I've just received information about the inscription on the Bitton gravestone of my 6x great-grandfather, William GULLY, who died on 31st. October 1787, aged 70 years. This ties in with the burial date of 4th. November 1787 at Bitton for William GULLY, which is in the Bristol Diocese Burial Registers Vol. 3 Index & Transcripts 1754-1812. www.bafhs.org.uk As William GULLY died in 1787, he could have been the William GULLY who was among the 20 people in Oldland entitled to take part in The Poll at the Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of Gloucester, which took place in May 1776. William GULLY's qualification to vote was house and land in his own tenure. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:07:14 -0000, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > I've just received information about the inscription on the Bitton > gravestone of my 6x great-grandfather, William GULLY, who died on 31st. > October 1787, aged 70 years. > As William GULLY died in 1787, he could have been the William GULLY who > was among the 20 people in Oldland entitled to take part in The Poll at > the Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of Gloucester, which > took place in May 1776. William GULLY's qualification to vote was house > and land in his own tenure. I've just found out that, in February 1777, William GULLY had his vote in the 1776 Gloucestershire election nullified. This was because the land was in his own tenure, but there was no freehold. Source: The Annals of Kingswood Volume II 1776-1795 by D.P.Lindegaard Once you start looking into things all sorts of snippets come forth. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com