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.]