Name Listings (Appendices 4 - 8)

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Roman to 17th Century Bampton

Francis, T.J. Roman to 17th Century Bampton, Devon. Tiverton: Fort Press, (2008)

Appendix 4 - Lay Subsidy Roll; Bampton Parish, 1332

Appendix 5 - Devon Muster Roll, 1539; Bampton Parish

The Presenters of the parish swore that the following inhabitants have their furniture of armour and weapons as follows:
Presenters:
Stephen Dyer-James Trustram-Thomas Huysh-John Milton-Robert Badcok-John Hill

Those people of the parish who owned goods or had an income over a certain value were obliged to provide armour and weapons in quantities commensurate with their worth, each person having a code. Those who were un-coded had to find 1 corselet, 1 pike, 1 harquebut, and 3 murrions.

Glossary of Terms:

The codes as applied to Bampton are:
G 4. Goods owned to the value of between £200 and £400. These people had to provide 1 corselet, 1 pike, 1 almain rivet, 2 long bows and 2 sheafs of arrows, 2 stele caps
G 6. Goods owned to the value of between £20 and £40. They had to provide 1 almain rivet, 2 long bows and sheafs of arrows, 2 stele caps, 1 bill.
G 7. Goods owned to the value of between £10 and £20. They had to provide 1 long bow and sheaf of arrows, 1 stele cap, 1 bill.

Pikemen
John Bonde, Nicholas Colman, Humphrey Jurdayne, Peter Bowbere, Richard Gard, John Norman, James Bowdon, John Glasse, Thomas Wade, Christopher Bryant, Michael Goodman, Stephen Cole, Christopher Warren

Archers
Richard Adam, Thomas Comer, Henry Hill at Seall [Zeal], Edward Osmund, John Badcok, Richard Cox, Henry Hill at Waye, John Putton, Peter Badcok, John Cruse, John Hill [1], John Rose, Robert Badcok, Stephen Dier, John Hill [2], James Tristram, William Badcok, Thomas Dier, John Hill at Rill, John Balle, Christopher Tymewell, John Garnsey, Robert Hill, John Tymewell, John Bidgood, Richard Goodman, Edmund Ingram, Thomas Venman, Robert Biges, Thomas Goodrydg, Richard Ingram, Valentine Ware, John Bowber, Richard Hancock, Edward Milton, John Warman, William Bowbere, Edward Hosegood, John Milton, Lewis Wills, John Brownford, Christopher Hill, Robert Norman, Christopher Yendall

Harquebusiers
William Apsam, John Hodg, Thomas Thorne, Edward Babb, Thomas Hooper, John Warman, Robert Ball, John Kemp, William Waterman, John Blackmore, John Mogridg, Hugh Weare, James Bristow, Michael Norman, Thomas Wear, Michael Cleaf, John Otwaye, John Webber, Richard Fugars, Humphrey Pole, Michael Yendall, Thomas Goodding, Robert Pole, Robert Yendall, John Greenslad, John Roch junior, John Zelye, George Heyman, John Thomas

Billmen
Richard Ball, Richard Gard, Richard Mannder, Michael Bowden, John Goodman, James Morse, Richard Bowden, Peter Hawkings, John Pere, Thomas Bowbere, George Hill, Edmund Reynolds, Michael Burston, James Hill, Michael Rowe, Thomas Colman, Robert Hill, John Stevens, Edmund Crosse, John Hobbs, Robert Warryng, William Fisett, Michael Hooper, William Waterman, William Foster, Thomas Hoper, Thomas Weylond

Appendix 6 - Tax Returns, 1524; Bampton Parish

The returns for 1525 are as below but with the following additions:     (W = wage; G = goods; L = land)
Richard Atkyn - W1; Robert Crosse - W1; Haukyn Ducheman, alyn - W1; John Hyll - G2; Thomas Smart - G1; Peter, servant to Thomas Smart - W1; Thomas Warman - W1; Thomas Dee and Joan Christopher - G2 jointly.

Appendix 7 - Tax Returns, 1543; Bampton Parish

The assessments are based on ownership of goods other than the two shown with an L, who were assessed on income.

Appendix 8 - Protestation Return for Bampton Parish, 1641

(An oath of allegiance to the king and Church of England against the Church of Rome sworn by the adult men [over the age of 14] of every parish) [Transcribed by Mark Brewer]

The names of those that tooke protestation in the church of Bampton in the presence of us

NOTES: The letters following each name represent the following:
Ba - Bampton; P&S - Petton & Shillingford. Other letters signify the mark of an illiterate person.