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Poll for Wayland Hundred 1768

A copy of the poll for the knights of the shire for the county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, March 23, 1768. [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.
People who voted at the wrong booth have their original page number in Column 7. They have been included in their correct Parish and the index reflects this "correct" placing.

 

Ames (63-B)
Baker (63-B)
Bale (67)
Barker (67)
Bell (66)
Bond (64)
Borrett (65)
Boughen (68)
Brett (68)
Buckenham (67)
Bunting (68)
Buscall (63-B)
Capps (68)
Carter (64)
Case (63-B)
Cater (64)
Chapman (66)
Clarke (66)
Clements (65)
Cooke (66)
Coote (65)
Crisp (66)
Crockley (64)
Cubitt (64)
Culyer (66)
Curtis (63-B)
Dack (65)
De_Grey (65)
De_Grey (65)
Dent (68)
Donn (65)
Durrant (64)
Eagle (64)
Eldred (66)
Ellis (64)
Fashion (66)
Feverell (63-B)
Fleming (68)
Francis (66)
Fuller (63-B)
Gage (65)
Gardiner (63-B)
Garner (66)
Gilman (64)
Gore (63-B)
Greene (68)
Grief (64)
Hammond (65)
Hardy (63-B,64)
Harvey (68)
Haycock (63-B)
Heigham (66)
Hicks (64,68)
Hooke (64)
Houghton (67)
Howes (67)
Hunt (66)
Ives (64)
Jebb (65)
Knopwood (68)
Lane (67)
Laws (68)
Leech (65,66)
Leggatt (67)
Levitt (68)
Lincoln (68)
Lister (65,66)
Lock (66)
Machin (65,68)
Marker (66)
Martin (66)
Minns (63-B)
Morphew (65)
Newham (67)
Norton (65)
Nunn (66)
Oldfield (63-B)
Osborne (67)
Palmer (63-B,65)
Parrot (66)
Percival (63-B)
Pigg (68)
Pitts (66)
Plumpton (65)
Potter (67)
Pritheroe (63-B)
Rands (66)
Ray (67)
Rice (65)
Robinson (63-B)
Rudland (67)
Salter (64)
Saunders (67)
Scott (67,68)
Shepherd (66)
Simmons (63-B)
Smith (64)
Sparkhall (64)
Springall (66)
Spurrell (65)
Spydell (68)
Taylor (63-B)
Thompson (63-B)
Tompson (64)
Tooke (67)
Towne (67)
Twells (64)
Vincent (66)
Wace (64)
Walker (64)
Ward (63-B,65)
Watson (64)
Webster (64)
West (68)
Whaites (63-B)
Wiar (67)
Womack (64)
Wright (65,66,67)
Wyard (66)
Youngs (68)

Wayland Hundred

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

 

Ashill
Breckles
-   (Breccles)
Carbrooke
Caston
Griston
Little Ellingham
Merton
Ovington
Rockland St Peter
Saham Toney
Scoulton
Stow Bedon
Thompson
Threxton
Tottington
Watton

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]


Freeholders Names and
where the Freeholds lie.
Residence.Wo
de
de
Gr
As
tl
Co
ke
[Page 63-B]
ASHILL     
Baker JohnAshill

  
Buscall EdmundAshill  

Gardiner JonathanAshill

  
Gore John [was Page 122-F]Santon Downham(-)(-)  
Hardy JohnNorwich

  
Oldfield EdmundAshill 

 
Palmer JohnDereham  

Percival WilliamAshill

  
Pritheroe William [was Page 256-E]East Basham
(East Barsham)
 (-)(-) 
Thompson JohnAshill

  
Ward WilliamOvington

  
Whaites Tho. jun. Cl.Ashill  

[Totals] 6743
      
BRECCLES     
Taylor Philip Reginald Ryley, Esq; [was Page 56]Breccles (Breckles)(-)(-)  
      
CARBROOKE     
Ames FrancisCarbroke (Carbrooke) 
 
Case EdwardPatchley (Pattesley)

  
Curtis WilliamHockwold, Wilton

  
Feverell ThomasCarbroke (Carbrooke)

  
Fuller JohnCarbroke (Carbrooke)

  
Hardy MichaelGriston

  
Haycock JohnCarbroke (Carbrooke)

  
Minns JohnOvington

  
Robinson EdmundCarbroke (Carbrooke)

  
Simmons JohnHingham

  
      
[Page 64]
Tompson JamesWatton

  
Wace ClementThrexton

  
Watson WilliamCarbrooke

  
Womack HenryCarbrooke

  
[Totals] 1314 1
      
CASTON     
Carter JohnCaston  

Cater RichardCaston

  
Cubitt SimonNorwich  

Durrant ThomasCaston

  
Eagle JohnStow Bedon
 
 
Ellis JohnCaston  

Grief JonathanCarbrooke

  
Hardy WilliamCaston

  
Hicks FrancisWatton

  
Hooke JoshuaSarston, Cambridgeshire
(Sawston?)


