LONDON ELECTORAL HISTORY – STEPS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY 1.11 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY SOURCES NB For all secondary sources, see notes within each section. This bibliography of primary (pre-1914) sources distinguishes between manuscript and printed sources, incorporating all materials used in the creation of the LED in 1.11.1-7. In addition, metropolitan elections always generated numerous publications in the form of pamphlets and other literature, which have been used for contextual interpretation. These are too numerous to survey in complete detail here. But many sources have been incorporated in 1.11.8-10, as a guide to the range of materials available, including: caricatures, contemporary electoral histories, diaries, electoral propaganda, letters, maps, parliamentary papers, public speeches, and songs. A final section 1.11.11 indicates key electronic primary sources, whose number is growing daily with the advance of digitisation. The main headings are as follows: MANUSCRIPT PRIMARY SOURCES USED IN LED 1.11.1 Ms poll books 1.11.2 Rate and tax assessments 1.11.3 Other Ms lists 1.11.4 Contemporary papers PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES USED IN LED 1.11.5 Printed poll books 1.11.6 Other printed lists 1.11.7 Parliamentary papers OTHER CONTEXTUAL SOURCES 1.11.8 Collections of printed primary sources 1.11.9 Other contemporary printed primary sources 1.11.10 Twentieth-century printed primary sources 1.11.11 Electronic primary sources 2 LONDON ELECTORAL HISTORY MANUSCRIPT PRIMARY SOURCES 1.11.1 Ms poll books Alnwick Castle Muniments Room, Alnwick, Northumberland Middlesex election, 1715. Alnwick Castle Muniments Room, YV2a. Middlesex election, 1727. Alnwick Castle Muniments Room, YV2b. Middlesex election, 1747. Alnwick Castle Muniments Room, YV2a. Middlesex election, 1768. Alnwick Castle Muniments Room, YV2b. Westminster election, 1774. Alnwick Castle Muniments Room, YV2a(1). Middlesex election, 1784. Alnwick Castle Muniments Room, YV2d. British Library Poll book and other papers relating to the Westminster election, 1818. Add. MS. 39,301. The register of persons entitled to vote in the election of Members of Parliament for the City of London (London, Arthur Taylor, 1848). BL 1302.k.19. [Poll of July 1847] Chiswick Public Library The poll taken at Brentford the 12th day of October, 1710. Corporation of London Record Office Common council poll book, Queenhithe ward, 1710. Misc. Mss. 34.5. Aldermanic poll, Langbourn ward, 1712. Misc. Mss. 248.1. Common council poll, Tower ward, 1717. Misc. Mss. 77.3. Names of pollers disallowed in Common council poll, Tower ward, 1717. Misc. Mss. 64.3. Common council scrutiny list, Cripplegate Without ward, 1720. The names of the voters for John Stiles, John Harris, Nathaniel Phillips and Samuel Acton against whom objections have been made, with an account of which of them have been allowed by the Alderman as good voters, and which disallowed as bad. Misc. Mss. 146.9(1). Common council scrutiny list, Cripplegate Without ward, 1720. The names of the voters 1.11 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY SOURCES 3 for Felix Feast, Edmund Joyner, Thomas Catmur and Richard Farrington against whom objections have been made, with an account of which of them have been allowed by the Alderman as good voters, and which disallowed as bad. Misc. Mss. 146.9(2). Common council scrutiny list, Cripplegate without ward, 1723. The names of the voters for Thomas Catmur, Richard Farrington, Samuel Cox and Henry Sculhouse against whom objections have been made, with an account of which of them have been allowed by the Alderman as good voters, and which disallowed as bad. Misc. Mss. 146.6. Poll books for the election of Bridge Master, 1771. Mss. 432D. Poll books for the election of Lord Mayor, 1772. Mss. 432C. Aldermanic poll, Langbourn ward, 1823. Misc. Mss. 200.2. Aldermanic poll, Vintry ward, 1827. Misc. Mss. 199.9. Aldermanic poll, Langbourn ward, 1831. Guildhall Library Note: It has not been possible to trace the MS poll for Southwark in 1747 recorded in 1926 as being held by Guildhall Library. In all probability it was destroyed with much else during World War II. T.C. Dale, ‘Index to the liverymen of London in 1700 from the sworn list printed in 1701, together with the names of those men who are in the poll book of 1710 but not in the list of 1700’ (unpub. typescript, 1933). London poll, 1781. Mss. 1583/1-6. Westminster poll, 1784. Westminster poll, 1796. Common council polls, Walbrook ward, 1791, 1807, 1809, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1831. Mss. 470. Middlesex poll, 1820. Aldermanic poll, Portsoken ward, 1844. Mss. 11,991a. Wardmote poll book, Billingsgate ward, 1850, Mss. 2950. Election for Lord Mayor, 1861, Mss. 1519/1-2. 