Bourne Archive: 1818 Election: Aveland

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Votes at the Election of 1818: Landholders in Aveland.

Extracted from:

The

Poll

For the

Election of knights of the shire,

For the

County of Lincoln

TAKEN

JUNE 25, 26, & 27, 1818;

(PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION OF THE SHERIFF.)

WITH

THE SPEECHES

DELIVERED FROM THE HUSTINGS ON THE OCCASION;

AND AN

ALPHABETICAL LIST

All the towns in the County,

Distinguished respectively as PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, or HAMLETS;

And as RECTORIES, VICARAGES, or CURACIES;

WITH

The Population of each,

According to the Returns under the Act of 51 Geo. III, in the year 1811;

Forming an INDEX to the Poll Book.

ALSO,

A SUMMARY

OF THE RETURNS OF THAT ACT AS FAR AS RELATES TO THE

COUNTY OF LINCOLN.

______________

Lincoln,

PRINTED AND SOLD BY W. BROOKE;

SOLD ALSO BY MESSRS. SCATCHERD AND LETTERMAN,

AVE-MARIA-LANE, LONDON.

1818.

Introduction.

The main table following lists the votes of that part of the Lincolnshire electorate which was domiciled in the Wapentake of Aveland, or which owned property there but lived outside Lincolnshire. There were three candidates standing for two seats in the Westminster Parliament and each qualified voter had two votes. In order to claim these, the potential voter had to be a man over twenty-one years of age, not a peer of the realm and to demonstrate his ownership of freehold property in Lincolnshire — he did not need to live in the county. If he owned sufficient property in more than one constituency, he could vote in as many as his property qualified him for but he had to present himself at the respective polling places, of which there was one for each constituency, at times during the periods set for registration and for voting. For the Lincolnshire constituency, the polling place was the yard of Lincoln Castle.

The property criterion was freehold real estate to the value of forty shillings per annum. Property leased or rented to him, or held by him copyhold, did not count. By 1818 there was the beginning of a growth in momentum towards reform of the system, which movement produced the Reform Act of 1832. After this, the constituency was divided into two, each with two members (R. Olney, article 53 in Bennett & Bennett).

In 1818, the polling took place at Lincoln Castle in June, following formal nomination of the candidates on 24th. The dates of polling were 25^th, 26^th and 27^th June. The names of the candidates together with the votes polled for each, at the end of each of the three days of voting were as follows:—

Candidate	1^st day	2^nd day	3^rd day
Hon. Charles Anderson Pelham	1187	2463	3693
Sir Robert Heron	880	1836	2623
Charles Chaplin Esq.	852	1983	3069

Knights, including baronets, the British version of hereditary knights, were entitled to vote but those of the rank of baron and above were represented by the House of Lords so had no vote in this election to the House of Commons. Comparison of the names in the following list with those in the 1817 Aveland land tax lists for the relevant parishes (allowing for the peers included there) will give an idea of what proportion of freeholders went to the trouble and expense of riding to Lincoln to cast their votes. Since the Land Tax was at a rate of four shillings in the pound, a freeholder qualified to vote should have been paying at least eight shillings in tax.

The following table lists freeholders resident in the parish named above their entry. The second column shows a dotted line unless their qualifying property is elsewhere in Lincolnshire, when the parish in which it lay is noted. Voters with qualifying land in the relevant parish but who lived outside the constituency are marked by an asterisk and their place of residence noted. The third, fourth and fifth columns record the distribution of votes, respectively for Pelham, Heron and Chaplin. It will be noted that the vote was not secret. This meant that a dominant landlord might put pressure on smaller ones to vote in accordance with the dominant man’s wishes. For example, it may be worth enquiring why a noticeably large proportion of Bourne voters plumped ⁴ for Chaplin.

The designation ‘Clerk’ will have meant ‘Priest’.

