North Bierley Township poll for Knights of the Shire 1835

 

The Poll for the Knight of the Shire for the West Riding of Yorkshire Candidates: The Hon. John Stuart Wortley The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Morpeth The requirement to vote at that time was that you must own or hold a minimum 60 year lease on land to a minimum value of £10 or be paying a rent at £50 per annum. The ballot was a public affair and lists like the one we have transcribed below were later published. A 1 in the column indicates which candidates votes were cast for. Wortley represented the Conservative party and Morpeth was a Whigs. Morpeth was elected but was unseated at the next election in 1841.

 
Name Surname Abode Morpeth Wortley
John ASQUITH North Bierley 1  
Benjamin BARRACLOUGH North Bierley 1  
John BARRACLOUGH North Bierley    
John, jun. BARRACLOUGH North Bierley 1  
John, sen. BARRACLOUGH North Bierley   1
Paul BASTOW North Bierley   1
Daniel BATEMAN North Bierley 1  
James BATEMAN North Bierley 1  
William BATEMAN North Bierley 1  
John BOLTON North Bierley 1  
John BRAKES North Bierley 1  
Joseph BRASHAW North Bierley   1
Reuben BREAKES North Bierley   1
Richard BREAKES North Bierley    
Seth BREAKES North Bierley 1  
Christoph. Holdsworth DAWSON Royds Hall 1  
William DEARDEN North Bierley 1  
William ELLIS Bowling 1  
Rev. Joshua FAWCETT North Bierley   1
Joseph FIRTH North Bierley 1  
Joseph GARSIDE North Bierley   1
Joseph, jun. GARSIDE North Bierley   1
Beswick John GREENWOOD 3, Fig Tree Court, Inner Temple, London 1  
John HAIGH North Bierley 1  
Charles HARDY North Bierley   1
John HARDY Portland Place, Middlesex    
Jonathan HARDY North Bierley 1  
Richard HARDY North Bierley 1  
John HEMINGWAY North Bierley 1  
John HODGSON North Bierley 1  
Squire HODGSON North Bierley 1  
John HORN North Bierley   1
Jonathan HOULDEN North Bierley   1
Christopher HOWSON North Bierley   1
John ILLINGWORTH North Bierley   1
Joshua JENNING North Bierley 1  
William JOWETT North Bierley    
Thomas KAY North Bierley 1  
Charles KELLETT North Bierley 1  
Jonas KELLETT North Bierley   1
Samuel KELLIT North Bierley 1  
John KNOWLES North Bierley 1  
James LEE North Bierley   1
Peter LIGHTOWLERS North Bierley 1  
Joshua MITCHEL North Bierley   1
Michael MORTIMER North Bierley   1
Isaac PEARSON North Bierley 1  
Jacob PEARSON North Bierley 1  
Robert PEARSON North Bierley    
Samuel PEARSON North Bierley 1  
Joseph POLLARD Shelf 1  
John PRIESTLEY North Bierley   1
John PYRAH North Bierley 1  
Samuel PYRAH North Bierley   1
Thomas PYRAH North Bierley 1  
Francis RHODES North Bierley 1  
Matthew RHODES North Bierley    
John ROPER North Bierley 1  
John SCOTT North Bierley   1
Absalom SHAW North Bierley 1  
Thomas SHAW North Bierley 1  
John SIMPSON North Bierley   1
Jonas SMITH North Bierley 1  
Robert SMITH North Bierley 1  
William SMITH North Bierley 1  
William SORSBURY North Bierley 1  
Isaac STAINTHORP North Bierley 1  
James STOCKS North Bierley   1
William SUCKSMITH North Bierley 1  
John SUTCLIFF North Bierley 1  
John SWAINE North Bierley 1  
Joseph TAYLOR North Bierley 1  
Samuel TAYLOR North Bierley 1  
Isaac TORDOFF North Bierley 1  
John TORDOFF North Bierley    
Joseph TORDOFF North Bierley   1
Samuel TORDOFF North Bierley 1  
Thomas TOWNEND North Bierley 1  
Samuel WADDINGTON North Bierley    
Christopher WILSON North Bierley 1  
Edward WILSON North Bierley 1  
James WILSON North Bierley 1  
Richard WILSON North Bierley 1  
Thomas WILSON North Bierley 1  
William WILSON North Bierley 1  
Thomas WORSNOP North Bierley    
James WRIGHT North Bierley 1  
John WRIGHT North Bierley 1  
Jonas WRIGHT North Bierley 1  
William WRIGHT Shelf 1  
Peter WROE North Bierley 1  

 

 

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