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The Posse Comitatus was a list of men between the ages of 16 and 60, who were not already in the army, but who could be conscripted to serve. It includes a list of those with horses and carts. The list was compiled because there was a belief that the French might attempt to invade England.
Surname | First name | Occupation |
---|---|---|
Allan | William | Servant |
Allen | Israel | Labourer |
Alwood | Thomas | Taylor (sic) Apprentice (Lame) |
Alwood | WiIliam | Taylor (sic) (Infirm) |
Austin | John | Cordwainer |
Austin | John | Labourer |
Austin | Robert | Cordwainer |
Barrett | Abraham | Servant |
Bates | John | Farmer |
Battison | William | Cordwainer |
Baves | John | Labourer |
Boddington | Samuel | Farmer |
Boon | George | Taylor (sic) |
Britton | John | Mat Maker |
Britton | John | Labourer (deaf) |
Britton | Thomas | Carpenter |
Brook | Richard | Servant |
Brooks | John | Mat Maker |
Brooks | William | Servant |
Brown | Martin | Baker |
Brown | Martin Jnr. | Baker |
Brown | Thomas | Servant |
Buckmaster | Henry | Servant |
Bunker | Joseph | Wheelwright |
Busby | Thomas | Butcher |
Button | Reuben | Labourer |
Clark | John | Labourer |
Clare | Richard | Victualler |
Clark | ??........ | Carpenter |
Coleman | Robert | Lacemaker (Lame) |
Coleman | Thomas Jnr. | Labourer |
Coles | Thomas | Blacksmith |
Collop | John | Labourer |
Cooper | Thomas | Cordwainer |
Course | William | CutIer |
Cox | James | Mason |
Dalton | Richard | Servant |
Davison | Thomas | Farmer |
Dawkes | Thomas | Farmer |
Dawkes | Thomas Jnr. | Farmer |
Day | John | Victualler |
Dayrell | John | Mat Maker |
Downing | Joseph | Labourer |
Durham | Richard | Servant |
Edmonds | John | Labourer |
Eyres | Richard | Mason |
Feazey | Francis | Labourer |
Feazey | John | Labourer |
Feazey | Richard | Labourer |
Field | William | Farmer |
Fisher | William | Labourer (near sighted) |
Fox | William | Labourer |
France | Thomas | Labourer |
Friday | Richard | Servant |
Geary | Francis | Servant |
Goodman | James | Carpenter |
Goodridge | Francis | Labourer |
Goodridge | John | Labourer |
Goodridge | Thomas | Blacksmith Apprentice |
Goodridge | William | Cordwainer |
Griggs | Benjamin | Farmer |
Griggs | George | Butcher |
Haynes | Richard | Butcher |
Healey | Jeremiah | Labourer |
Holland | Henry | Carpenter |
Hooton | James | Labourer |
How | John Jnr. | Mat Maker |
How | Samuel | Servant |
Jennings | John | Labourer |
Joyce | Edward | Mat Maker |
Joyce | James | Parish Clerk |
Joyce | John | Servant |
Joyce | Joseph | Mat Maker |
Joyce | William | Mat Maker |
Kendall | Wiliam | Poulterer |
Key | John | Labourer |
King | George | Gardner |
King | John | Gardner |
Kitchener | Samuel | Labourer |
Knight | Richard | Mat Maker |
Lane | John | Labourer |
Lathwood | Thomas | Plaisterer (sic) |
Litty | Joseph | Labourer |
Luck | Henry | Labourer |
Lyne | John | Mat Maker |
Lyne | Thomas | Servant |
Lyne | Thomas | Labourer |
Mead | Joseph | Blacksmith |
Oddell | William | Farmer |
Palmer | Benjamin | Labourer |
Palmer | Joseph | Servant |
Parish | Joshua | Cordwainer |
Parrot | John | Labourer |
Perry | John | Labourer |
Pettit | Stephen | Butcher |
Platt | Thomas | Farmer |
Pooley | William | Mason |
Potts | Thomas | Mat Maker |
Proctor | William | Carpenter |
Richards | John | Gardner |
Riddy | Daniel | Servant |
Riddy | Daniel | Servant |
Riddy | Thomas Jnr. | Farmer |
Riddy | Thomas Snr. | Farmer |
Rogers | John | Carrier |
Rogers | Thomas | Servant |
Rose | Arthur | Carpenter |
Rose | John | Carpenter |
Rose | John Jnr. | Carpenter |
Rose | Mathew | Carpenter |
Rose | William | Carpenter |
Ross | Robert | Carrier |
Salmon | Thomas | Labourer |
Saunders | Thomas | Labourer |
Saunders | Thomas Jnr. | Labourer |
Scaldwell | Join | Baker |
Shinfield | Samuel | Labourer |
Shreive | Richard Jnr. | Farmer |
Shrieve | Thomas | Labourer |
Simco | John | Blacksmith |
Slayter | John | Cordwainer |
Smith | Dryden | Gentleman |
Smith | Dryden | Gentleman |
Smith | James | Mat Maker |
Smith | John | Mat Maker |
Smith | John | Servant |
Smith | John | Turnpike Man |
Smith | Richard | Labourer |
Smith | Richard | Turnpike Man |
Smith | William | Mat Maker |
Spooner | William | Carpenter |
Staples | Thomas Snr. | Labourer |
Staples | William Jnr. | Labourer |
Stapleton | James | Gentleman |
Sturges | James | Labourer |
Tandy | Richard | Grocer |
Tandy | Thomas | Lacemaker |
Tandy | William | Mat Maker |
Tarry | John | Mat Maker |
Tarry | Willain | Mat Maker |
Thealer | Jeremiah | Labourer (Lame) |
Thomson | James Jnr. | Lacemaker |
Thompson | John | Mat Maker |
Thompson | Joseph | Mat Maker |
Thompson | William | Mat Maker |
Tooth | John | Servant |
Travel | George | Labourer |
Travellor | John | Servant |
Umney | John | Mat Maker |
Umney | Thomas | Mat Maker |
Umney | William | Mat Maker |
Walker | William | Labourer |
Ward | Henry | Mat Maker |
Ward | Isaac | Mat Maker |
Warr | Francis | Wheelwright |
Warr | William Jnr | Wheelwright (deaf) |
Warren | Joseph | Labourer |
West | Edward | Servant |
West | John | Labourer |
Wills | Sampson | Mason |
Windmill | John | Baker |
??...... | Charles | Servant |
Persons keeping Draught Horses
Horses | Waggons | Carts | |
---|---|---|---|
John Bates | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Samuel Boddington | 4 | 2 | 2 |
William Brooks | 8 | 2 | 3 |
John Clayton | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Thomas Davison | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Thomas Dawkes | 5 | - | 3 |
William Field | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Benjamin Griggs | 6 | 1 | 3 |
..... Nicholls | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Thomas Platt | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Thomas Riddy | 4 | 1 | 2 |
John Rogers | 16 | 6 | 3 |
Robert Ross | 5 | 1 | 1 |
..... Smith | 4 | 1 | 3* |
87 | 21 | 38 | |
* kept at Sherington tho’ he lives at Newport
Details for the rest of Buckinghamshire can be found in ‘The Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus 1798’, Ian F W Beckett, Buckinghamshire Record Society No. 22, 1985. The Sherington entry is on pages 287 to 289.