1727: Poll Book
The 1727 Yorkshire poll was a bye-election for a representative in Parliament, following the death of the Tory incumbent, Sir Arthur Kaye. The two candidates were Sir John Kaye (Sir Arthur Kaye's nephew), and Cholmley Turner as an 'independent' Whig. Turner won by 7,683 votes to Kaye's 4,264.
The poll book for this poll is not printed, but in manuscript form, and largely unsorted. In the small amount of time available to me to consult it (on microfilm at Sheffield Archives) I could only find Bubwith, Foggathorpe, Gribthorpe* and Gunby.
I have made no attempt to correct the spellings of people or places, or to expand abbreviations.
The Tory candidate, Sir John Kaye, doesn't seem to have made a big impression on the Bubwith voters, they all voted for Turner!
* It is possible that the Grimsthorp that I found is a mistake for Gribthorpe. There is a Grimesthorp near Sheffield, but there definitely was a Samuel Guy in Bubwith at this time, and the freehold is at nearby Eastrington, so I have included it, just in case.
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Surname | Forename | Abode | Freehold |
Bond | John | Breighton | Bubwith |
Charnley | William | Breighton | Breighton |
Dealtrey | George | Breighton | Redness |
Dealtrey | James | Breighton | Balkholme |
Barker | Thomas | Bubwith | |
Barrett | Edward | Bubwith | Newton upon Derwent |
Blackburn | Richard | Bubwith | |
Brabbs | James | Bubwith | Royston |
Brabbs | John | Bubwith | Melbourne |
Burton | John | Bubwith | Melbourne |
Carrack | Robert | Bubwith | Bubwith |
Geasby | William | Bubwith | Seaton |
Halley | Benjamin | Bubwith | Melbourne |
Halley | George | Bubwith | Bubwith |
Hough | Arthur | Bubwith | Bubwith |
Idle | William | Bubwith | East Cottingwith |
Mayner | John | Bubwith | Melbourne |
Moor | Richard | Bubwith | Bubwith |
Smith | John | Bubwith | |
Weddall | Thomas | Bubwith | Bubwith |
Westerby | Matthew | Bubwith | Bubwith |
Brown | John | Foggathorpe | East Cottingwith |
Guy | Marmaduke | Foggathorpe | Bubwith |
Guy | Marmaduke | Foggathorpe | Bubwith |
Johnson | Thomas | Foggathorpe | Duffield |
Guy | Samuel | Grimsthorp | Eastrington |
Hebden | John | Gunby | Howden |
Hepton | John | Gunby | North Cave |
Allen | William | Sparrington | Eastrington |
Blanchard | James | Spaldington | Hive |
Blanchard | Luke | Spaldington | Storwood |
Blanchard | Luke | Sparrington | Breighton |
Browne | William | Sparrington | Ellerton |
Gibson | John | Spaldington | Seaton |
Guy | Nathaniel | Spaldington | Bellasize |
Johnson | Robert | Spaldington | Howden |
Laughton | William | Spaldington | Hive and Hook |
Wales | Charles | Spaldington | Sparrington and South Cave |
Kerlew | Edward | Sparlington | Long Newland |
Laughton | James | Sparlington | Howden |
Atkinson | Michael | Willitoft | Melbourne |
Non-Resident Freeholders | |||
Surname | Forename | Abode | Freehold |
Battle | Henry | Aughton | Bubwith |
Battle | Henry | Aughton | Bubwith |
Drake | John | Ellerton | Bubwith |
Gresham | Philip | Heslerton | Breighton |
Horsley | Francis | Catton | Breighton |
Myers | John | Mayburne | Breighton |
Rusholme | Peter | Howden | Breighton |
Wheadley | Henry | Everthorpe | Breighton |
Brown | John | Portington | Foggathorpe |
Driffield | Lancelot | Escrick | Foggathorpe |
Kay | Abraham | Almondbury | Foggathorpe |