Poll Books - data sheet

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Roydon : Poll Book Entries

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Poll Books go back further than electoral registers and, in general, list who voted at elections and who they voted for. The earliest ones start from around 1700 and they remained until 1872; thios was when the secret ballot was introduced. All poll books record the name of the voter. Some also record other information such as occupation and address. The order of names also vary; sometimes ordered by address, sometimes by name, sometimes by the order in which their vote was cast. As these are a record of votes cast, they do not include those eligible to vote who chose not to cast their vote.
The name and residence of each voter is given, then their Qualification to vote, (F Freehold, L Leasehold, C Copyhold or O Occupier) and who they voted for, with a column for each candidate.
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ID	Name	Date	Occupation	Residence	Address	Notes
40633	ELLIOT William	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Roydon; occupied by Himself; voting for E WODEHOUSE
40634	GOOD Charles	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Roydon; occupied by Himself; voting for E WODEHOUSE
40635	HINCHLEU John	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Roydon; occupied by Himself; voting for E WODEHOUSE
40636	KITCHEN William	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Roydon; occupied by Thomas MAKER; voting for E WODEHOUSE
40637	LEATHERS G R	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Wickhampton; occupied by E LEATHERS; voting for E WODEHOUSE
40638	MIDDLETON William	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Roydon; occupied by Osborn RAVEL; voting for E R PRATT
40639	NEWSON Samuel	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Roydon; occupied by R WHITBREAD; voting for E WODEHOUSE
40640	SMITH John	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Roydon; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
40641	WARNE Thomas	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Roydon; occupied by Himself; voting for E WODEHOUSE
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='ROYD' AND EventType = 'Poll Book' ORDER BY ID"