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Broadstairs & St. Peter's, Thanet Poll for the Knights of the Shire, 1754 |
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Transcribed by Susan Young.
Taken at Maidstone on Wednesday and Thursday the 1st and 2nd of May, 1754. By Sir Thomas Rider, Knt. Sheriff.
Candidates:
The Honourable Robert Fairfax, Esq.
The Honourable Lewis Watson, Esq.
Sir Edward Dering, Bart.
| SURNAME | GIVEN NAME | FREEHOLD | CONSISTING OF | OCCUPIERS | Fairfax | Watson | Dering |
| Austen | Henry | Birchington | house & land | Tho. Sackett | x | x | |
| Avery | Robert | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | Dan. Carbey | x | x | |
| Booker | John | St. Peter’s | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Bradshaw | Ellis | Deal | house | empty | x | x | |
| Brown | Thomas | St. Peter's | house | his own | x | x | |
| Castle | John | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Clunn | Thomas | St. Peter's | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Cook | John | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | John Cook | x | x | |
| Covell | Robert | St. Pet. Thanet | house | his own | x | x | |
| Croft | Robert | St. Peter’s | house & land | his own | x | ||
| Deverson | Thomas | St. Pet Thanet | house | his own | x | x | |
| Ford | George | St. Pet. Thanet | house | his own | x | x | |
| Gore | Robert | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Grant | Job | St. Peter’s | house | his own | x | x | |
| Gray | William | St. Peter's | house | his own | x | x | |
| Grey | Thomas | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Hawkins | Thomas | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | Jona. Mockett | x | x | |
| Hills | John | St. Lawrence | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Hinch | Thomas | Broadstairs | house | Rob. Baker | x | x | |
| Huggett | John | St. Peter's | house & land | Rob. Huggett | x | x | |
| Huggett | Robert | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Huggett | Peter | St. Pet. Thanet | lands | Rob. Huggett | x | x | |
| Hurst | David | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Joad | William | Broadstairs | houses | his own & T. Austen | x | x | |
| Lister | Edward | St. Peter's | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Milton | Thomas | Broadstairs | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Mockett | Samson | St. Pet. Thanet | land | his own | x | x | |
| Mockett | Elizah | St. Peter’s | house & land | Dan. Peck | x | ||
| Mockett | Jonathan | St. Peter’s | houses | Moc. Sandwell | x | x | |
| Muddle | Edward | St. Pet. Thanet | house | ..... Coward | x | x | |
| Nethersole | John | St. Peter’s | house & land | his own | x | ||
| Noble | Robert | St. Pet. Thanet | house | his own | x | x | |
| Norwood | John | St. Pet. Thanet | house | Tho. Hawkins | x | x | |
| Paramoure | George | St. Peter’s | house & land | his own | x | ||
| Peirce | John | St. Pet. Thanet | land | Jona. Mocket | x | x | |
| Peirce | Robert | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Peirce | John | St. Pet. Thanet | house | his own | x | x | |
| Philpott | James | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | Adam Nukle | x | x | |
| Reed | Thomas | St. Pet. Thanet | house | his own | x | x | |
| Reynolds | Thomas | Sturry | house & land | John Sanders | x | x | |
| Russell | Peircival | St. Peter’s | land | his own | x | ||
| Russell | John | St. Peter’s | house & land | Hen. Read | x | ||
| Sackett | Thomas | Kings Gate St. Peter's | house | his own | x | x | |
| Samson | Thomas | St. Pet. Thanet | land | his own | x | x | |
| Scoats | William | Greenwich | house | Geo. Griffen | x | x | |
| Seal | William | Broadstairs St. Peter's | house | his own | x | x | |
| Stanner | Edward | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | Will. Doughty | x | x | |
| Stevens | John | Birchington | house & land | Tho. Chapman | x | x | |
| Underdown | Vincent | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Underdown | John | St. Peter’s | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| White | John | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Whitney | Zacharias | St. Peter’s | house & land | his own | x | x | |
| Witherden | Kirby | St. Pet. Thanet | land | his own | x | x | |
| Witherden | George | St. Pet. Thanet | house & garden | his own | x | x | |
| Witherden | Stephen | St. Pet. Thanet | house & land | Rob. Huggitt | x | x | |
| Witherden | Robert | St. Peter’s | lands | Kir. Witherden | x | ||
| Witherding | Isaac | St. Peter’s | house & land | his own | x | ||
| Withersden | Edw. | St. Pet. Thanet | house | his own | x | x | |
| TOTALS | 49 | 50 | 9 |