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Poll for Grimshoe 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 Grimshoe 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.
| Aggas (118) Allison (118) Ashley (118) Atmore (117) Aylmer (118) Basell (119) Bennet (120) Boreham (119) Brunton (119) Burgess (120) Capp (119) Carey (117) Chinery (121) Clarke (120) Clough (117,118,119) Constable (119) Cook (118) Cooper (119) Corke (120) Crane (121) Denton (118,121) Drage (117) Duffield (121) Dye (121) Eastgate (117) Edwards (121) Eyres (117) Fell (118) Field (118) | Fisher (118) Fisk (117) Flatt (119) Folks (121) Fulcor (117) Fuller (117,120) Glasscock (118) Gordon (119) Gore (121) Greenacre (119) Greene (121) Grimmer (118) Harvey (121) Harwood (119) Hinsby (118) Horn (119) Horseler (119) Howard (119) Jacob (121,122-A) James (118) Judd (120) Keteringham (121) Ketteringham (see Keteringham) King (119) Lancaster (117) Mack (118) Mandell (118) | Martindale (see Mortindale) Miller (122-A) Moore (117) Morley (121) Mortindale (117) Neal (122-A) Nelthorp (119) Newton (120) Nurse (121) Oram (121) Parish (120) Partridge (121) Patch (120) Payne (121) Pearson (117) Pettiward (121) Philips (120) Pooley (117) Porter (120) Roberson (121) Robinson (117) Rolfe (117,120) Ruddram (119) Rumball (120) Russell (117) Rutland (117) Scull (120) | Secker (120,121) Sewell (121) Sheffield (122-A) Slipper (119) Smith (121) Spark (118) Sparks (122-A) Spencer (117,118) Spinks (120) Stead (121) Stimpson (118) Stonely (117) Thickpenny (118) Thompson (119) Thornton (119) Tokeley (118) Tuddenham (120) Turner (121) Wade (119) Walker (119) West (118) Whiteman (118) Wigley (117) Willet (120,122-A) Wolsey (119) Wortley (120) Wright (118,120) Young (118,120,121) |
Grimshoe Hundred
This contains the following parishes where property was held. The names in brackets "()" are alternative spellings as used in the original poll book.
| Buckenham Tofts (Buckenham Parva) Colveston Cranwich Croxton Feltwell or Feltwell St. Mary & Feltwell St. Nicholas | Hockwold cum Wilton (Hockwold & Wilton) Ickburgh (Igborough) Lynford Methwold Mundford Northwold Santon or Santon House | Stanford Sturston Weeting with Broomhill or Weeting All Saints (Weeting) West Tofts Wilton (inc. with Hockwold) |
[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
| Freeholders Names and where the Freeholds lie. | Residence. | Wo de | de Gr | As tl | Co ke |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Page 117] | |||||
| CROXTON | |||||
| Wigley Joseph, Cl. | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | ||||
| [Totals] | 1 | 1 | |||
| FELTWELL | |||||
| Atmore William | Feltwell | ||||
| Clough Robert, Esq; | Feltwell | ||||
| Carey John | Downham | ||||
| Drage John, Esq; | Feltwell | ||||
| Eastgate Charles | Feltwell | ||||
| Eastgate John | Feltwell | ||||
| Eyres John | Feltwell | ||||
| Fulcor John | Feltwell | ||||
| Fuller Edmund | Feltwell | ||||
| Fisk John | Shimpling, Suffolk | ||||
| Lancaster Samuel | Feltwell | ||||
| Moore Thomas | Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire | ||||
| Mortindale Levold | Ely | ||||
| Pooley Robert | Feltwell | ||||
| Pooley Osborne | Feltwell | ||||
| Pooley Henry | Feltwell | ||||
| Pearson Edward | Feltwell | ||||
| Pearson John | Feltwell | ||||
| Pearson Francis | Feltwell | ||||
| Rolfe Joseph | Feltwell | ||||
| Rolfe Richard | Feltwell | ||||
| Rutland Thomas | Feltwell | ||||
| Robinson John | Feltwell | ||||
| Rutland John | Shouldham | ||||
| Russell Thomas | Feltwell | ||||
| Stonely Edward [See Note 4] | Lynn | ||||
| Spencer George | Feltwell | ||||
| [Page 118] | |||||
| Stimpson John | Feltwell | ||||
| Spark Gregory | Risby, Suffolk | ||||
| Spencer William [See Note 5] | Feltwell | ||||
| Thickpenny Thomas [See Note 6] | Wilton | ||||
| Tokeley William | Felton (Feltwell) | ||||
| Whiteman Ambrose jun. | Feltwell | ||||
| West Thomas | Feltwell | ||||
| Wright Edward | Feltwell | ||||
| West Thomas | Feltwell | ||||
| West Thomas | Feltwell | ||||
| Whiteman Ambrose | Feltwell | ||||
| Young Thomas | Northwold | ||||
| [Totals] | 32 | 36 | 7 | 3 | |
| HOCKWOLD & WILTON | |||||
| Ashley John | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Aylmer William | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Aggas Stephen | Wilton | ||||
| Allison John | Wilton | ||||
| Clough Robert jun. Esq; | Feltwell | ||||
| Cook Abraham | Methwold | ||||
| Denton John [See Note 1] | Stone Cagtoft | ||||
| Fisher John [See Note 1] | Eastring | ||||
| Fell John | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Field William | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Field William | Wilton | ||||
| Glasscock Thomas [See Note 2] | Southgate | ||||
| Grimmer Robert | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Hinsby John [See Note 7] | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| James William | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Mandell Robert | Wilton | ||||
