jun^r(*)	Grocer	Lynn

16
Philip Reeve	Painter	London
Robert Anderson	FreeStone-Mason	Lynn
Robert Goodwin	Clk (Clerk)	Wells
Thomas Stort	Butcher	Lynn
William Law	Perukemaker (*=Barber)	D^o
Thomas Lock	Marr^r (*=C. H. Officer)	Lynn
Henry Partridge Esq.	Recorder	D^o
S^r W^m Browne	Kn^t (*)	London
John Partridge	Gent.	Croydon (*=London)
John Hill	Meter	Lynn

17
George Twiddle (*=Tweddale)	Carpenter	Lynn
Richard Smith	Cooper	Lynn
John Wardell (*=Wardale)	Butcher	Lynn
Abraham Wardell (*=Wardale)	Wheelwright	Denver
John Rayner	Marr^r (*=C. H. Officer)	Woolferton
Thomas Steed	Grocer	Peterborough
Benjamin Bryant	Marr^r (*=Cust. H. Officer)	Wolferton
John Mann	D^o (*=C. H. Officer)	Lynn
Adam Holditch	Meter	D^o
William Allen	Hatter	Norwich

18
Edward Collet	Plumber	Snettisham
James Boardman	Mason	Lynn
John Taylor	Mariner	D^o
Richard Meers (*=Mayors)	Shipwright	Lynn
John Leach	Plumber	Brandon
James Hanwell (*=Handwell)	Plumber	Lynn
Thomas Wright	Plumber	Burnham
Adam Windlove (*=Windlow)	Butcher	Tilney
Robert Wiseman	Mason	Islington
George Cook	Butcher	Lynn

19
Thomas King	Mason	Lynn
William Badger	Cooper	Lynn
William Taylor	Sadler	D^o
John Wilkinson	Mariner	D^o
John Fairchild	Collar-Maker	Stoke
Robert Crisp	Butcher	Wareham (Wereham)
Timothy Lunn	Cordwainer	Lynn
Briggs Cary	Clk (Clerk)	Lynn
Charles Baily (*=Bailey)	Gent.	D^o
Nicholas Lyther	Cooper	Thornham

20
Joseph Bodham	Bricklayer	Lynn
Roger Boardman	Carpenter	London
John Brichett (*=Burke)	Porter	Lynn
Daniel Dexter	Shipwright	Lynn
John Harris	Marr^r (*=C. H. Officer)	D^o
James West	Butcher (*=Meter)	Lynn
Robert Baker Moody	Merchant	Lynn
Thomas Ashley (*=Athley)	Marr^r (*=Cust. P. Officer)	D^o
William Cox	Merchant	Lynn
Robert Butterworth	Perukemaker (*=Barber)	D^o

21
Richard Lawrence Jun^r	Mason	Lynn
Morgan Sutton	Blacksmith	D^o
Matthew Nicholls	Parish Clerk	Lynn
John Patteson (*=Paddeson)	Mason	Lynn
Thomas West	Joiner	D^o
Thomas Avis	Mason	D^o
William Folkes	Esq.	Hillington
John Wilson	Esq.	Lynn
Robert Pett	D^o	London
William Hudson	Gent.	Lynn

22
Samuel Farthing	Brewer	Lynn
Joseph Taylor	M. D.	D^o
Nicholas Edwards	Gent.	Lynn
John Dunham	Cordwainer (*=Cook)	London
Robert Haycock	Blacksmith	Lynn
Philip Sharp	Baker	Docking
Robert Bunting	Butcher	London (*=Pickenham)
John Pulvertoft	Tanner (*=Currier)	London
John Hart	Merchant	Lynn
Samuel Browne	D^o	D^o

23
William Bagge	Merchant	Lynn
John Cary Jun^r.	Merchant	D^o
Charles Bagge	D.(octor). D(ivinity)	D^o
William Mixson	Merchant	D^o
Edmund Rolfe	Esq.	Lynn
Thomas Somersby	Esq.	D^o
John Loader (*=Loder)	Cooper	Boston
Robert Copeland	Butcher	Freestone
William Sherman (*=Shearman)	Meter	Lynn
John Farthing	Joiner	Lynn

24
Henry Crow	Sail-Maker	Lynn
Thomas Lord	Taylor	Lynn
Walter Scott	Butcher	D^o
John Southwell	Merchant	Wisbich (Wisbech)
Thomas Scales	Baker	Outwell (Oxtwell)
Nathaniel Haycock	Blacksmith	Lynn
John Beales (*)	Cab^t Maker (*=Joiner)	Lynn
Robert Ransom	Mason	Ingoldsthorpe (Ingoldisthorpe)
Henry Outlaw	Mariner	Lynn
John Adlington	Carpenter	Lynn