Freeholders residing in the parish.	Freehds if out of Par.
AVELAND WAPENTAKE.
Aslackby.		P.	H.	C.
Burrows, John, Farmer ¹	…………	0	0	1
Barwis, Joseph, Clerk	…………	1	0	1
Casswell, Thomas, Grazier	…………	1	0	1
Casswell, Clark, Ditto ²	Pointon	0	0	1
Darby, Samuel, Ditto	…………	0	1	0
Elston, John, Yeoman ¹	…………	0	1	0
Newsam, Samuel, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Newton, John, Ditto	Ropesley	1	0	1
Prince, John, Ditto	…………	0	1	0
Pattinson, William, Innholder	…………	0	0	1
Wells, Joseph, Carpenter	…………	0	1	1
BOURN.
Bains, John, Glazier [sic]	…………	1	0	1
Bott, Henry, Innkeeper ³	…………	0	0	1
Bailey, George, Gent.	…………	0	0	1
Chamberlain, John, Miller	…………	0	0	1
Davis, James, Gardener	…………	0	0	1
Dove, John, Gent.	…………	0	0	1
Eadon, Alexander, Coalmerchant	…………	0	1	0
Foster, George, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Fish, Joseph, Painter	…………	1	0	1
Gibson, Gilman, Gent.	…………	0	0	1
Holland, Hugh, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Halford, William, Flaxdresser	…………	0	1	0
Horn, William, Yeoman	…………	0	1	1
Hardy, Emlyn, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Hopkinson, William, Gent.	…………	1	0	0
Jackson, William, Cordwainer	…………	0	1	0
Layton, George, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Ley, John, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Munton, William, Miller	…………	0	0	1
Munton, William, Jn. Ditto	Greatford	0	0	1
Pratt, Maydwell, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Philips, Humphrey, Tailor	…………	0	0	1
Palmer, Samuel, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Presgrave, John, Ditto	…………	0	0	1
Row, James Ley, Fellmonger	…………	0	0	1
Roberts, William, Drover	…………	0	0	1
Sutton, Robert, Plumber	…………	0	0	1
Sharpe, Edward, Shepherd	…………	0	0	1
Smith, Edward, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Swift, John, Breechesmaker	…………	0	0	1
Smart, John, Carpenter	…………	0	0	1
Sutton, John, Grocer	…………	0	0	1
Stokes, William, Innholder	…………	0	0	1
Thistleton, William, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Thorpe, William, Gent.	…………	0	0	1
Woulds, John Jellings, Schoolmaster	Gosberton	0	0	1
Wiles, John, Yeoman	…………	0	1	0
Watmuff, John, Tanner	…………	1	1	0
Wrigley, Thomas, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Billingborough.
Barnard, William, Plumber	…………	1	0	1
Burton, Joseph Wm. Henry, Gent.	…………	1	0	1
Border, Richard, Yeoman	…………	0	1	0
Gould, James, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Pickworth, John, Ditto	…………	0	0	1
Pattinson, William, Gent.	Pointon	0	0	1
Smith, William, Farmer	…………	0	1	0
Thacker, Robert, Ditto	Dorrington	0	0	1
* Goodacre, Robert, Cabinetmaker, Peterborough…….		1	1	0
Birthorpe.
Dawson, William, Gent.	Aslackby	1	1	0
Tomlinson, George, Yeoman	…………	0	1	0
Dunsby.
Carter, John, Farmer	Pointon	0	0	1
Lawrence, Thomas, Ditto	Bourn	0	1	0
Dowsby.
Claypole, John, Miller	…………	0	0	1
Foster, Kingsman, Clerk	…………	0	0	1
Green, John, Esq.	…………	1	0	1
Lound, Thomas, Cottager	…………	0	0	1
Lyne, Thomas, Ditto	…………	0	0	1
Passmore, Bailey, Ditto	…………	0	0	1
Dembleby.
Smith, William, Farmer	Caythorpe	1	0	1
Dike
Gulson, Emlin, Farmer	…………	0	1	0
Hardwick, William, Gent.	…………	0	1	0
Torry, Thomas, Gardener	…………	0	1	0
FOLKINGHAM.
Banks, William, Innholder	Bourn	1	1	0
Cooper, John, Esq.	Quadring	1	0	1
Dawson, James, Farmer	Billingborough	1	1	0
Eastland, John, Ditto	…………	0	1	0
Hall, Tayton, Grazier	…………	1	1	0
Hall, Smith, Gent.	Swineshead	1	0	1
