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Orpington, Poll for the Knights of the Shire, 1734

Transcribed by Susan D. Young.
Taken at Maidstone, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 15th and 16th of May, 1734. By Sir Henry Hicks, Knt. Sheriff.
Candidates: Right Honourable the Earl of Middlesex
Sir George Oxenden, Bart.
Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Vane
Sir Edward Dering, Bart.
SURNAME GIVEN NAME FREEHOLD Middlesex Oxenden Vane Dering
Barnes Thomas Ospringe     x x
Catton George Orpington     x x
Chapman Edward Erith x x    
Cotton John Orpington     x x
Fuller Thomas Orpington x     x
Gee Richard Orpington x x    
Goldsmith John Orpington x     x
Goldsmith Thomas Orpington x     x
Greenwood Edward Orpington x     x
Knight Thomas Orpington x     x
Lane William Orpington     x x
Mace Henry Orpington x     x
Mansfeild James Orpington x     x
Waterfall Thomas Orpington     x x
Whiffen John Down       x
Whitehouse James Orpington x     x
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