25
Thomas Burch	Sail-Maker	Lynn
James Russel	Innholder	D^o
W^m (*=John?) Dean	Cooper	Bury
William Allen	Woollen-Draper	D^o
Edward Everard	Esq.	Lynn
Thomas Hammond	Surgeon	Bristol
William Jervis	Perukemaker (*=Barber)	London
William Sharpe	Baker	London
Ralph Lewis	Merchant	Norwich
William Fellows	Gent.	London (*=Mile-End)

26
William Everard	Clk (Clerk)	Lynn
Robert Farthing	Mariner	D^o
John Cary	Esq.	D^o
Thomas Hendry	Brewer	D^o
Thomas Bagge	Merchant	D^o
John Baily (*=Bailey)	Gent.	D^o
Edward Gee (*=Jee)	Carpenter	Norwich
John Loveday	Meter	Lynn
John Alcock	Stone-Mason	D^o
Stephen Stoakham (*=Stokeham)	Bricklayer (*=Mason)	Lynn

27
William Grundy	Grocer	London
William Clements	Grocer	London
John Jenkins	Sail-maker	London
Francis Pooley	Salesman	London
William Elstobb	Surveyor	Boston
Thomas Bulmer (*=Balmer)	Grocer	London
Richard Glew	Mariner	Lynn
John Mountford (*=Monford)	Carpenter (*=Joiner)	London
Townshend Mackenger (*=Mackender)	Butcher	Fulham (*=London)
John Earish	Baker	Lynn

28
Joseph Alderson	Pipemaker (*=Merchant)	Lynn
George Hogge	Merchant	D^o
Gavin Hamilton	Merchant	D^o
Robinson Cruso	Upholsterer (*=Upholder)	D^o
Thomas Day	Merchant	Lynn
James Hamilton	D^o	D^o
Thomas Audley	Merchant	D^o
Thomas Somersby Jun^r	Grocer	D^o
William Tidd	Gent. (*=C. H. Officer)	Lynn
Joseph Brethett	Grocer (*=Cust. H. Officer)	Lynn

29
Isaac Foster (*=Forster)	Sail-Maker	Lynn
David Paxton	Cordwainer	D^o
Daniel Lohar (*=Locus)	Sail-Maker	Lynn (*=Brancaster)
John Dexter	Cooper (*=C. H. Officer)	Lynn
William Patrick (*)	D^o (*=C. H. Officer)	D^o
Daniel Swaine	Esq.	Leverington (Cambs)
Henry Goodwin	Esq. (*=Gent.)	London
Thomas Smith	Baker	Lynn
Robert Bodham	Currier	D^o
Robert Cowell	Merchant	Upwell

30
Thomas Claxton	Merchant	Lynn
John Chadwick	Upholsterer (*=Upholder)	D^o
John Sison (*=Sisson)	Plumber	D^o
Richard Hammond	Esq.	Westacre
Philip Case	Esq.	Lynn
Bartholomew Edwards	Esq.	Swaffham
William Rodwell	Merchant	Swaffham
Edward Bacon	Esq.	Earlham
Benjamin Nuthall	Merchant	Lynn
Robert Weskett	Merchant	London

31
Horace Hammond	D. D.	Harpley
William Langley	Esq. (*=Merchant)	Lynn
James Stratton	Mariner	D^o
Silvanus (*=Silvan) Garrett	Carpenter	Lynn (*=London)
Robert Massham (*=Massam)	Cooper	Lynn
William Dix	Baker	Swaffham
William Old	Baker	Swaffham
Robert Say	Clk (Clerk)	Swaffham
Richard Lawrence	Bricklayer (*=Mason)	Lynn
Edward Manning	Brazier	Norwich

32
Charles Turner	Esq. Mayor	Lynn
Sir John Turner	Bart.	Warham

[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. Column headings shows votes for W.=Walpole, T.=Turner or M.=Molineux . Note that the order in the printed book is "T","W","M"
3. In other documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
Brethett/Brethet, Lohar/Locus/Locust, Pattrick/Patrick, Peake/Peek, Scot/Scott, Young/Youngs
4. Marr^r = "Mariner"
5. All the people with the trade of "Perukemaker" (Wigmaker) have their trades changed to "Barber".

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Norfolk: King's Lynn Voting Registers - Poll 1768

(Original Poll Clerks Book)

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Norfolk: King's Lynn
Voting Registers - Poll 1768