Howitt, Richard, Yeoman	…………	1	1	0
Lawson, John, Ditto	Heckington	1	1	0
Maples, John, Grazier	Pickworth	1	1	0
Morris, Edward, Gent.	Heighington	1	1	0
Pauling, Thomas, Grazier	Little Hale	1	1	0
Stredder, Josiah, Yeoman	Stainfield	1	1	0
Sewards, William, Carpenter	Sutton St. Mary	0	1	1
Ward, William, Draper	Whaplode	1	1	0
Ward, James, Farmer	Threckingham	1	1	0
Ward, Robert, Innholder	…………	1	1	0
Wade, William, Gaoler	…………	0	1	1
Ward, William, Farmer	…………	1	1	0
* Heathcote, Sir Gilbert, Bart. Normanton Park		1	1	0
Horbling.
Pepper, Robert, Farmer	Surfleet	0	0	1
Smith, Benjamin, Esq.	Aslackby	1	0	1
Shinglar, John, Clerk	Swaton	1	1	0
Hacconby.
Brown, Robert, Farmer	…………	1	1	0
Grummitt, John, Ditto	Morton	0	1	0
Lawrence, William, Ditto	…………	0	1	0
Kirkby-Underwood.
Hodgkin, Samuel, Farmer	Irnham	0	1	0
Morton, with Hanthorpe.
Arden, Edward, Gent.	…………	1	0	1
Butler, William, Cottager	…………	1	1	0
Burchnall, John, Labourer	…………	1	0	1
Barrow, John, Yeoman	…………	1	0	1
Baker, Edward, Farmer	…………	1	1	0
Clark, Edward, Cottager	…………	1	0	1
Casswell, Richard, Maltster	…………	1	0	1
Christian, William, Farmer	…………	1	0	1
Chantry, John, Blacksmith	…………	1	1	0
Eayres, Joseph, Baker	…………	1	0	1
Faulkner, John, Farmer	…………	1	0	1
Freeman, Edward, Ditto	…………	0	0	1
Freeman, John, Innholder	…………	0	0	1
Franks, Daniel, Cottager	…………	1	0	1
Fisher, William, Yeoman	…………	1	1	0
Hanford, Robert, Farmer	…………	1	0	1
Hewitt, William, Yeoman	…………	1	1	0
Lambert, John, Farmer	…………	1	0	1
Makins, John, Cottager	…………	1	0	1
Tow, Robert, Innholder	…………	1	1	0
Thompson, Edward, Farmer	…………	1	0	1
Wyer, Isaac, Farrier	…………	0	1	0
Wyan, Samuel, Gent.	…………	0	1	0
Watson, William, Farmer	…………	1	1	0
Newton
Clarke, Thomas, Farmer	Pickworth	1	0	1
Osbornby
Baxter, Tennant, Wheelwright	…………	1	0	1
Casswell, John, Farmer	Pinchbeck	1	0	1
Gee, Thomas, Ditto	Millthorpe	1	0	1
Goodwin, John, Ditto	…………	0	1	0
Hough, John, Ditto	…………	1	0	1
Short, Richard, Butcher	…………	0	1	0
Speed, Robert, Victualler	…………	0	1	1
Sumner, John, Farmer	Little Hale	1	0	1
Taylor, John Holmes, Ditto	…………	1	0	1
Willcox, Thomas, Ditto	…………	0	0	1
Wright, John, Carpenter	…………	0	1	0
Pickworth
Harvey, Thomas, Yeoman	…………	0	1	0
Pointon
Briggs, Francis, Yeoman	…………	0	1	0
Bennett, Richard, Grazier	Spalding	1	1	0
Casswell, Thomas, Yeoman	…………	1	1	0
Draper, Henry, Ditto	…………	0	1	0
Green, Francis, Ditto	…………	1	1	0
Hill, William, Farmer	…………	0	1	0
Mansfield, Edward, Ditto	…………	0	0	1
Mason, John, Grazier	Horsington	0	0	1
Rains, Henry, Yeoman	…………	0	1	0
* Searson, Penistan, Farmer, Barrowden, Rutlandshire		0	0	1
Rippingale.
Atkinson, William, Farmer	Gosberton	1	1	0
Corbett, Thomas, Ditto	Thurlby	1	1	0
Harrison, Thomas, Ditto	Pinchbeck	0	1	0
Quincey, John, Gent.	Algarkirk	0	1	0
Shield, Thomas, Farmer	…………	1	1	0
Simpson, John, Ditto	Hanthorpe	1	1	0
Spanby.
Lockwood, Robert, Farmer	Londonthorpe	1	0	1
* Handley, Henry, Esq. London		1	0	1
Swayton.
Mann, Sterling Thomas, Farmer	Heckington	1	0	1
Senior, Joseph, Ditto	Helpringham	1	0	1
Stennett, Joseph, Ditto	Ewersby	1	0	1
Sempringham.
Pickworth, James, Farmer	Gosberton	0	0	1
Richardson, William, Labourer	Tallington	0	1	0
Threckingham.
Lote, Daniel, Grocer	…………	1	1	0
Quincey, Jeremiah, Farmer	Sutterton	0	1	0
Walcot.
Duckett, Sampson, Farmer	…………	0	0	1
Oliver, John Warren, Ditto	Manthorpe	1	1	0
Porter, Edward, Gent.	Ingoldsby	1	0	1
		74	72	96
Number of Freeholders polled … 164
Plumpers ⁴.		1	32	53

