A rate made ye 24th day of October 1715 by constables of Buckland Monacho[ru]m for ye settlement of the militia both horse and foot and is as followeth
Name (and title) | Further details | Amount (£) | Type/Liability | Notes |
Sir Francis Drake Bart | for the barton of Buckland, Cause's meadow and Lopwell | 300 | one horse | |
Elize Crymes Esqr | for ye barton of Crapstown and ye Sheaf | 200 | half a horse | |
Mr John Creed Vic[ar] | 50 | one foot arms | ||
Mr John Jope | for p[ar]t pf Alson | 20 | one foot arms | |
John Heans | for Balson | 30 | ||
Mr Fra[ncis] Drake | for Uptown and Bymore | 18 | one foot arms | |
Sampson Dure | for p[ar]t of Birch's Hellingtown | 16 | ||
John Stephens | for p[ar]t of the same | 7 10 | ||
Joseph Wills | for p[ar]t of the same | 8 10 | ||
Walter Northmore | for Hellingtown | 16 | one foot arms | |
Mr Nich[olas] Carkitt | for Axtown | 9 | ||
Mrs Marg[are]t Crymes | for Berritor | 6 | ||
Philip Dawe Junr | for Yeoland | 13 | ||
Mr John Jope | for p[ar]t of Alson | 6 | ||
John Crymes | Constable | |||
John Drake | Constable | |||
[endorsed on reverse 'Buckland Mona[chorum] men 4'] |
[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.]