| Mack Isaac | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| [Page 119] | |||||
| Ruddram James | Wilton | ||||
| Ruddram William [See Note 8] | Wilton | ||||
| Slipper John | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Thompson Thomas | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Thornton George | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Wade Field | Little Walsingham | ||||
| Walker Thomas | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| Walker Thomas | Brandon | ||||
| Wolsey Francis | Hockwold & Wilton | ||||
| [Totals] | 5 | 6 | 22 | 19 | |
| LYNFORD | |||||
| Nelthorp James, Esq; | Lynford | ||||
| [Totals] | 1 | 1 | |||
| METHWOLD | |||||
| Boreham Thomas | Bridgham | ||||
| Brunton John | Methwold | ||||
| Basell Philip | Methwold | ||||
| Capp Stephen | Methwold | ||||
| Clough Rev. Mr. | Methwold | ||||
| Capp George | Methwold | ||||
| Constable John | Methwold | ||||
| Cooper Richard | Southery | ||||
| Flatt John | Methwold | ||||
| Flatt Robert | Methwold | ||||
| Greenacre Thomas | Methwold | ||||
| Gordon Henry | Methwold | ||||
| Gordon Abraham | Methwold | ||||
| Howard Daniel [See Note 9] | Methwold | ||||
| Horseler William [See Note 10] | Southery | ||||
| Harwood John | Methwold | ||||
| Horn Christopher | Methwold | ||||
| King Robert, jun. | Methwold | ||||
| [Page 120] | |||||
| Newton John | Methwold | ||||
| Philips John | Methwold | ||||
| Porter Thomas | Methwold | ||||
| Patch William | Methwold | ||||
| Rolfe Richard | Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk | ||||
| Rolfe Richard | Methwold | ||||
| Rumball Thomas | Methwold | ||||
| Secker John | Brandon | ||||
| Scull Robert | Methwold | ||||
| Secker John [See Note 11] | Brandon | ||||
| Wright Samuel | Terrington St. Clement | ||||
| Wortley Thomas | Emneth | ||||
| Willet John | Brandon | ||||
| Young Thomas | Feltwell | ||||
| Young Richard | Methwold | ||||
| Young Alexander | Methwold | ||||
| Young William | Methwold | ||||
| Young Thomas | Methwold | ||||
| [Totals] | 21 | 30 | 13 | 7 | |
| MUNDFORD | |||||
| Clarke Thomas | Colveston | ||||
| Corke John | Mundford | ||||
| Fuller Samuel | Buckenham | ||||
| Judd William | Mundford | ||||
| Parish Henry, Cl. | East Rainham | ||||
| Spinks Thomas | Mundford | ||||
| Tuddenham John | Mundford | ||||
| Wright Matthew | Mundford | ||||
| [Totals] | 8 | 8 | |||
| NORTHWOLD | |||||
| Bennet Joseph | Northwold | ||||
| Burgess Joseph | Castleacre | ||||
| [Page 121] | |||||
| Crane Thomas | Northwold | ||||
| Dye John | Northwold | ||||
| Duffield Thomas | Downham | ||||
| Edwards John | Northwold | ||||
| Greene William, Cl. | Northwold | ||||
| Harvey Thomas | Hingham | ||||
| Keteringham William | Northwold | ||||
| Keteringham Thomas | Howe [Crouse=Hoe] | ||||
| Morley William | Northwold | ||||
| Nurse John | Northwold | ||||
| Oram Richard, Cl. | Northwold | ||||
| Payne Robert | Northwold | ||||
| Partridge Henry, Esq; | Lynn | ||||
| Roberson William | Northwold | ||||
| Smith Robert | Northwold | ||||
| Secker Thomas | Oxburgh | ||||
| Smith Richard | Northwold | ||||
| Smith William | Northwold | ||||
| Sewell Isaac | Northwold | ||||
| Stead Thomas | Northwold | ||||
| Turner William | Northwold | ||||
| Young Robert | Northwold | ||||
| [Totals] | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | |
| SANTON | |||||
| Pettiward Dr. Roger | Putney, Surrey | ||||
| [Totals] | 1 | 1 | |||
| WEETING | |||||
| Chinery William | Wimbotsham | ||||
| Denton Osbert | Roughton, Suffolk | ||||
| Folks John | Weeting | ||||
| Gore John | Weeting | ||||
| Jacob Francis | Weeting | ||||
| Jacob Thomas | Weeting | ||||
| [Page 122-A] | |||||
| Jacob Robert | Wareham (Wereham) | ||||
| Miller Henry | London | ||||
| Neal William | Weeting | ||||
| Sparks Ezekiel | Waltham, Suffolk | ||||
| Sheffield Richard | Weeting | ||||
| Willet Jacob | Weeting | ||||
| Willet Anthony | Weeting | ||||
| [Totals] | 69 | 9 | 4 | 4 | |
Notes
- 1. "Stone Cagtoft" and "Eastring" are not in the Norfolk Gazetteer of place names?
- 2. "Southgate" occurs at Cawston, Snettisham and South Creake in Norfolk.
- 3. 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.
- 4. "Edward Stonely" in not in Crouse Poll book.
- 5. "William Spencer" in not in Crouse Poll book.
- 6. "Thomas Thickpenny" in not in Crouse Poll book.
- 7. "John Hinsby" in not in Crouse Poll book.
- 8. "William Ruddram" in not in Crouse Poll book.
- 9. "Daniel Howard" in not in Crouse Poll book.
- 10. "William Horseler" in not in Crouse Poll book.
- 11. "John Secker" *2 here but only one in Crouse Poll book.
Places with no voters
The following places :-
BUCKENHAM TOFTS, COLVESTON, CRANWICH, IGBOROUGH, STANFORD, STURSTON and WEST TOFTS
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.
Grimshoe Hundred is followed in the Poll book by Forehoe Hundred.
See also the main Voting page and the main 1768 Poll Book page.
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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
January 2010