The following table lists freeholders in Aveland parishes, who were resident elsewhere in Lincolnshire. The Poll Book’s references to Morton and Walcot are assumed to be to those in Lindsey where the freeholder’s place of residence was in Lindsey but are entered here where residence was in Kesteven or Holland.

Freeholder	Place of Residence	Votes
Aslackby		P	H	C
Dawson, William, Gent.	Birthorpe, Aveland	1	1	0
Smith, Benjamin, Esq.	Horbling, Aveland	1	0	1
Billingborough
Arnold, William, Farmer	Gosberton, Kirton	0	1	0
Dawson, James, Farmer	Folkingham, Aveland	1	1	0
Newcomb, Richard, Esq.	Stamford, Ness	1	0	1
Shaw, William, Grocer	Ropsley, Threo	1	1	0
Bourn
Bailey, William, Esq.	Caythorpe with Friston, Loveden	1	1	0
Banks, William, Innholder	Folkingham, Aveland	1	1	0
Barker, John, Farmer	Edenham with Grimsthorpe, Beltisloe	1	0	1
Gibbs, William, Farmer	Sutton St. Mary or Long Sutton, Elloe	0	0	1
Hale, Thomas, Farmer	Little Bytham, Beltisloe	1	0	1
Lawrence, Thomas, Farmer	Dunsby, Aveland	0	1	0
Lloyd, John, Farmer	Edenham with Grimsthorpe, Beltisloe	1	1	0
Thorpe, John, Yeoman	Witham on the Hill, Beltisloe	1	1	0
Falkingham
Raunsley, Thomas Hardwick, Clerk ⁵	Spilsby, Bolingbroke	1	1	0
Hacconby (with Stainfield)
Revell, John, Miller	Spalding, Elloe	0	1	0
Hanthorpe (with Morton)
Simpson, John, Farmer	Rippingale, Aveland	1	1	0
Horbling
Brown, Edward, Esq.	Stamford, Ness	1	0	1
Morton (with Hanthorpe)
Caparn, John, Clerk	Boston, Skirbeck	0	0	1
Elson, John, Farmer	Aswarby, Aswardhurn	1	0	1
Ormond, James, Farmer	Little Bytham, Beltisloe	1	0	1
Parker, George, Esq.	Edenham with Grimsthorpe, Beltisloe	1	0	1
Thompson, Edward, Farmer	Greatford, Ness	1	1	0
Pickworth
Clarke, Thomas, Farmer	Newton, Aveland	1	0	1
Maples, John, Grazier	Folkingham, Aveland	1	1	0
Pointon
Carter, John, Farmer	Dunsby, Aveland	0	0	1
Casswell, Clark, Grazier	Aslackby, Aveland	0	0	1
Pattinson, William, Gent.	Billingborough, Aveland	0	0	1
Stainfield (with Haconby)
Stredder, Josiah, Yeoman	Folkingham, Aveland	1	1	0
Swaton
Shinglar, John, Clerk	Horbling, Aveland	1	1	0
Threekingham
Owen, George, Grazier	Carrington, Bolingbroke	0	1	0
Ward, James, Farmer	Folkingham, Aveland	1	1	0
Walcot
Boothby, John, Labourer	Dogdyke, Langoe	0	1	0
Camm, William, Farmer	Billinghay, Langoe	0	1	0
Jackson, John, Farmer	Digby, Flaxwell	0	0	1
Marrows, John, Weaver	Timberland, Langoe	0	0	1
Peacock, Anthony Taylor, Esq.	South Kyme, Aswardhurn	1	0	1
Rollitt, John, Gent.	Wellingore, Boothby-Graffoe	0	1	1
Sumner, George, Farmer	Digby, Flaxwell	0	0	1
Sumpter, Edward, Farmer	Billinghay, Langoe	0	1	0
Tomkin, John, Farmer	Martin, Langoe	0	0	1
Wells, William, Farmer	Timberland, Langoe	0	0	1

Table adapted from the Poll Book’s Summary View of the Poll.

