Norfolk: Great Yarmouth

Voting Registers - Poll 1790

The poll for two members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Great Yarmouth, taken on Friday 18th June 1790 and published by I. D. Downes and March. The transcription includes :- Voters names, Occupations, Residences & some relationships.

Most of the places of residence are in Norfolk or Suffolk but a number of people are seen to be living elsewhere. The notes section will help to identify the location of some of these.

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

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THE

P      O      L      L

FOR

TWO MEMBERS

TO SERVE IN

P A R L I A M E N T,

For the BURGH of

G R E A T  Y A R M O U T H,

IN THE

County of NORFOLK;

Taken on FRIDAY the 18th of JUNE, 1790,

BEFORE

SAMUEL TOLVER, Esq. MAYOR.

CANDIDATES.

RIGHT HON. CHARLES TOWNSHEND.

HENRY BEAUFOY, ESQ.

JOHN THOMAS SANDYS, ESQ.

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED; AND CAREFULLY

EXAMINED WITH THE ORIGINAL POLL.

YARMOUTH:

PRINTED BY DOWNES AND MARCH. MDCCXC.

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E R R A T A.

For Carter Mosech, Jun. Ropemaker, Yarmouth, B. read MESECH, &c.

For Iues William, Mariner, Yarmouth, T. and S. read, IVES, &c.

For Knights Nathaniel, Ropemaker, Yarmouth, S. read T. and S.

For Kerrick Thomas, Esq. Geldestone, T. and B. read, KERRICH, &c.

For Mackarel, Hempdresser, Yarmouth, T. and S. read, Mackarel John, HAIR-DRESSER, &c.

For Stodart Joseph, Jun. Shipwright, Yarmouth, T. and S. read, Stodart Joseph, SEN. &c.

For Stodart Joseph, Jun. Shipwright, Yarmouth, T. and S. Italic, read Stodart, &c, COOPER, and dele * for double Vote. ---viz. Voted only once.

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THE

P      O      L      L

FOR TWO

MEMBERS of PARLIAMENT

For the BURGH of

G R E A T  Y A R M O U T H,

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NOTE. Those marked * voted twice.

        Those marked + are not Freemen.

F I N I S.

[End of Poll Book]

Notes

• 1. Some variation will be found in the names of the places in the book. Standard place names are given in brackets () following where necessary so that places are found with a search.
• 2. Name spelling varied and below are some alternatives which are to be found in the other Great Yarmouth Poll Books which may refer to the same families :- Bayley/Bayly, Bolchen/Bollchen, Cocoa/Coker, Cockle/Cockell, Cousens/Couzens, Dyble/Diboll, Ellot/Ellet, Ellys/Ellis, Flemming/Fleming, Gillet/Gillett, Hedgeman/Edgeman, Jinkenson/Jenkinson, Lasting/Laston, Loveday/Lovewell, Marsh/Mash, Mauley/Morley, Merrymen/Merryment, Neslon/Neslen, Nicholls/Nichols, Pagett/Paget, Pigeon/Pidgeon, Rear/Rayer, Riddlesdale/Riddelsdell, Stoliday/Stolady, Wickstead/Wicksteed, Wooten/Wotton
• 3. Under the heading "Occupations" a "----" indicates a blank in the printed poll book.
• 4. The columns headed "T", "B" and "S" indicate votes for the candidates "Townshend", "Beaufoy" and "Sandys" respectively.
• 5. Many places outside Norfolk had seafaring connections through trade and shipbuilding. Some of those given as residences are listed below together with the Chapman county codes in "[]" in which they lay in 1790 :- Greenwich [KEN] and Harwich [ESS]

Other Yarmouth Polls

Given below are the dates for the other Polls up to 25th July 1837 with links to further transcriptions. For later ones follow the link to Great Yarmouth voting page. Note that where more than one printer published the poll then the date is followed by their name.

See also the main Voting page,  Great Yarmouth Voting page and the Great Yarmouth parish page.

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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
June 2012