Norfolk: Norwich

Voting Registers - Polls 1710

An Alphabetical Draught of the POLL of ROBERT BENE, Esq;, RICHARD BERNEY, Esq;, WALLER BACON, Esq; and STEPHEN GARDINER, Esq; (for 2 members of Parliament for the City of Norwich) taken the 18th of October, 1710.

The Poll Book is split into 2 sections:-

Section one comprises pages 1 to 19 and contains those who voted for BENE (labelled "Benee" in Poll Book) and/or BERNEY.
Section two is contained within pages 19 to 34 and lists those who voted for BACON and/or GARDINER.
Note that some people appear in both sections as they only voted for one person in each.

1. Order of Parishes etc. in first section of Poll Book.

(Voters for Bene and/or Berney)

Page numbers are given in brackets "()".

USE links to go to the WARD or Area
(or alternatively in section 3. link takes one straight to parish in required Ward etc.)

CONISFORD WARD
St. Peter Southgate (1)
St. Julian (1)
St. Etheldred (1)
St. Peter per Mountergate (1)
St. John Sepulchre (2)
St. Michael at Thorn (2)
St. John Timberhill (3)
All Saints (3)

MANCROFT WARD
St. Stephen (3,4)
St. Peter Mancroft (4,5,6)
St. Giles (6,7)

WYMER WARD
Heigham (7)
St. Benedict (7,8)
St. Swithin (8)
St. Margaret (8)
St. Lawrence (9)
St. Gregory (9)
St. John Maddermarket (9,10)
St. Andrew (10,11)
St. Michael a Plea (11)
St. Simon (& St. Jude) (11)
St. Peter Hungate (11,12)

WYMER WARD (continued)
St. George Tombland (12)
St. Martin a Palace (12,13)
St. Helen (13)

NORTHERN WARD
(Ward Beyond the Water)
St. George Colegate (13)
St. Michael Coslany (13,14)
St. Mary (at Coslany) (14)
St. Martin at Oak (14,15)
St. Augustine (15)
St. Saviour (15,16)
St. Clement (16)
St. Edmund (16)
St. Paul (16,17)
St. James and Pockthorp (17)

COUNTRY MEN
Country-men
[Country Voters] (17,18)
Trowse, Carrow &
Bracondale (17)
[Under Countrymen]
Eaton (18)
[Under Countrymen]
In the Close, &c. (18,19)

2. Order of Parishes etc. in second section of Poll Book.

(Voters for Bacon and/or Gardiner)

Page numbers are given in brackets "()".

USE links to go to the WARD or Area
(or alternatively in section 3. link takes one straight to parish in required Ward etc.)

CONISFORD WARD
St. Etheldred (19)
St. Peter Southgate (19)
St. Julian (19)
St. Peter per Mountergate (20)
St. John Sepulchre (20)
St. Michael at Thorn (20,21)
St. John Timberhill (21)
All Saints (21)

MANCROFT WARD
St. Stephen (21,22 )
St. Peter Mancroft (22,23)
St. Giles (23,24)

WYMER WARD
St. Benedict (24)
Heigham (24)
St. Margaret (24,25)
St. Swithin (25)
St. Lawrence (25)
St. Gregory (25,26)
St. John Maddermarket (26)
St. Andrew (26,27)
St. Michael a Plea (27)
St. Peter Hungate (27)
St. Simon (& St. Jude) (27)

WYMER WARD (continued)
St. George Tombland (27,28)
St. Martin a Palace (28)
St. Helen (28)

NORTHERN WARD
(Ward Beyond the Water)
St. George Colegate (29)
St. Michael Coslany (29,30)
St. Mary (Coslany) (30,31)
St. Martin's at Oak (31)
St. Augustine (31,32)
St. Saviour (32)
St. Clement (32,33)
St. Edmund (33)
St. Paul (33)
St. James and Pockthorp (33,34)

COUNTRY MEN
Earlham (34)
Country-men (34)
Trowse, Carrow &
Bracondale (34)
[Under Countrymen]
Eaton (34)
[Under Countrymen]
In the Close (34)

3. Norwich Parishes and places outside the City boundary

Alphabetical list with links to same Ward pages etc. as described in 1. & 2 above.

Parish etc.	Bene & Berney Page(s)	Bacon & Gardiner Page(s)	Ward
All Saints	3	21	CON
St Andrew	10,11	26,27	WYMER
St Augustin [St Augustine]	15	31,32	OVER
St Benedictus [St Benedict]	7,8	24	WYMER
St Clement	16	32,33	OVER
In the Close	18,19	34
Earlham	[None]	34
Eaton	18	[None]
St Edmund	16	33	OVER
St Etheldred	1	19	CON
St George Colegate [St George Colgate]	13	29	OVER
St George Tombland	12	27,28	WYMER
St Giles. [St Gyles]	6,7	23,24	MAN
St. Gregory	9	25,26	WYMER
Heigham	7	24	WYMER
St. Helen [St. Hellen]	13	28	WYMER
St. James and Pockthorp	17	33,34	OVER
St. John Maddermarket [St. John Maeldemarket/ St. John Maddemarket]	9,10	26	WYMER
St. John Sepulchre [St John Sepulcher]	2	20	CON
St. John Timberhill	3	21	CON
St. Julian	1	19	CON
St. Lawrence [St Laurence]	9	25	WYMER
St. Margaret	8	24,25	WYMER
St. Martin at Oak	14,15	31	OVER
St. Martin at Palace [St. Martin at Pallace]	12,13	28	WYMER
St. Mary (at Coslany)	14	30,31	OVER
St. Michael Coslany	13,14	29,30	OVER
St. Michael at Plea	11	27	WYMER
St. Michael at Thorn [St. Miles Thorne]	2	20,21	CON
St. Paul	16,17	33	OVER
St. Peter Hungate	11,12	27	WYMER
St. Peter Mancroft	4,5,6	22,23	MAN
St. Peter Permountergate [St. Peters per Mountergate]	1	20	CON
St. Peter at Southgate	1	19	CON
Pockthorp(e) - see St James			OVER
St. Saviour	15,16	32	OVER
St. Simon (& St. Jude)	11	27	WYMER
St. Stephen [St. Steven]	3,4	21,22	MAN
St. Swithin	8	25	WYMER
Trowse, Carrow & Bracondale	17	34
COUNTRYMEN [Country Voters] ie. Norfolk (exc. Norwich Wards), Norwich (The Close) & Other Places (eg. London, Suffolk etc.)	17,18	34

