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Poll for Diss 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 Diss 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.
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.
| Adams (45) Algar (40) Balderston (44) Barker (41) Barry (40) Bartram (45) Basham (41) Beacon (40) Bendish (41) Betts (44) Bleckley (41) Blomefield (43) Bokenham (41) Bolton (44) Bound (40) Brabyn (46) Bradstreet (43) Bray (41) Brightwell (41) Brown (41,43) Burges (46) Buxton (42,46) Carry (42) Carter (43) Catchpole (45) Chappelow (42) Chenery (42) Codd (44) Constable (41) Cooper (40,45,46) Cricknell (42) Darby (42) Davy (44) | Denny (40) Dobson (45) Dodd (41,45) Drane (44) Eaton (40,42,44,45) Elliot (44,45) Ellis (42) Fincham (42) Fisher (40,44) Foster (46) Foulsher (42) Francis (41) Fulcher (42,44,45) Gardner (46) Gibbs (44) Gilbert (44) Gilman (45) Goat (44) Goddard (44) Goodsin (46) Grere (42) Grice (40) (see also Le Grice) Gudgeon (42) Hart (46) Harvey (42) Hewes (42) Hewett (42) Hogg (41) Holmes (46) Horn (45) Howes (41) Howlett (45) | Howman (44) Jefferies (41) Law (40) Layman (42) Le_Grice (45) Leatherdale (44) Leech (42) Leheup (42) Leman (41) Licence (40) Lillistone (45) Lingwood (42) Lock (44) Long (46) Lovick (40) Manning (42) Martin (40) Masters (46) Meadows (42) Middleditch (41) Mobbs (41) Moore (42) Moyse (44) Murrell (45) Nasmith (42) Newson (42,44) Norris (46) Parker (42) Pilgrim (46) Pooley (42) Prentice (41,44) Press (42) Rant (41) | Reed (42) Repton (41) Robinson (40) Routh (46) Runacres (42) Rust (42) Sands (43) Scott (43) Seaman (43,44) Searank (44) Shulver (43) Simpson (43) Slap (43) Smith (43,44,46) Spurdens (45,46) Steadman (45) Steggall (43) Stimpson (41) Strutt (43) Taylor (40,43) Tilney (40) Towell (43) Turner (41,43) Wake (41,45) Walton (43,45) Ward (43) Watson (41) Wilson (41,45) Wiseman (43) Wisson (45) Womack (44) Wragg (43) Wright (46) |
Diss Hundred
This contains the following parishes where property was held. The names in brackets "()" are alternative spellings as used in the original poll book.
| Bressingham (Brissingham) Burston Dickleburgh - [see also Langmere] Diss Fersfield | Frenze Gissing Roydon [near Diss] Scole Shelfanger Shimpling | Thelveton [or Thelton] Thorpe Parva Tivetshall St. Margaret Tivetshall St. Mary Winfarthing |
[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
| Freeholders Names and where the Freeholds lie. | Residence. | Wo de | de Gr | As tl | Co ke |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Page 40] | |||||
| BRISSINGHAM | |||||
| Algar John | Brissingham (Bressingham) | ||||
| Bound Edward | Bergh Apton | ||||
| Fisher Edward | Brissingham (Bressingham) | ||||
| Fulcher Richard | Brissingham (Bressingham) | ||||
| Law Thomas | Brissingham (Bressingham) | ||||
| Law Edmund | Pulham | ||||
| Licence William | Brissingham (Bressingham) | ||||
| Lovick Robert | North Lopham | ||||
| Martin Robert | Brissingham (Bressingham) | ||||
| Robinson Thomas | Bury St Edmund's, Suffolk | ||||
| Taylor Edward | Braconash (Bracon Ash) | ||||
| Tilney Francis | Stradbroke, Suffolk | ||||
| [Totals] | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
| BURSTON | |||||
| Beacon William | Burston | ||||
| Barry Lamb, Esq; | Syleham, Suffolk | ||||
| Cooper Isaac, Cl. | Eye, Suffolk | ||||
| Denny Thomas | Eye, Suffolk | ||||
| Eaton Robert | Burston | ||||
| Grice John | Diss | ||||
| [Page 41] | |||||
| Hogg Robert | Diss | ||||
