An establishment made by us whose names are subscribed for settling of the militia within our said parish the 17th day of October 1715 accor[d]ing to the late Acts of Parlament for ordering the forces in the said County
Name (and title) | Further details | Amount (£) | Type/Liability | Notes |
Chargeable to horse, originally farriners, but by an Order serve with hors | ||||
The Right Hono[ra]ble Earle of Stamford | for the barton of Beare & his other estates | 400 | horse | |
Thomas Horrell Recter | 200 | horse | ||
Towards the horse | ||||
The Right Hono[ra]ble Sir Fran[cis] Drake | 30 | horse | ||
Henry Maniton Esqr | 15 | horse | ||
James Courtney Esqr | 05 | horse | ||
Farriners | ||||
Nicholas Clarke | 50 | one arms | ||
Wm Stapleton | p[er] his estates | 25 | one arms | |
Nicholas Clarke | 19 | |||
& for Ashin | 06 | |||
Ambros Rider Gent | p[er] Rumbleigh | 32 | one arms | |
Mary Savage | & | |||
Matthias Savage | p[er] Clamake | 16 | ||
Henry Stitson | for Helwill | 02 | ||
Henry Wills | p[er] his estates | 21 | one arms | |
Beatten Foote | p[er] Goldstreet | 06 | ||
Robert Tapson | p[er] his estates | 09 | ||
Sam[ue]ll Stephens | p[er] Goldstreet | 06 | ||
Eliz[abe]th Stephens | p[er] Norton | 08 | ||
John Anthony Gent | p[er] his estates | 28 | ||
& p[er] Foots Ward | 05 | |||
Micheall Doidge | 12 | |||
Daniel Reesse | for Kingswill | 04 | ||
Jane Hake | p[er] her cottage | 01 | ||
Richard Brish | p[er] his estates | 30 | one arms | |
& p[er] Gullatown | 08 | |||
Robert Peeke | p[er] his p[ar]t of Lee | 06 | ||
Henry Ham | p[er] his estate | 06 | ||
John Ford | of Marythorne | 14 | one arms | |
& the hol[de]rs of the Douer house | 01 | |||
Robert Ford | p[er] Ware | 12 | ||
Eliz[abe]th Tickell vid | 08 | |||
Joseph Burges | p[er] his estate | 09 | ||
Edward Ford | p[er] his p[ar]t of Ashin | 03 | ||
John Toll | p[er] Will | 03 | ||
John Ford | of Hooe | 17 | one arms | |
Mary Wills vid | p[er] Cogaly | 05 | ||
Mary Wills vid | p[er] Birch | 08 | ||
Nicholas Tool | & | |||
William Tool | 06 | |||
John Ham | p[er] Sarah P[ar]ke | 07 | ||
Thomas Foote | p[er] Ward | 07 | ||
Wm Cole | 12 | one arms | ||
The holders of Hole | 30 | |||
Nicholas Clarke | p[er] Filly | 08 | ||
John Wills | p[er] Whitsom & Hooten | 20 | one arms | |
John Stephens | p[er] Hooton | 05 | ||
Henry Wills | p[er] Forssill | 11 | [probably Furzehill] | |
Wm Wills | p[er] Frog street | 14 | ||
The hold[er]s of Collings | 14 | one arms | ||
John Wills | p[er] Holesole | 09 | ||
William Wills | p[er] Helstone | 07 | ||
Robert Stidson | p[er] his estates | 05 | ||
Richard Harris | p[er] his estats | 15 | ||
John Foote | p[er] his estats | 22 | one arms | |
Thomas Knighton | or ye hold[er]s p[er] Hooton | 17 | ||
Sam[ue]ll Stephens | p[er] [deletion] Birch | 09 | ||
Mrs [no forename] Dunning | 02 | |||
William Bray | for Whitsam, Hooton, Brander Torres mead[ow]s & Andrews Lee | 50 | one arms | |
John Stephens | p[er] Woolocombe | 18 | one arms | |
Walter Peeke | 05 | |||
William Banwill | 07 | |||
Mary Shiphard | 06 | |||
Wm Bray | p[er] Lee | 05 | ||
Henry Cloake | 05 | |||
The Hold[er]s [sic] | 03 | |||
Daniell Reepe | p[er] Sortens ten[emen]ts | 01 | ||
Daniell Forsman | p[er] his estate | 50 | one arms | |
William Skerret | 21 | one arms | ||
John Jope | 13 | |||
Richard Hawkins | 12 | |||
John Powell | 04 | |||
Matthew Stephens | p[er] his estates | 10 | one arms | |
Matthew Clarke | & | |||
William Clarke | 05 | |||
Philipa Reep | p[er] Collatown | 05 | ||
& p[er] Gnattam Head P[ar]ks & Couldhar[harb]er | 10 | |||
John Marten | 08 | |||
William Foote | p[er] Hensbury | 05 | ||
& p[er] part of Shitcombe | 02 | |||
Thomas Foot | p[er] Hensbury | 05 | ||
Thomas Foote | p[er] his Gnattam | 05 | half arms | |
& p[er] Reeps Gnattam | 05 | |||
Wm Foote | p[er] part of Shitcomb | 14 | ||
Abraham Clarke | p[er] part of Powils | 01 | ||
The Honnerable S[i]r Frances Drake | to the foott as foll[owet]h | |||
[for] Wallers | 08 | half arms | ||
[and] Battons | 06 | |||
[and] West p[ar]ke | 04 | |||
[and] Hawcombe & p[ar]te of Will | 07 | |||
Micheall Doidge | Con[sta]ble | |||
William Cole | Con[sta]ble | |||
[endorsed 'Beer Ferris 18 Men' on reverse] |
[In the documents, the amounts recorded are arranged in groups normally adding up to £50 (or multiples of £50), and known as 'fifties', each responsible for providing one or more soldiers; in the transcript, the fifties are separated by grey bands; see Section 2 of the Commentary, The documents described.]