October 24th 1715 Ann assessment made and taxed on all the bartons tenements and messuages in the parish of Bickley for setting forth of five men with there arms to the melitia (viz)
Name (and title) | Further details | Amount (£) | Type/Liability | Notes |
Mr John Hering Vic[ar] | 30 | 1 man and arms | ||
ditto for Lower Lee | 20 | |||
Richard Gill | for Lower Uppaton | 20 | 1 man and arms | |
the same for Higher Uppaton | 14 | |||
Jonas Easton | for Higher Wood | 16 | ||
Chrispher Rogers | p[er] Forgmire | 8 | 1 man and arms | |
ditto for Coome [&] ditto for & | 18 | |||
Watter Reepe | for Shilstone | 9 | ||
John Crosman | for Darklake | 15 | ||
Elinor Ash | for Lee Beare | 15 | 1 man and arms | |
Phillipp Pearce | for Leefords | 11 | ||
Andrew Gregory | 09 | |||
John Hele | for Bickley Mills | 07 | ||
William Reepe | Church house &c | 03 | ||
the occup[an]ts of Jump &c | 05 | |||
Thomas Foote | for his Bickley towne and Ham | 24 | 1 man and arms | |
John Sowthwood | for Shutters Hill | 11 | ||
Walter Reep | for Gutter Land | 03 | ||
Roger Screech | for Higher Coome Park | 05 | ||
the occupiers of Willake | 03 | |||
Joseph Hussey | for Pilham | 04 | ||
John Hering | [signatory] | |||
Andrew Gregory | [signatory] | |||
Phillip Pearse | [signatory] | |||
Richard Gill | [signatory] | |||
Tho Foote | [signatory] | |||
William Roope Jnr | [signatory] | |||
[endorsed on reverse 'Bickley parish 5 men'] |
[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.]