| Leman Robert | Wickham Market, Suffolk | ||||
| Prentice Thomas | Bungay, Suffolk | ||||
| Stimpson John | Burston | ||||
| Watson Yull | Kenninghall | ||||
| [Totals] | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| DICKLEBURGH | |||||
| Bendish Robert, Cl. | Dickleburgh | ||||
| Bleckley William | Dickleburgh | ||||
| Constable John | Dickleburgh | ||||
| Dodd William | Norwich Thorpe | ||||
| Francis John | Shimpling | ||||
| Francis James | Shimpling | ||||
| Howes Timothy | Pulham | ||||
| Jefferies John, jun. | Bridgeham (Bridgham) | ||||
| Middleditch Joseph | Glemsford, Suffolk | ||||
| Mobbs Benjamin | Dickleburgh | ||||
| Rant Humphry, Esq; | Dickleburgh | ||||
| Repton John | Norwich | ||||
| Turner George [was Page 38-B] | Pulham Virgin | ||||
| Wake Henry | Gosbeck, Suffolk | ||||
| Wilson Nicholas | Hoxne, Suffolk | ||||
| [Totals] | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |
| DISS | |||||
| Barker James, Cl. | Redgrave, Suffolk | ||||
| Basham William | Diss | ||||
| Bray James | Diss | ||||
| Brightwell William | Northwold | ||||
| Brown John | Diss | ||||
| Bokenham William | Norwich | ||||
| [Page 42] | |||||
| Buxton Robert | Watton | ||||
| Carry John | Diss | ||||
| Chappelow Edward, Cl. | Diss | ||||
| Chenery Robert | Diss | ||||
| Cricknell Robert | Diss | ||||
| Darby John | Diss | ||||
| Eaton George | Diss | ||||
| Ellis Thomas | Diss | ||||
| Fincham Benjamin | Diss | ||||
| Foulsher Robert | Diss | ||||
| Fulcher Thomas | Diss | ||||
| Grere Thomas | Diss | ||||
| Gudgeon Robert | Diss | ||||
| Harvey George | Diss | ||||
| Hewett Richard, Esq; | Great Baddow, Essex | ||||
| Hewes Thomas, sen. | Diss | ||||
| Layman Robert | Diss | ||||
| Leech Thomas | Diss | ||||
| Leheup Michael, Esq; | Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk | ||||
| Lingwood George | Diss | ||||
| Manning Thomas, Esq; | Bungay, Suffolk | ||||
| Meadows Philip | Diss | ||||
| Moore Edward | Royden (Roydon) | ||||
| Moore James | Diss | ||||
| Nasmith Thomas | Norwich | ||||
| Newson John | Diss | ||||
| Pooley John | Diss | ||||
| Press William | Hoxne, Suffolk | ||||
| Parker Benjamin | Diss | ||||
| Rust Thomas | Wortham, Suffolk | ||||
| Runacres James | Diss | ||||
| Reed Thomas | Diss | ||||
| [Page 43] | |||||
| Sands Thomas | Diss | ||||
| Seaman Samuel | Diss | ||||
| Scott Nathaniel, Cl. | Diss | ||||
| Slap Thomas | Botesdale, Suffolk | ||||
| Simpson James | Diss | ||||
| Scott Robert | Royden (Roydon) | ||||
| Steggall Charles | Diss | ||||
| Simpson Charles | Diss | ||||
| Shulver John | Witheringset, Suffolk (Wetheringsett) | ||||
| Strutt Alexander | Diss | ||||
| Smith Francis | Blo Norton | ||||
| Taylor John | Diss | ||||
| Turner Jonathan, jun. | Diss | ||||
| Towell Robert | Diss | ||||
| Walton Samuel | Dickleburgh | ||||
| Ward Andrew | Diss | ||||
| Wragg John | Diss | ||||
| Wiseman Benjamin | Diss | ||||
| Wiseman Edward | Diss | ||||
| [Totals] | 27 | 27 | 31 | 27 | |
| FERSFIELD | |||||
| Blomefield John | Aylsham | ||||
| Bradstreet William | Brisingham (Bressingham) | ||||
| Carter Samuel, Cl. | Fersfield | ||||
| [Totals] | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| FRENZE | |||||
| Brown Charles, Cl. | Tacolneston | ||||
| [Totals] | 1 | 1 | |||
| [Page 44] | |||||
| GISSING | |||||
| Bolton Francis | Gissing | ||||
| Codd George | Gissing | ||||
| Gilbert John | Gissing | ||||
| Howman Edward, Cl. | Gissing | ||||
