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  The 1784 Poll of Lavendon Freeholders Until 1832 the right to vote was restricted
to those with a “forty shilling”
property qualification - ownership of freehold
land worth 40 shillings (£2) a year
by men aged 21 and over. Nevertheless those entitled to vote
numbered tens of thousands overall. With reform many more were enfranchised, but it was only in 1872 that the ballot became secret. Throughout the 18th century and until 1872 the names of those voting and the way they voted were frequently published. Records survive as printed Poll Books and an extract of one such book that includes voters from Lavendon are shown here. With parliamentary reform of 1832, official Electoral Registers came into being. These were annual lists of names and addresses of those with the (property) right to vote, extended periodically to end with the universal adult suffrage that applies today. Further reading: https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Poll_Books_in_England_and_WalesSurname
Billing Bithray Evans Gent Harris Hindes Lacey Lightfoot Longstaffe Parish Perry Perry Simcow Wall Ward Ward Ward Ward Westear York York
York First Name
John John Thomas Thomas Lewis Rev Henry John James George William John John Josiah Thomas John Richard Robert William Thomas John Robert Robert Occupier of Eligible Property
Self York, R Ward, Richard Self Wykes, Henry Castledines, W Crouch Self Brice, George Self Self Ratcliffe, Widow Self Self Self Self Self Self Clayson Gent, Thomas Gent, Thomas Rush, T Parish
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Lavendon A Poll for Knights of the Shire for the County of Bucks
on Wednesday the 21st and ended on Friday the 30th of April, 1784 CANDIDATES
Ralph Earl Verney |