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Voting Registers - Poll 1761
Votes cast in Hamlets &c.
An alphabetical draught of the polls for 2 members of Parliament for the City of Norwich taken the 27th Day of March 1761.
This page contains all the voters who resided in the Parishes and Hamlets on the edges of (but forming part of the City of) Norwich and in The Cathedral Close as listed below. (For other parishes and places, see the main 1761 Norwich Poll Book page.)
Parishes etc. [Hamlets &c.] | [Links are to this page] |
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The Cathedral Close | 56 |
Earlham | 55 |
Eaton | 55 |
Heigham | 54 |
Lakenham | 55 |
Trowse, Carrow and Bracondale | 55 |
This election was between Harbord Harbord Esq. (H-d.), Edward Bacon Esq. (B.), Robert Harvey Esq. (H-y.), and Nockold Tompson Esq. (T.)
Transcription of Hamlets &c. in the Poll Book follows:-
( 54 )
HEIGHAM [Voters Name, Occupation] | H-d. | B. | H-y. | T. |
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Ames James, Woolcomber | ||||
Baly John, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Beeton Jasper, Worsted-weaver, Freeh. in Heigh. | ||||
Bloy William, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Britiffe William, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Clarke John, Worsted-weaver, Freeh. in Heigh. | ||||
Claxton Philip, Worsted-weaver, Freeh. in Clem. | ||||
Craske William, Worsted-weaver, Freeh. in Giles | ||||
Crome Charles, Patten-maker, Freeh. in Benedict | ||||
Crome John, Patten-maker | ||||
Crowe Charles, Tanner | ||||
Cubit Robert, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Davy Henry, Worsted-weaver, Freeh. in Heigh. | ||||
Dawson Thomas, Bleechman | ||||
Decarle Robert, Mason | ||||
Dixon William, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Ellis Peckover, Turner | ||||
Fassett Jeremiah, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Fiddeman Robert, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Forster John, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Knipe Edmund, Esq; Freeh. in Heigham | ||||
Maltby Daniel, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Nobbs Thomas, Worsted-weaver, Freeh. in Heig. | ||||
Page Peter, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Prior John, Gardener | ||||
Read Nicholas, Worsted-weaver | ||||
HEIGHAM. | 55 | |||
Scatchelow John, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Skinner John, Carpenter | ||||
Skinner Yestis, Mason, Freeh. in Heigh. | ||||
Stannard Abraham, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Stannard James, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Stannard John, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Tyrrell Stephen, Woolcomber | ||||
Warrington John, Fishmonger | ||||
[Totals for Heigham] | 22 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
TROWSE, CARROW, and BRACONDALE Hamlets. | ||||
Aldridge John, Baker | ||||
Brampton Thomas, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Brereton Samuel, Gentleman | ||||
Eagle Edmund, Glover | ||||
Eagle Edmund, Glover | ||||
Greenwood Erasmus, Blacksmith | ||||
Hutchinson William, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Mollet William, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Pearce Tuthill, Thatcher, Freeh. in Trowse Milg. | ||||
Sayer John, Merchant | ||||
Smith Thomas, Carpenter, Freeh. in Trowse M. | ||||
Stower John, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Turner William, Gardener | ||||
Turner William, Gardener | ||||
Worship James, Worsted-weaver, Freeh. in Edm. | ||||
Young John, Worsted-weaver | ||||
[Totals for Trowse, Carrow & Bracondale] | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
LAKENHAM. | ||||
Cubitt Samuel, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Dey James, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Gobbet Knipe, Gentleman | ||||
Stichberry John, Freeh. in, St. Stephen. | ||||
EARLHAM. | ||||
BACON EDWARD, Esq; Recorder | ||||
EATON. | ||||
Ludlam James, Butcher | ||||
[Totals for Lakenham, Earlham & Eaton] | 6 | 6 | ||
56 The CATHEDRAL CLOSE. | ||||
Aufrere Anthony, Clerk, Freeh. in Heigham | ||||
Brett Robert, Manufacturer | ||||
Clarke Charles, Gentleman | ||||
Frank Francis, Gentleman, Freeh. in Heigham | ||||
Greeves Peter, Surgeon, Freeh. in Pockthorpe | ||||
Greygoose Thomas, Taylor | ||||
Harwood Gardiner, Gentleman | ||||
Heath William, Baker | ||||
Herne William, Clerk, Freeh. in Colgate | ||||
Mason Henry, jun., Worsted-weaver | ||||
Payne Thomas, Woolcomber | ||||
Peete Robert, Chairmaker | ||||
Pleasance Clement, Freeh. in Pockthorp | ||||
Ray Robert, Butcher | ||||
Salmon James, Baker | ||||
Simmons John, Worsted-weaver | ||||
Smith William, Gentleman, Freeh. in St. Paul. | ||||
Smith William, Clerk, Freeh. in St. Paul | ||||
Shilling John, Carpenter | ||||
Thetford Samuel, Taylor | ||||
Turner John, Baker | ||||
[Totals for The Cathedral Close] | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 |
The Poll book continues with the Country Voters on page 56.
Notes
- 1. Some variation will be found in the names of the parishes/places.
- 2. The following alternative spellings for parish and hamlet names should be noted :-
St. George Colgate/St. George Colegate, Heigh./Heigham, St. Laurence/St. Lawrence, St. Peter Permountergate (Parmentergate)/St. Peter-per-Mountergate, Trowse/Trowse Millgate - 3. Abbreviations used in the Poll Book have the following meanings :- "F.H." = "Freeholder", "Freeh." = "Freehold", "W.W." or "Wd.w." = "Worsted-weaver".
- 4. The following alternative spellings for trades should be noted:- Gardiner/Gardener, Joyner/Joiner, Linnen-draper/Linen draper, Taylor/Tailor, Wool-comber/Woolcomber.
See also the Norfolk Voting Registers, Norwich Voting Registers and the main 1761 Norwich Poll Book pages.
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December 2014