| Lock Henry | Botesdale, Suffolk | ||||
| Seaman Robert | Norwich | ||||
| Prentice Robert | Walsham, Suffolk | ||||
| Womack Thomas | Old Buckenham | ||||
| [Totals] | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| ROYDON | |||||
| Balderston Robert | Roydon | ||||
| Elliot William | Roydon | ||||
| Fisher Richard | Diss | ||||
| Fulcher Richard | Roydon | ||||
| Goddard John | Shelfanger | ||||
| Moyse Samuel | Harleston | ||||
| Newson Robert | Roydon | ||||
| Searank Thomas | Newmarket, Suffolk | ||||
| Smith John | Diss | ||||
| [Totals] | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
| SCOLE | |||||
| Betts Edmund, Esq; | Oakly, Suffolk (Oakley) | ||||
| Davy Lancelot | Southwold, Suffolk | ||||
| Drane William | Scole | ||||
| Eaton John | Diss | ||||
| Gibbs Robert | Scole | ||||
| Goat Edward, Esq; | Brent Ely, Suffolk | ||||
| Leatherdale John | Scole | ||||
| [Page 45] | |||||
| Spurdens Robert | Shelfanger | ||||
| Steadman Edmund | Scole | ||||
| [Totals] | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| SHELFANGER | |||||
| Catchpole James | Shelfanger | ||||
| Catchpole James | Shelfanger | ||||
| Dodd Charles | Shelfanger | ||||
| Eaton George | Shelfanger | ||||
| Elliot William | Shelfanger | ||||
| Fulcher William [was Page 69-A] | New Buckenham | ||||
| Gilman James | Shelfanger | ||||
| Horn Robert | Shelfanger | ||||
| Lillistone William | Shelfanger | ||||
| Murrell John | Shelfanger | ||||
| Wilson Robert | Shelfanger | ||||
| [Totals] | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |
| SHIMPLING | |||||
| Adams Charles | Shimpling | ||||
| Bartram James | Shimpling | ||||
| Cooper William | Norwich | ||||
| Howlett John [was Page 38-B] | Pulham Virgin | ||||
| Wake William | Shimpling | ||||
| Walton Samuel, jun. | Dickleburgh | ||||
| Wisson Stephen, Cl. | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | ||||
| [Totals] | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| THELVETON | |||||
| Dobson Berry, Cl. | Orford, Suffolk | ||||
| Le_Grice John | Thelveton | ||||
| [Totals] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| [Page 46] | |||||
| TIVETSHAEL St. Mary, and TIVETSHALL St. MARGARET | |||||
| Brabyn Henry | Gissing | ||||
| Burges John | Wymondham | ||||
| Cooper Daniel | Fressingfield, Suffolk | ||||
| Foster Daniel | Norwich | ||||
| Gardner John | Earsham | ||||
| Goodsin William | Norwich | ||||
| Holmes Robert | Tivetshall | ||||
| Long John | Tivetshall | ||||
| Masters Robert, Cl. | Landbeach, Cambridgeshire | ||||
| Norris James | Norwich | ||||
| Routh George, Cl. | Norwich | ||||
| Smith William | Tivetshall St. Mary | ||||
| Spurdens Sampson | Diss | ||||
| [Totals] | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
| WINFARTHING | |||||
| Buxton John | Winfarthing | ||||
| Hart Samuel | Winfarthing | ||||
| Pilgrim Thomas | Winfarthing | ||||
| Wright Jonas | Winfarthing | ||||
| [Totals] | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
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.
- 2. "(-)" indicates who was voted for but this is included in count for original page.
Places with no voters
The following place :-
THORPE PARVA
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.
Diss Hundred is followed in Poll book by Guiltcross Hundred.
See also the main Voting page and the main 1768 Poll Book page.
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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
January 2010