Forest of Dean FHT Forum - The Poll at the election of a Knight of the Shire 1776

The Poll at the election of a Knight of the Shire 1776 (reply)

m p griffiths — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:44:34 +0000

For new Members of FOD.....Noticed this has been mentioned again on Rootsweb Gloucestershire this month

2nd page on Google -

The FOD area - start (Page 119) - Index at end of article of Surnames - with the page number in blue underlined - click on this and go direct to the person.

The Poll at the election of a Knight of the Shire 1776 (reply)

m p griffiths — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:56:04 +0000

Thanks for the 'technical support' Slowhands.....

In your search engine Google - just type in GOOGLE BOOKS

Google Books are full of information.

In the search engine on Google Books, have just found a Gloucestershire marriage in St George Hanover Square London of my family just by typing in the surname,

The Poll at the election of a Knight of the Shire 1776 (reply)

slowhands — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:36:35 +0000

http://books.google.co.uk/books?um=1&q=knight+shire+gloucester

pages 119 - 130 ( approx) cover Hundred of St Briavels and Bledisloe & Westbury

The Poll at the election of a Knight of the Shire 1776 (reply)

lesleybennett — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:47:24 +0000

Cant find google books, it is of great interest to me, please when i key in google books, what is the next link?

The Poll at the election of a Knight of the Shire 1776

m p griffiths — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:34:12 +0000

If you search in Google Books - you will find

The Poll at the election of a Knight for the Shire for the County of Gloucester which took place 17 May 1776.

This covers our FOD area - and lists many individuals - the criteria appears to be that you owned house/land

There is an index of names at the end of this article.