1741: Poll Book
The 1741 Yorkshire poll was for a representative in Parliament, and it was held in a room of the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Viscount Morpeth, on 13 January 1741; the candidates were George Fox (Tory) and Cholmley Turner (Whig). The compilers of these lists attribute any errors to the various ways of pronunciation of the same man's name in different parts of the county, and freeholders' names are generally limited to surname and one forename. Turner won, by 8,016 votes to Fox's 7,047.
I have made no attempt to correct the spellings of people or places, or to expand abbreviations, but one stands out as needing clarification. The entry for Falgowthorp, Claxton, Bernard, should, of course, be Foggathorpe, Clarkson, Bernard. I cannot find any place in my gazetteers that come remotely close to Marsland (the David Staniford entry).
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Residence
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Name and Description
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Freehold
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Voted
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Brighton
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Staniford, David
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Marsland
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Fox
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Falgowthorp
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Claxton, Bernard
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Laxton
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Fox
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Gribthorpe
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Blanchard, Nich.
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Harlthorpe
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Fox
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Curlew, Edward
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Long Newton
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Fox
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Guy, Nathaniel
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Eastrington parish
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Fox
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Sparrington
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Leckonby, John
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Aislaby
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Fox
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Willytoft
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Atkinson, Michael
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Melburne
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Fox
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Brighton
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Dealtrey, George
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Redness
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Turner
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Bubwith
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Barret, Edward
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Turner
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Burton, John Cl.
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Turner
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Ellis, John
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Eastrington
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Turner
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Hutton, William
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Turner
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Idle, William
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East Cottingwith
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Turner
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Moore, Richard
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Turner
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Prat, William
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Turner
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Stawley, George
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Turner
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Weddall, Thomas
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Turner
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Fogerthorp
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Brown, John
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Cottingwith
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Turner
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Johnson, Thomas
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Holme Spaldingmoor
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Turner
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Wilberfoss, William
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Lenthorp
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Turner
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Gunby
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Hepton, John
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Howden
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Turner
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Hepton, John
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North Cave
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Turner
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Spaldington
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Blanchard, Ja.
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East Cottingwith
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Turner
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Gibson, Gervase
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Long Newland
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Turner
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Gibson, John
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Seaton Ross
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Turner
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Johnson, Robert
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Howden
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Turner
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Sparrington
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Bell, Henry
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Kildwick le Woulds
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Turner
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Voters who lived elsewhere, but gave their Freehold as Bubwith
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Oulton
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Barker, Thomas
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Bugwith (sic)
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Fox
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Ellerton
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Craik, John
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Bubwith
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Turner
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Escrick
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Driffield, Lancelot
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Foggerthorpe
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Turner
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Killerby
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Hebden, Robert
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Graisthorpe (sic)
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Turner
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Britton
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Bond, John
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Bubwith
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Turner
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