	PELHAM.		HERON.		CHAPLIN
Wapentakes	Votes.	Plum.	Votes.	Plum.	Votes.	Plum.	Number polled
LINDSEY
Manley	491	25	391	57	273	71	654
Yarborough	348	167	99	5	87	0	354
Bradley Haverstoe	90	18	10	0	65	3	93
Corringham	311	28	254	37	102	4	368
Aslacoe	73	1	36	7	57	2	88
Walshcroft	110	6	28	8	89	3	122
Ludborough	18	1	2	0	15	0	18
Well	62	3	65	3	41	2	88
Lawres	152	0	68	9	195	36	230
Wraggoe	43	2	15	1	45	8	57
Gartree	96	11	26	5	74	10	111
Louth-Eske	234	5	34	21	260	34	284
Calceworth	168	10	70	10	108	10	188
Horncastle	134	5	45	11	108	7	155
Hill	56	1	22	3	46	6	67
Bolingbroke	85	3	39	8	63	8	103
Candleshoe	105	6	54	19	82	2	134
KESTEVEN
Boothby-Graffoe	33	0	154	67	152	46	226
Langoe	43	0	66	21	187	115	216
Lovedon	40	0	173	138	71	20	221
Flaxwell	53	1	43	9	103	28	119
Winnibriggs & Threo	27	0	31	10	20	4	46
Grantham Soke	35	1	40	18	41	3	69
Aswardhurn	48	0	67	36	82	17	125
Aveland	74	1	72	32	96	53	164
Beltisloe	55	7	43	19	27	3	77
Ness	92	1	44	8	111	54	154
HOLLAND
Skirbeck	144	3	104	28	96	11	193
Kirton	270	1	249	91	181	13	403
Elloe	209	2	184	178	289	61	461
	3708	309

In the election the votes were divided thus:—

candidates	Pelham	Heron	Chaplin
whole constituency	39.4%	27.9%	32.7%
Aveland	30.6%	29.8%	39.7%

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Places in Aveland selected from the Poll Book’s Alphabetical list of Towns in the County of Lincoln (pp. 171 to 178).

Aslackby, parish with Garby ⁶, a hamlet and vicarage. Population 383.

Bourne, parish and vicarage. Population 1591.

Dike with Cawthorpe hamlet. Population 193.

Folkingham, parish and rectory. Population 659.

Hacconby with Stainfield, parish and vicarage. Population 313.

Haceby, parish and rectory. Population 50.

Horbling, parish and vicarage. Population 417.

Kirkby-Underwood, parish and rectory. Population 168.

Laughton, parish. Population 43.

Morton, parish, with Hanthorpe, hamlet, vicarage. Population 660.

Newton, parish and rectory. Population 150.

Osbornby, parish and vicarage. Population 364.

Pickworth, parish and rectory. Population 174.

Pointon, township. Population 324.

Rippingale, parish and rectory. Population 509.

Scott-Willoughby, parish and rectory. Population 15.

Sempringham, parish and vicarage. Population 40.

Walcot, parish and vicarage or curacy. Population 128.

1. ^ While the words ‘farmer’ and ‘yeoman’ are used to express a range of meaning, basically, a farmer works rented land and a yeoman works his own, though perhaps, on a fairly small scale. Since the farmers mentioned have the property qualification to vote, presumably they rented more than they owned.

2. ^ Ditto is the Italian for ‘said’ (OED). Here it means, ‘as stated in the table cell above’.

3. ^ In 1826, Henry Bott was the landlord of the Angel (White’s 1826).

4. ^ A plumper was an elector who used only one of his votes. He plumped for one candidate.

5. ^ Thomas Hardwick Rawnsley was born on 31 October 1789, at Bourne. His father was Thomas Rawnsley, who was born 1755 at Bradford, Yorks and died 1826 (Birkbeck, p. 75, says 1827) at Abbey House, Bourne. The son married Sophia Walls from Spilsby where their children were born but they lived also at Epsom, Surrey (now Greater London). He died at Spilsby in 1861. Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, one of the founders of the National Trust, was a grandson of T.H. Rawnsely (Nashwood Genealogy).

Thomas, born 1755, was a wool stapler in Bourne, with premises on the corner of Church Lane and South Street, to the south of the former. The property later came to be known as Wherry’s. He lived at Cavalry House, which took its name from the fact that Rawnsley was the officer of a yeomanry troop set up during the Napoleonic invasion scare (Birkbeck, p. 75), which came to a head in 1805. He appears to have moved to the grander, Abbey House after its best-known occupants, George and Eleanor Pochin had both died, he in 1798 and she in 1823. By 1826, it appears to have been owned by the trustees of her young heir, so Rawnsley will have been renting it.

6. ^ ‘Garby’ is probably Graby: TF0929.

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