4 LONDON ELECTORAL HISTORY Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca Poll book of St Clement Danes parish, Westminster, 1784. Institute of Historical Research, University of London The register of electors for the borough of Marylebone, for the year commencing November 1, 1840 and ending October 30, 1841 (London, Wilson and Ogilvy, 1840). The register of the electors for the City and Liberty of Westminster (1851). London Metropolitan Archives Westminster poll, 1749. WR/PP 1749. Middlesex poll, 8 March 1749/50. Acc. 790/81. Middlesex elections, March 1768, December 1768, April 1769. MR/PP/1768/001. Westminster poll, 1774. WR/PP 1774. Westminster poll, 1780. WR/PP 1780. Westminster poll, 1784. WR/PP 1784. Westminster poll, 1788. WR/PP 1788. Westminster poll, 1790. WR/PP 1790. Westminster poll, 1796. WR/PP 1796. Westminster poll, 1802. WR/PP 1802. Middlesex poll, 1806. MR/PP/1806/001. Westminster poll, 1806. WR/PP 1806. Westminster poll, 1818. WR/PP 1818. Westminster poll, 1819. WR/PP 1819. Westminster poll, 1820. WR/PP 1820. The National Archives, London Southwark poll book, 1743. E/140/147/11. 1.11 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY SOURCES 5 Private Collection Middlesex poll book, 1768. Westminster Archives Centre G. Osborn, [Westminster poll book of 1749] Poll for the election of a sexton, St Anne Westminster, 30 January 1791, A/2338. Westminster poll, 1796. E/3081A. Westminster poll, 1802. E/3081. List of voters and votes cast [sc. a canvassing book, perhaps for Portman, from the Paddington part of Marylebone borough], December 1832. T/V/65. 1.11.2 Rate and tax assessments Camden borough library Marylebone, 1837 Local rate, St Pancras (1837), U/590. London Metropolitan Archives Middlesex Land Tax Assessments, MR/PLT and WR/PLT. The National Archives, London List of persons paying duty on male servants, 1780, T47/8. Westminster Archives Centre Marylebone, 1837: Poor rate, Paddington (1837), P/114. Poor rate, St Marylebone (1837), T/139. Westminster, 1749: Poor rate, St Anne King Square ward (1749), A/189; St Anne Leicester Fields ward (1749), A/190. Poor rate, St Clement Danes (1749), B/160. Poor rate, St George Conduit Street ward (1749), C/188; Grosvenor Street ward (1748), C/211; Out ward (1749), C/236; Dover Street ward (1749), C/262; Brook Street ward (1749), C/284. Poor rate, St James (1749), D/55. Poor rate, St Margaret and St John, E/373. Poor rate, St Martin in the Fields (1749), F/524. Poor rate, St Mary le Strand (1749), G/323. Poor rate, St Paul (1749), H/67. Westminster, 1774: Watch rate, St Anne King Square ward (1774), A/1526; Leicester Fields ward (1774), A/1527. Poor, highway, and scavenger rate, St Margaret Grand ward (1774), E/471; Absey ward (1774), E/472; St John (1773), E/473. 6 LONDON ELECTORAL HISTORY Westminster, 1780: Watch rate, St Anne King Square ward (1780), A/1549; Leicester Fields ward (1780), A/1550. Poor, highway, and scavenger rate, St Margaret Grand ward (1780), E/492; Absey ward (1780), E/493; St John (1780), E/494. Westminster, 1784: Poor rate, St Anne King Square ward east (1784), A/326; King Square ward west (1784), A/327; Leicester Fields ward east (1784), A/328; Leicester Fields ward west (1784), A/329. Poor rate, St Clement (1784), B/203. Poor and highway rate, St George Conduit Street, Dover Street, and Out wards (1784), C/361; Grosvenor Street and Brook Street wards (1784), C/380. Poor rate, St James (1784), D/105. Poor, highway, and scavenger rate, St Margaret Grand ward (1784), E/504; Absey ward (1784), E/505; St John (1784), E/506. Poor rate, St Martin (1784), F/584. Poor rate, St Mary (1784), G/190. Poor rate, St Paul (1784), H/112. St Margaret Westminster, 1786: Duties on retail shops, E/3171. Westminster, 1789: Poor rate, St Anne King Square ward east (1789), A/394; King Square ward west (1789), A/395; Leicester Fields ward east (1789), A/396; Leicester Fields ward west (1789), A/397. Poor, highway, and scavenger rate, St Margaret Grand ward (1789), E/327; Absey ward (1789), E/328; St John (1789), E/329. Westminster, 1796: Poor, highway, and scavenger rate, St Margaret Grand ward (1796), E/548; Absey ward (1796), E/549; St John (1796), E/550. Westminster, 1802: Poor rate, St Anne Leicester Fields ward west (1802), A/522; King Square ward east (1802), A/523; King Square ward west (1802-3), A/525; Leicester Fields ward east (1802-3), A/526. Poor, highway, and scavenger rate, St Margaret Grand ward (1802), E/566; Absey ward (1802), E/567; St John (1802), E/568. St Anne Westminster, 1804: Schedule of persons assessed for profits arising from dividends or stocks of annuities (1804), A/2274. Westminster, 1806: Poor rate, St Anne King Square ward east (1804), A/550; King Square ward west (1804), A/551; Leicester Fields ward east (1804), A/552; Leicester Fields ward west (1804), A/553. Poor, highway, and scavenger rate, St Margaret Grand ward (1806), E/578; Absey ward (1806), E/579; St John (1806), E/580.