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Poll for Blofield 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 Blofield Hundred. [Printed by W.Chase]

Name Index

The poll book contains the following names and the numbers in brackets refer to the page numbers on which they occur.

 

Adkins (153)
Allen (149)
Arnham (153)
Barnes (153)
Battaile (150)
Berry (152)
Blackburn (152)
Blyth (149)
Bond (149)
Bradford (151)
Breese (149)
Brook (149)
Brumstead (149)
Buckle (150)
Candler (149)
Copeman (150)
Cubit (152)
Curl (152)
Cushing (153)
Dammis (150)
Davey (151)
Day (150)
Downs (150)
Emeris (152)
Fielding (151)
Filpot (153)
Fisk (149)
Fletcher (152)
Forth (150)
Fowle (152)
Fowler (152)
Fox (153)
Freshfield (153)
Fuller (150)
George (153)
Gilbert (151)
Goffen (149)
Gogill (150)
Greeves (152)
Halsworth (151)
Harper (151)
Harrison (152)
Heath (152)
Hilling (154-A)
Hilton (153)
Howard (152)
Humphry (153)
Hurnard (150)
Hylton (152)
Jary (151)
Jenkinson (151)
Jessup (153)
Juler (149)
Kettle (151)
Layton (151)
Lines (151)
Lovewell (153)
Maidstone (150,152)
Mallet (152)
Marker (152)
Marshall (151)
Meek (149)
Miles (149,151)
Minister (151)
Morden (151)
Morse (152)
Nelson (153)
Norton (152)
Plummer (150)
Postle (149,153)
Rayner (153)
Read (151,152)
Redhead (153)
Rix (152)
Roberts (150)
Rope (150)
Sancroft (150)
Skinner (149)
Smith (150,152)
Sparrow (154-A)
Spooner (153)
Taylor (151)
Thompson (154-A)
Tompson (153)
Tuck (149,150,151)
Tuthill (153)
Vere (154-A)
Wales (151)
Warner (154-A)
Whaites (149)
Willis (151)
Wright (149,150)
Yallop (153)

Blofield Hundred

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

 

Blofield
Braydeston
  (Bradiston)
Brundall
Buckenham [Ferry]
Burlingham, North
  [Burlingham St Andrew]
  [Burlingham St Peter]
Burlingham, South
  [Burlingham St Edmund]
Cantley
Freethorpe
Plumstead, Great
  [Great Plumstead]
Hassingham
  (Hasingham)
Limpenhoe
Lingwood
Plumstead, Little
  [Little Plumstead]
Postwick
Southwood
Strumpshaw
Thorpe St. Andrew
      (Thorpe next Norwich)
Witton
  (near Blofield)

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]


Freeholders Names and
where the Freeholds lie.
Residence.Wo
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[Page 149]
BLOFIELD     
Allen Sir Ashurst, Bt. Cl.Somerley, Suffolk

  
Blyth IsaacBlofield

  
Brook RobertLangham

  
Brumstead WilliamBlofield  

Bond Bernard, Jun.Blofield  

Breese JohnWood Bastwick  

Candler Philip, Cl.Blofield  

Fisk JonathanBergh Apton
  
Goffen AlexanderStrumpshaw  

Juler PhilipBlofield

  
Meek JohnLittle Plumstead  

Miles James, Jun.North Burlingham  

Postle DavidNorwich  

Skinner JohnNorth Burlingham  

Tuck SamuelBlofield  

Whaites RobertWitton

  
Wright JohnBlofield

  
[Totals] 761011
      
[Page 150]
BRADISTON     
Hurnard WilliamBradiston (Braydeston)  

Maidstone BenjaminGreat Plumstead  

Dammis EdwardBradiston (Braydeston)  

