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A DUNWICH DATABASE

This database is derived from a 1754 publication: "An Historical account of Dunwich, Blitheburgh, Southwold with remarks on places contiguous thereto" by Thomas Gardner.

Bailiffs of Dunwich 1661 to 1754

Year	the bailiffs of Dunwich
1661	Mr Thomas Cooke, Mr Thomas Spatcher
1662	Mr Thomas Driver, Mr Stephen Porter
1663	Mr John Burlingham, Mr Jonas Muniane
1664	Mr Jeremiah Ninians, Mr William Sikes
1665	Mr Samuel Driver, Mr Jacob Beart
1666	Mr Thomas Toachlove, Mr Henry Luscoe
1667	Mr Jeremiah Ninians, Mr Francis Gray
1668	Mr Jonas Muniane, Mr Robert Drave
1669	Mr John Bedingfield, Mr Jonas Muniane
1670	Mr Samuel Driver, Mr John Bedingfield
1671	Sir John Pettus, knight, Mr Thomas Toachlove
1672	Mr Samuel Pacey, Mr Thomas Pierse
1673	Mr Francis Gray, Mr John Hollis
1674	Mr Samuel Alston, Mr William Wetherby
1675	Sir John Pettus, knight, Mr Samuel Driver
1676	Mr John Ferment, Mr Thomas Pierse
1677	Mr Jonas Muniane, Mr Michael Dowsly
1678	Mr John Benefice, Mr Francis Gray
1679	Mr Thomas Pierse, Mr Thomas Wetherby
1680	Mr Matthew Daniel, Mr John Benefice
1681	Mr Thomas Neal, Mr Anthony Reeve
1682	Mr Matthew Daniel, Mr James Ward
1683	Mr Samuel Driver, Mr Thomas Pierse
1684	Mr Lionel Holles, Mr Jeremiah Burlingham
1685	Mr Thomas Leman, Mr Anthony Reeve
1686	Mr John Benefice, Mr John Archer
1687	Mr John Aldred, Mr William Collett, Thomas Knyvet
1688	Mr Samuel Driver, Mr Anthony Reeve
1689	Mr Samuel Pacey, Mr John Fella
1690	Mr Samuel Driver, Mr Samuel Pacey
1691	Mr William Wetherby, Mr John Bence
1692	Mr jeremiah Burlingham, Mr George Fleetwood
1693	Mr Thomas Tansy, Sir John Rous
1694	Mr John Hazel, Sir Charles Blois
1695	Mr Francis Swatman, Mr John Archer
1696	Ser Robert Kemp, William Wetherby (gent)
1697	Philip Eade (gent), Samuel Pacy, (Esq)
1698	Samuel Pacy, (Esq), Robert Swatman (gent)
1699	William Wetherby (gent), Sir Robert Kemp, John Archer (gent), Samuel Pacy (Esq)
1700	Richard Kemp, (Esq), Thomas Tansy (Gent)
1701	Richard Kemp, (Esq), John Archer (Gent)
1702	William Wetherby (gent), Sir Robert Kemp
1703	Robert Swatman (gent)
1704	Robert Swatman (gent)
1705	Robert Archer (gent), Richardus Kemp (Esq)
1706	Thomas Foster, Robertus Blois, John Battele (Gentlemen)
1707	John Battele (gent), Robert Kemp (Esq)
1708	Francis Swatman, Robert Blois (Esqrs)
1709	Robert Swatman
1710	Francis Swatman, John Swatman chosen by seventeen freeman residents, Robert Swatman, John Swatman chosen by sixty three freemen non-residents
1711	Francis Swatman (gent), Sir Charles Blois (Bart)
1712	Robert Swatman (gent), Sir George Downing (Bart)
1713	William Collett (Gent), Sir John Rous (Bart)
1714	Robert Swatman, Dudley North (Esqrs)
1715	Francis Swatman, Robert Gooding (Gentlemen)
1716	Francis Swatman, Robert Bonner (Gentlemen)
1717	Robert Gooding, William Collett (Gentlemen)
1718	John Battele, Francis Swatman (Gentlemen)
1719	John Collett, Edward Woolnough (Gentlemen)
1720	Thomas Bert, Francis Swatman (Gentlemen)
1721	John Shipston, Thomas Elsden (Gentlemen)
1722	Robert Gooding, John Say (Gentlemen)
1723	Francis Swatman, John Shipston (Gentlemen)
1724	John Say, Thomas Ellsden (Gentlemen)
1725	John Shipston, Francis Swatman (Gentlemen)
1726	John Say, Thomas Elsden (Gentlemen)
1727	John Say, John Shipston (Gentlemen)
1728	John Shipston, John Townsend (Gentlemen)
1729	Samuel More, John Swatman (Gentlemen)
1730	John Shipstone, John Robinson (Gentlemen)
1731	John Shipston, Philip Howard (Gentlemen)
1732	Thomas Buck, Francis Swatman (Gentlemen)
1733	John Shipston, Samuel More (Gentlemen)
1734	Francis Swatman, John Robinson (Gentlemen)
1735	John Shipston, Philip Howard (Gentlemen)
1736	Francis Swatman, Thomas Buck (Gentlemen)
1737	Philip Howard, John Shipston (Gentlemen)
1738	Thomas Bernadistone (Esq), Philip Howard (Gent)
1739	Francis Swatman, Thomas Buck (Gentlemen)
1740	Philip Howard, John Robinson (Gentlemen)
1741	Francis Swatman, Thomas Buck (Gentlemen)
1742	Jacob Gerrard Downing (Esq), John Robinson (Gent)
1743	Francis Swatman, Thomas Buck (Gentlemen)
1744	John Robinson, Philip Howard (Gentlemen)
1745	Francis Swatman, Thomas Buck (Gentlemen)
1746	John Robinson, Philip Howard (Gentlemen)
1747	John Woolnough, Philip Buck (Gentlemen)
1748	Francis Swatman, Philip Howard (Gentlemen)
1749	John Woolnough, John Buck (Gentlemen)
1750	Francis Swatman, Philip Howard (Gentlemen)
1751	John Woolnough, William Gallop (Gentlemen)
1752	Mic. Mortclock, Francis Robinson (Gentlemen)
1753	Francis Robinson, William Gallop (Gentlemen) - Note: Francis Robinson deleted and Philip Howard added by hand

Note: the amendment to the last entry was made by William Mewse of Southwold about 1754. He was a subscriber to the book's publication and this copy is of its first edition.

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