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Poll for Brothercross 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 Brothercross Hundred. This was done at Booth 13 and is found on Pages 202 to 205-A
[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.
| Allen (203) Allison (203) Allot (203) Allty (202) Baldwin (204) Barker (204) Bayley (203) Beeston (202) Brown (202) Bull (203) Burton (203) Clarke (202) Coulsey (204) Crow (202) Dack (204) | Davis (204) Dennis (202,204) Dewing (204) Dixon (204) Dunham (203) Ellis (202) Elmer (204) Evitts (204) Foley (202) Glover (204) Groom (203,204) Hall (203) Holmes (204) Humphrey (203) Jaggs (202) | Kenny (204) Lack (205-A) Lake (202) Laws (204) Layton (202) March (203) Mason (203) Moniment (203) Munsey (203) Nelson (203) Noakes (204) North (204) Oliver (205-A) Parkinson (203) Patron (205-A) | Pyemount (204) Raven (204) Rayner (203) Roston (202) Savory (202) Seel (204) Sheales (205-A) Shelles (205-A) Sherwood (204) Smith (203) Styleman (203) Thurlow (205-A) Townsend (204) Turner (205-A) Walker (202) Wilmot (204) |
Brothercross Hundred
This contains the following parishes where property was held. The names in brackets "()" are alternative spellings as used in the original poll book.
| Burnham St Andrew -Part of Burnham Overy Burnham Deepdale (Burnham Depdale) Burnham Norton | Burnham Overy -See also Burnham St Andrew Burnham Sutton -See also Burnham Ulph Burnham Thorpe | Burnham Ulph -Part of Burnham Sutton Burnham Westgate North Creake (North Creak) South Creake (South Creak) Waterden |
[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
| Freeholders Names and where the Freeholds lie. | Residence. | Wo de | de Gr | As tl | Co ke |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Page 202] | |||||
| BURNHAM | |||||
| Lake Edmund | Burnham-Deepdale | ||||
| [Totals] | 1 | 1 | |||
| BURNHAM DEPDALE | |||||
| Clarke Thomas | Burnham Depdale (Burnham Deepdale) | ||||
| Crow Henry | Stoke (Stoke Ferry?) | ||||
| [Totals] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| BURNHAM NORTON | |||||
| Allty Thomas | Snettisham | ||||
| Ellis John | Burnham Ulph | ||||
| Foley Thomas | Burnham Norton | ||||
| Jaggs Clement | Roydon | ||||
| Roston Charles | Burnham Norton | ||||
| Savory John | Syderstrand (Syderstone?) | ||||
| Walker William | Burnham Norton | ||||
| [Totals] | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| BURNHAM OVERY | |||||
| Beeston Edward | Burnham Overy | ||||
| Brown Thomas | Burnham Overy | ||||
| Dennis John | Burnham Overy | ||||
| Layton John | Burnham Overy | ||||
| [Page 203] | |||||
| Munsey Oliver | Burnham Overy | ||||
| Rayner John | Burnham Overy | ||||
| Smith Thomas | Burnham Norton | ||||
| Styleman Robert, Cl. | Norwich | ||||
| [Totals] | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| BURNHAM SUTTON | |||||
| Moniment John | Burnham Sutton | ||||
| [Totals] | 1 | 1 | |||
| BURNHAM THORP | |||||
| Groom John | Congham | ||||
| Humphrey John | Burnham Thorp(e) | ||||
| March John | Rainham (Raynham) | ||||
| Nelson Edmund, Cl. | Burnham Thorp(e) | ||||
| [Totals] | 4 | 4 | |||
| BURNHAM ULPH | |||||
| Dunham Edmund | Sedgeford | ||||
| Hall Robert | East Bilney | ||||
| Mason Robert | Docking | ||||
| Parkinson Henry | Burnham Ulph | ||||
| [Totals] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| BURNHAM WESTGATE | |||||
| Allen William | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Allison Joseph | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Allot Brian | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Bayley Edmund | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Bull Robert | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Burton Nicholas | Anmer | ||||
| [Page 204] | |||||
| Dewing Michael | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Groom John | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Laws Jeremiah | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Noakes Thomas | Downham | ||||
| North Matthew | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Pyemount Thomas | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Raven Nicholas | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Sherwood Bartholomew | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Townsend William | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| Wilmot John | Burnham Westgate | ||||
| [Totals] | 5 | 12 | 4 | 10 | |
| NORTH CREAK | |||||
| Holmes Jeremiah | North Creak(e) | ||||
| Kenny John | North Creak(e) | ||||
| Seel Benjamin | Warham | ||||
| [Totals] | 3 | 3 | |||
| SOUTH CREAKE | |||||
| Barker John | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Baldwin Thomas | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Coulsey Samuel | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Davis William | Whiting (Wighton?) | ||||
| Davis William, jun. | Whiting (Wighton?) | ||||
| Dack Robert | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Dennis Jonas | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Dixon Henry | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Elmer John | Rainham (Raynham) | ||||
| Elmer Michael | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Evitts Thomas | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Glover Robert | South Creak(e) | ||||
| [Page 205-A] | |||||
| Lack William | Little Walsingham | ||||
| Oliver John | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Oliver Thomas | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Patron Michael | Thorham (Thornham) | ||||
| Sheales John | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Shelles Charles | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Thurlow John | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Thurlow George | South Creak(e) | ||||
| Turner David | South Creak(e) | ||||
| [Totals] | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 | |
Candidates
- Wode = Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart.
- de Gr = Thomas De Grey Esq.
- Astl = Sir Edward Astley, Bart.
- Coke = Wenman Coke Esq.
Notes
- Burnham Sutton is usually refered to as "Burnham Sutton-cum-Burnham Ulph".
- 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 :-
WATERDEN
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.
Brothercross Hundred is followed in the Poll book by North Greenhoe Hundred.
See also the main Voting page and the main 1768 Poll Book page.
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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
January 2010