Juror's List 1825-1863
Transcribed and donated to the OPC Project by Sue Thornton-Grimes
The Return of Church Wardens and Overseers of the
Parish of West Orchard in the Hundred of Sixpenny Handley of men qualified to serve on Juries
From 1696, rural vestries had to send lists of men eligible for jury service to the Clerk of the Peace for their county. From 1825 the criteria applied were:
• Aged between 21 and 60
• Owned freeholds worth at least £10 per year OR
• Leaseholders for 21 years or more worth £20 OR
• Rateability as a householder at £20 OR
• Occupation of a house with fifteen or more windows
1825 James HUNT (Farmer) James LUSH (Farmer) John JEFFERY (Farmer) William MILES (Farmer)1826 HUNT, James (Yeoman) MILES, William (Yeoman) JEFFERY, John (Yeoman)1827 HUNT, James (Yeoman) MILES, William (Yeoman) JEFFERY, John (Yeoman)1828 JEFFERY, John (Farmer) HUNT, James (Farmer) MILES, William (Farmer)1829 JEFFERY, John (Farmer)1830 JEFFERY John (Farmer) HUNT John (Farmer) SEYMOR William (Carpenter) HUNT James (Farmer)1832 SEYMORE William (Carpenter)1833 SEYMOUR William (Yeoman)1834 SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman)1835 JEFFERY, John (Yeoman) SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman)1837 JEFFERY, John (Yeoman) SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman)1838 JEFFERY, John (Yeoman) SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman)1840 JEFFERY, John (Yeoman) MILES, William (Yeoman), SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman) WILLIAMS, William (Yeoman). HUNT, James (Yeoman)1841 SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman) FARNHAM, James (Yeoman) MILES, William (Yeoman) LUSH, James (Yeoman)1842 FARNHAM, James (Yeoman) SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman) MILES, William (Yeoman)1843 FARNHAM, James (Yeoman) MILES, William (Yeoman) SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman)1845 FARNHAM, James (Yeoman) MILES, William (Yeoman)1846 FARNHAM, James (Yeoman) SYMONS William (Farmer) MILES, William (Yeoman)1847 MILES, William (Yeoman), SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman)1848 JEFFERY, John Edwin (Yeoman)1849 SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman) JEFFERY, John Edwin (Yeoman)1850 SEYMOUR, William (Yeoman) JEFFERY, John Edwin (Yeoman)1852 JEFFERY, John Edwin (Yeoman)1855 JEFFERY, John Edwin (Yeoman)1856 JEFFERY, John Edwin (Farmer)1857 JEFFERY, John Edwin (Yeoman)1858 JEFFERY, Edwin John (Yeoman)1859 JEFFERY, John Edwin (Yeoman)1860 JEFFERY, John Edwin (Yeoman) MILES, William John (Yeoman)1861 JEFFERY, John Edwin (Yeoman) MILES, William John (Yeoman)1862 FARNHAM Frederick (Yeoman) MILES William John (Yeoman) JEFFERY John Edwin (Yeoman)1863 FARNHAM Frederick (Yeoman) MILES William John (Yeoman) JEFFERY John Edwin (Yeoman)