  
Salter RobertOld Buckenham

  
Smith John [See Note 4]Southwould

  
Smith JonathanCaston

  
Sparkhall JohnDeepham (Deopham)
   
Twells John, Cl.Caston

  
Walker JohnCaston

  
Webster WilliamStow Bedon

  
[Totals] 141243
      
LITTLE ELLINGHAM     
Bond Thomas, Cl.Little Ellingham

  
Crockley EdwardWatton

  
Gilman JohnMerton

  
Ives Jeremiah, Esq;Norwich  

      
[Page 65]
Leech WilliamLittle Ellingham

  
Lister DanielGreat Ellingham

  
Morphew JohnNorwich 

 
Norton HenryLittle Ellingham

  
Palmer ThomasLittle Ellingham

  
Plumpton RichardLittle Ellingham
 
 
[Totals] 8831
      
GRISTON     
Borrett John, Cl.Griston

  
Gage WilliamGriston

  
Hammond ThomasCarbroke (Carbrooke)

  
Machin WilliamGriston 

 
Rice ChristopherGriston

  
[Totals] 451 
      
MERTON     
De_Grey Thomas, Esq;Merton

  
De_Grey William, Esq;London

  
[Totals] 22  
      
OVINGTON     
Coote ThomasScarning

  
Clements HenryCarbroke (Carbrooke)

  
Dack WilliamCarbroke (Carbrooke) 
 
Donn EdwardOvington

  
Jebb John, Cl.Ovington

  
Spurrell JohnWatton

  
Ward LawrenceOvington 
 
Wright WilliamOvington

  
[Totals] 68 2
      
[Page 66]
ROCKLAND ST PETER     
Chapman EdwardHockham [Crouse=Holkham]

  
Crisp SimeonRockland St Peter 

 
Culyer JohnRockland St Peter
 
 
Garner ThomasElden, Suffolk  

Leech Philip, Cl.Caston

  
Lister ThomasSwaffham

  
Lock WilliamRockland St Peter

  
Marker Benj. BrundishBury St. Edmunds, Suffolk

  
Nunn JohnRockland St Peter

  
Pitts JohnRockland St Peter
 
 
Rands Thomas [See Note 5]Rockland St Peter 

 
Shepherd Robert [See Note 6]Rockland St Peter 

 
Springall ThomasRockland St Peter

  
Springall ThomasCaston

  
Wright JeremiahRockland St Peter

  
Wyard DanielRockland St Peter

  
[Totals] 121361
      
SAHAM TONEY     
Bell WillemottSaham (Toney)

  
Clarke EdwardSaham (Toney)

  
Cooke WilliamSaham (Toney)

  
Eldred JohnOvington

  
Eldred WilliamSaham (Toney)

  
Fashion JohnKensington [London?]

  
Francis WilliamGreat Cressingham

  
Heigham PellBury St. Edmunds, Suffolk  

Hunt SamuelSaham (Toney)

  
Martin John [was Page 122-F]Swaffham (-) (-)
Parrot Charles, Cl.Saham (Toney)

  
Vincent DanielSaham (Toney)

  
      
[Page 67]
Wiar Simon [See Note 3]Saham (Toney) 

 
Wright WilliamSaham (Toney)

  
[Totals] 111212
      
SCOULTON     
Lane Matthew, Cl.Hingham
 
 
Towne JohnPakenham, Suffolk

  
[Totals] 211 
      
STOW BEDON     
Houghton HenryMerton

  
Howes JohnCaston 
  
Leggatt WilliamStow Bedon

  
Newham GeorgePentney

  
Ray WilliamTanington, Suffolk
(Tannington)


  
Rudland DanielHockham

  
[Totals] 55  
      
THOMPSON     
Bale JohnThompson

  
Bale WilliamThompson

  
Barker MatthewThompson

  
Buckenham WilliamThompson

  
Osborne HenryThompson

  
Potter JosephStow Bedon

  
Saunders AnthonyBarnwell, Northam(ptonshire).

  
Scott Peter, Cl.Watton

  
Tooke William, Esq;London

  
[Totals] 99  
      
[Page 68]
THREXTON     
Knopwood Robert, Esq;Threxton

  
[Totals] 11  
      
TOTTINGTON     
Dent PeterCranwich

  
Levitt ThomasTompson (Thompson)

  
Spydell Jacob ThomasLondon

  
West RobertTottington

  
[Totals] 44  
      
WATTON     
Brett RobertSwaffham

  
Boughen HughSaham (Toney)

  
Brett JohnWatton

  
Bunting Robert [was Page 122-F]Didlington (-)(-) 
Capps RobertLimpenhoe

  
Fleming W. Henry Esq;Norwich 

 
Greene FrancisWatton

  
Harvey EdwardWatton

  
Hicks ThomasWatton

  
Laws ValentineShipdham
 
 
Lincoln ThomasWatton

  
Machin FrancisWatton 
  
Pigg Thomas, Cl.Watton

  
Scott Thomas, Cl.Watton

  
Youngs ThomasWatton 
 
[Totals] 111321

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.
  • 2. "(-)" indicates who was voted for but this is included in count for original page.
  • 3. "Wiar" is printed as "Wyard" in the other Poll Book by J.Crouse?
  • 4. "Southwould" could be Southwood, Norfolk or even Southwold in Suffolk?
  • 5. "Thomas Rands" is not in Crouse Poll book.
  • 6. "Robert Shepherd" is not in Crouse Poll book.

Wayland Hundred is followed in Poll book by Lynn Borough.


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January 2010