Owners of Arms 1660

Originally, lists were made of men aged between 16 and 60 so that in times of need they could be called upon to serve in a military capacity. They would supply their own weapons. A Militia Act in 1662 charged owners of property to supply men, horses and arms. Later lists in the 1700s are titled Muster Rolls or Militia Lists and by the 1770s the age qualification was 18 to 45.

Higham Feris		October 1660
Mr	FREEMAN	2 guns 1 sword
Mr	PEMERTUN	1 gun 1 sword a case of pistells
Mr	SMITH	1 gun 1 sword
Mr	AGUTTER	1 sword
Mr	HARRIS	1 sword
Mr Thomas	RUD	1 gun
Thomas	MICHELL	1 sword
John	PULLY	1 sword
John	STREMES	2 swordes 1 gun
John	SMITH	1 gun 1 sword	Tradesmen & Innkeepers
Mathew	SMITH	1 sword
Patrick	DRUE	1 gun
John	ECKLES	1 sword
Wido	LOUTHER	1 sword
Wido	BARIFF	1 sword
Robert	TOD	1 sword
John	FREEMAN	1 sword
Henry	LARIT	1 sword

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NRO ref: IL3980E