File NLW MS 341F - Poll book of the Denbighshire election 1741

The poll book of the Denbighshire election of 1741, the two candidates being Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and John Myddelton of Chirk Castle. The book gives the names of all the voters, the freehold in respect of which they voted and their place of residence. A note (incomplete), in a different hand, has been inserted at the end of the list of voters and relates to "an illegal return" by William Myddelton, sheriff, who was consequently sent to Newgate prison; opposite this note a contemporary print has been pasted which shows the sheriff in Newgate. Two letters, dated 24th October 1739, from Sir Watkin Williams Wynn to Edward Maddocks have been inserted into the book.