In the above table the abbreviations for the Wards are as follows:-
CON = Conisford, OVER = Ward Beyond the Water (or Northern Ward), MAN = Mancroft, WYMER = Wymer.

Votes as published in later Poll Books were :-


Robert Bene Esq; Mayor	1315
Richard Berney Esq; Steward	1298
Waller Bacon Esq;	1107
Stephen Gardiner Esq; Recorder	1073

Votes by Parish etc.

A TABLE of the Number of VOTERS in each Parish, &c. has been constructed [by the author] from figures in the Poll Book. In later Poll books (although not in the the original transcribed here) the printers normally issue a disclaimer to the effect that not all voters were necessarily recorded correctly by the Printers agents and also some people may then have been missed from the printed work. This may be the reason that there are discrepancies in the figures?

	Bene	Berney	Bacon	Gardiner
All Saints	17	18	16	16
St. Andrew	76	76	42	40
St. Augustine	42	42	29	29
St. Benedict	39	38	8	9
St. Clement	16	15	35	33
St. Edmund	14	14	19	19
St. Etheldred	4	4	5	5
St. George of Colegate	38	37	75	71
St. George of Tombland	31	29	47	49
St. Giles	54	53	39	34
St. Gregory	39	39	34	34
Heigham	16	15	20	18
St. Helen	8	8	6	6
St. James and Pockthorpe	26	26	31	32
St. John Maddermarket	45	44	24	23
St. John Sepulchre	48	48	29 [*]	27
St. John Timberhill	37	38	24 [*]	23
St. Julian	16	16	24	26
St. Lawrence	19	18	35	34
St. Margaret	21	22	13	14
St. Martin at Oak	41	36	30	25
St. Martin at Palace	47	46	37	36
St. Mary (at Coslany)	37	34	50	45
[Sub-total]	731	716	672	648

[*] Note the following incorrect values are printed in the Poll Book for Bacon:- St. John Sepulchre has "27" and St. John Timberhill has "23".

	Bene	Berney	Bacon	Gardin.
St. Michael of Coslany	24	21	54	56
St. Michael at Plea	20	18	21	22
St. Michael at Thorn	27	28	25	23
St. Paul	32	33	39	37
St. Peter of Hungate	21	21	9	9
St. Peter of Mancroft	153	149	81	85
St. Peter Permountergate	27	27	38	40
St. Peter at Southgate	14	14	12	12
Pockthorpe (see St. James)
St. Saviour	30	30	26	24
St. Simon & St. Jude	11	11	9	9
St. Stephen	81	82	57	61
St. Swithin	26	25	15	14
[Sub-total]	401	459	386	392
[Brought forward]	731	716	672	648

	Bene	Berney	Bacon	Gardiner
(Total) Inhabitants of the CITY	1198	1175	1058	1040
Countrymen - [Inc. - Earlham, Trowse, Carrow & Bracondale]	99	92	50	46
The Close	19	18	(Inc. above)

TOTAL	1315	1285	1108	1086

Layout of each page

The Parish or area is named and under each of these are five columns as indicated below :-

Column 1. Page Number of Start Letter of Alphabetical section in each Parish or area.
Column 2. Names of people who voted set out in an alphabetical Order. These include Freeholders and Freemen but they are not all separately indicated. Some possibly alternative names are given for people and some places of trade etc.
Columns 3. Trade and/or Status of each Voter. Some Places of Freehold are given.
Columns 4 and 5. Each voter had up to 2 votes. Horizontal bar(s) indicate the 1 or 2 candidates voted for if they voted on the 18th of October, 1710.

Notes

1. Some variation will be found in the names of the parishes/places.
2. The following alternative spellings for parish names should be noted :- St. Augustin/St. Augustine,
St. Benedictus/St. Benedict,
St. George Colgate/St. George Colegate,
St. Helen/St. Hellen,
St. John Maeldemarket/St. John Maddemarket /St. John Maddermarket,
St. Laurence/St. Lawrence,
St. Martin a Pallace/St. Martin a Palace/St. Martin at Palace,
St. Michael a Plea/St. Michael at Plea,
St. Miles of Thorne/St. Michael at Thorn,
St. Peter Permountergate (Parmentergate)/St. Peter-per-Mountergate,
St. Steven/St. Stephen
3. The hamlet of Pockthorpe is in St. James's parish.
4. The spelling of many of names would appear to be as they were heard. Note that it is worth looking at alternatives if the name one is searching for can not be located. Examples of this are :- Edmund/Edmond, Greenfield/Greenfeild, Hartstonge/Hartstongue, Springfield/Springfeild, Taylor/Taylour, Wilson/Willson, Wingfield/Wingfeild etc. - see search below.
5. Poll Book was probably printed in Norwich? The actual printer is currently unknown although it could be by Henry Cross-grove as it has similarities to his 1714 Norwich Poll?

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