An assessm[en]t made for the settling of the militia of the p[ar]ish aforesaid the 25th day of August Anno Dom 1697
Name (and title) | Further details | Amount (£) | Type/Liability | Notes |
Impr[imi]s Elias Thomas Rector | 50 | foot | ||
Richard Wood Gent | 19 | foot | ||
James Wood Gent | 29 | |||
James Codd | 02 | |||
Thomas Prideaux Gent | 28 | foot | ||
John Prideaux Gent | 06 | |||
The occ[upier] of Burleys | 13 | |||
Nicholas Slute | 03 | |||
John Distaine senr | 10 | foot | ||
Thomas Distaine | 09 | |||
Richard Distaine | 09 | |||
Philip Pillage | 06 | |||
Jonas Distaine | 02 | |||
Sampson Oldriver | 08 | |||
The occ[upier] of Edmunds Tenem[en]t | 06 | |||
Roope Hunt Gent | 28 | foot | ||
John Scobble Gent | 22 | |||
Roger Distaine | 06 | foot | ||
John Distaine | 06 | |||
The holders of Bryans Ground | 06 | |||
John Hyne | for the Mills | 05 | ||
Margery Osborne wid | 15 | |||
John Bickford | 08 | |||
Timothy Norris | 01 | |||
Jonas Distaine | for Halslade | 03 | ||
George Hull | 24 | foot | ||
Robert Hull | 07 | |||
Sylvester Holeditch | 14 | |||
John Edmunds | 05 | |||
Nicholas Luscombe | 16 | foot | ||
Robert Adams | 04 | |||
John Hodge | or the holders | 15 | ||
John Wood Gent | 09 | |||
John Algar | 06 | |||
Philip Neyle Gent | 33 | foot | ||
Edmund Scobble | 06 | |||
Margery Paige | & | |||
John Paige | 08 | |||
Simon Lynnis | 01 | |||
John Giles | 02 | |||
Nicholas Bastard | 24 | foot | ||
John Harris Gent | 02 | |||
Sampson Oldrive | for the two-thirds of Sheep Hills | 05 | ||
Nich Ford Gent | 14 | |||
Andrew Luckham | 05 | |||
John Wakeham senr | 15 | foot | ||
John Hyne | 14 | |||
John Gillard | & | |||
Joane Gillard | 05 | |||
John Paige | 07 | |||
Edw[ar]d Westcott | 07 | |||
Mr [no forename] Summister | 02 | |||
William Prowt | 26 | foot | ||
Rich[ar]d Bastard | 15 | |||
John Wakeham junr | 08 | |||
James Adams | 01 | |||
Totall sum [£] 600 - 12 foot arms | ||||
The names of those persons assessd to the horse within the said parish | ||||
Edmund Fortescue Esqr | 155 | horse | ||
S[i]r John Southcott Kn[igh]t | 031 | horse | ||
Sampson Hele Esqr | 030 | horse | ||
John Steer Gent | 015 | horse | ||
Thomas Prideaux | Assessor | |||
Philip Neyle | Assessor | |||
Nicholas Bastard | Assessor | |||
Richd Bastard | Assessor | |||
John Hyne | Con[sta]ble | |||
Thomas Distaine | Con[sta]ble | |||
Francis Dras | ||||
Since this last settlement there is fallen into the hands of | £ s d | |||
Edmund Fortescue Esqr | Allington Mills | 08 00 00 | [horse] | |
another estate fallen into the hands of Edmund Parker Esqr called Colehanger | 16 00 00 | [horse] | ||
another estate to John Harris Esqr | 15 00 00 | [horse] | ||
another estate to Nicholas Rooke, Clerk | 04 00 00 | [horse] | ||
For our parish there stands charged to the foot eleven mens arms. | ||||
So that the whole that is now fallen to the horse since the last settlem[en]t is £43 p[er] annu[m] | ||||
[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.]