An Alphabetical List of the Poll for the County of Hereford at the General Election of 1802 taken at Widemarsh before Edward Bolton Clive, Esq. Sheriff, on THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, & WEDNESDAY JULY 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, AND 21, 1802, for the Election of Two Knights of the Shire to Represent the said County in Parliament.

CANDIDATES
JOHN GEERS COTTERELL, Esquire    
Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL, Baronet    
ROBERT MYDDELTON BIDDULPH, Esquire

RADLOW HUNDRED — Bosbury Freeholders

Freeholders name	Place of Residence	Place of Freehold	Occupiers Names	Cotterell	Cornewall	Biddulph
James Alcott	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself		x	x
Richard Barrett	Pixley	Bosbury	James Baggott			x
Richard Barrett	Bosbury	Little Marcle	Robert Barrett			x
Charles Bennit [Bennett]	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself	x	x
William Bennit [Bennett]	Hampton	Bosbury	John Carridine	x	x
Edward Boar [Bourne?]	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself			x
Benjamin Chadd	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself	x		x
Thomas Claddock [Craddock?]	Bishops Froome	Bosbury	William Goodman	x	x
William Davies	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself	x	x
William Hall	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself	x	x
John Harding	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself		x	x
James Hartland	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself	x	x
John Hartland	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself		x	x
Robert Jones	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself	x	x
Richard Kendrick	Bosbury	Bosbury	Thomas Kendrick	x
John Lodge Clerk	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself	x	x
John Morris	Bishops Froome	Bosbury	Richard Hill	x	x
John Mutlo[w]	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself		x	x
John Pritchard	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself	x	x
William Reece Gent.	Ledbury	Bosbury	James Bennett	x	x
William Sexty	Woolhope	Bosbury	James Field		x	x
John Steedman Esq.	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself	x	x
Philip Steedman Esq.	Bosbury	Bosbury	John Wall	x	x
Jeremiah Thomas	Bosbury	Bosbury	Himself		x	x

GENERAL STATE OF THE POLL.

		Cornewall	Biddulph	Cotterell	Number polled
BROXASH		388	156	324	475
EWYAS LACY		164	65	103	171
GREYTREE		214	191	141	326
GRIMSWORTH		292	171	233	384
HUNTINGDON		163	13	157	170
RADLOW		241	186	142	330
STRETFORD		258	27	240	269
WEBTREE		171	60	123	188
WIGMORE		112	55	89	142
WOOLPHY		456	116	407	506
WORMELOW		133	136	90	219
		2592	1176	2049	3180
Majority in favor of			Sir. G. Cornewall  1416
			Mr. Cotterell - - - 873

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Notes:
The original handwritten Poll Book is held at the Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre, reference B60/6. It covers the people in the Radlow Hundred in no apparent order so this is the Bosbury people found. This is what the original book looks like.

The cover picture and General State of the Poll table shown above are from a printed book which listed all the voters in Herefordshire and is available on Google Books. The printed volume appears to have some errors.

Just for information Cotterell’s election was declared void on 15 March 1803.

Transcribed November 2015, Revised March 2019. Barry Sharples