[Totals]   33
      
BRUNDALL     
Gogill John, Cl.Brundall  

Roberts JohnPostwick

  
Tuck JohnWitton

  
[Totals] 2211
      
NORTH BURLINGHAM     
Battaile Isaac, Cl.Norwich

  
Copeman GeorgeHemsby

  
Downs James, Cl.Tunstead
 
 
Forth HenryBurlingham_North  

Plummer ThomasBurlingham_North  

Sancroft JamesYarmouth

  
Smith RobertBurlingham_North  

Wright ThomasBurlingham_North  

[Totals] 4354
      
SOUTH BURLINGHAM     
Buckle Charles, Esq.Norwich

  
Roberts JohnPostwick

  
Rope CharlesBlofield  

[Totals] 2211
      
CANTLEY     
Day IsaacNorwich  

Fuller JohnCantley  

      
[Page 151]
Gilbert WilliamHardley  

Harper RobertCantley  

Kettle NicholasWroxham
 
 
Morden Thomas, Cl.Cantley  

Taylor AdamSwardeston  

Wales JohnCantley  

Willis HenryCantley  

[Totals] 1 98
      
FREETHORP     
Bradford ThomasLondon

  
Davey RobertFreethorpe  

Fielding BenjaminYarmouth  

Halsworth AbrahamFreethorpe  

Jary EdwardReedham

  
Jenkinson GeorgeBlofield  

Layton CharlesReedham

  
Lines WilliamBlofield  

Marshall WilliamBlofield

  
Minister EdwardFreethorpe

  
[Totals] 5555
      
HASINGHAM     
Miles James, Sen.Burlingham_North  

Read WilliamFreethorpe

  
Read RichardSouth Burlingham  

Tuck ThomasNorwich  

[Totals] 1133
      
[Page 152]
LIMPENHOE     
Curl RobertNorth Walsham  

Emeris RobertSouthwood  

Fowler JohnAshby  

Howard JohnMoulton  

Mallet JohnLimpenhoe  

Mallet SamuelCantley  

[Totals]   66
      
LINGWOOD     
Berry JohnNorwich
  
Cubit JohnNorth Burlingham  

Fletcher CharlesLingwood  

Fowle John, Esq.Brook (Brooke)  

Harrison ThomasWymondham

  
Heath WilliamBlofield  

Hylton JohnLingwood
  
Norton EdwardHowe  

Read RobertPoringland  

Rix WilliamLingwood  

Smith RobertLingwood  

[Totals] 13108
      
GREAT PLUMSTEAD     
Maidstone WilliamHindolveston  

Marker JohnGreat Plumstead  

Morse ThomasPostwick  

[Totals]   33
      
LITTLE PLUMSTEAD     
Blackburn Levet, Esq.London

  
Greeves PeterNorwich

  
[Totals] 22  
      
[Page 153]
POSTWICK     
Arnham John, Cl.Postwick

  
[Totals] 11  
      
SOUTHWOOD     
Tuthill HenrySouthwood  

[Totals]   11
      
STRUMPSHAW     
Adkins ThomasStrumpshaw  

Barnes MatthewWitton

  
Filpot WilliamStrumpshaw  

Filpot SamuelReedham  

Fox WilliamStrumpshaw  

Hilton WilliamSouth Burlingham  

Lovewell GeorgeStrumpshaw

  
Nelson William, Cl.Strumpshaw

  
Spooner JonathanStrumpshaw

  
Tompson FrancisStrumpshaw  

Yallop RobertStrumpshaw  

[Totals] 4477
      
THORP next NORWICH.     
Cushing HenryThorp (Thorpe)

  
Freshfield JohnNorwich  

George FrancisThorp (Thorpe)

  
Humphry Richard, Cl.Thorp (Thorpe)  

Jessup JohnThorp (Thorpe)  

Postle JehosaphatNorwich

  
Rayner JohnThorp (Thorpe)  

Redhead WilliamSprowston  

      
[Page 154-A]
THORP next NORWICH.     
Thompson Nockold, Esq.Norwich

  
Vere John, Esq.Norwich

  
[Totals] 5555
      
WITTON     
Hilling JohnNorwich  

Sparrow Norwood, Cl.Norwich

  
Warner WilliamNorwich  

[Totals] 1122

Candidates

  • Wode = Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart.
  • de Gr = Thomas De Grey Esq.
  • Astl = Sir Edward Astley, Bart.
  • Coke = Wenman Coke Esq.

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.

Places with no voters

The following place :- Buckenham
had no one who lived there and voted because of a freehold in the same place.

Note that many people still voted based on a freehold held elsewhere. An example of this is Stow Bardolph with no entries but with the following :-

  • Francis Rising is under Hockering because of his freehold there but lives in Stow Bardolph.
  • William Barton a Clerk (Clergyman) is under Wiggenhall because of his freehold there but lives in Stow Bardolph.

Blofield Hundred is followed in the Poll book by Taverham Hundred.


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January 2010