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Petrockstowe

Protestation Return 1641-42

Provided by Michael Wright

Charles I became King in 1625 and was frequently in disagreement with Parliament, in 1642 this erupted in to Civil War the last battle of this being fought in 1646 in Great Torrington just 7 miles away. Local legend has it that the mound in the church yard is a burial mound for soldiers from a skirmish that took place near the village

During the period 1641-2 all adult male subjects throughout the country were required to swear allegiance to the crown. This was initiated by the House of Commons to disclose the number of Roman Catholics in England and to defend the protestant religion from 'Popery'. The result has been to provide one of the most useful lists of inhabitants prior to the 19th century census returns

SurnameForenameSurnameForenameSurnameForename
AcfordThomasHeardCharlesPerkinsJohn
AdamsJohnHeardJohn (sen)PerkinsWilliam
AdamsLaurenceHeardJohn (jun)PineJohn
BailyHughHeardLeaonardPinnacombeJohn
BailySamuelHearneEdwardPointzJames
BailyWalterHearneJoachimProuseJohn
BakerJonasHearneLewisRawleighJohn
BakerRobertHearneThomasRogersEdward
BishoppeRichardHurlestoneJohnRolleJohn (gent)
BondJohnHutchingsChristopherRolleRobert (esq)
BondThomasHutchingsHenry (sen)RolleSammuel (gent)
BowdenJamesHutchingsHenry (jun)RolleWilliam (gent)
BowdenJohnHutchingsJohn (gent)RooseThomas
BowdenJosephHutchingsJohn (of Hooke)SaundersPhilip
BowhayDavidHutchingsJohnSaundersRobert
BowhayJohn (sen)HutchingsJohn (son of Robert Hutchings)ScammeGeorge
BowhayJohn (jun)HutchingsJohn EsqScampeHenry
BowhayRichardHutchingsJoshuaScotteJohn
BowhayThomasHutchingsRichardScotteLeonard
BrayGeorgeHutchingsRobertSharpenhamWilliam
BrayJohnKeeneGilesSheereJohn
ButticombeJohnKeenePhilipSingJohn
CaddieRogerKnightHenrySladeJohn
CalboweJohnLangJohnTailourCharles
CliffeWilliamLangdonFrancisTailourJohn
CloakeBenjaminLangdonJohnTailourPeter
CoatesThomasLetletarRobertTawmanFulke
ColborneAnthonyLeworthyChristopherTawmanHenry
CoryThomasLitletarJohnTawtonLewis
CudmoreJoachimMitchellMatthewThomasDavid
CudmoreJohn (jun)MockeJohnThorneEmmanuel
DenfordJohnMoiseJohnThorneChristopher
DenfordLewisMoiseJosephThorneJohn
DenfordStephenMorcombeLeonardThorneRobert
DentonJosephNichollsJohnTrickesRichard
DolberChristopherNobleWilliamTuckerJohn
DowningAbrahamOsborneLewisTukeGeorge
DowningJohnOsborneRobertVentonThomas
EllisThomasParsonsGeorge (gent)ViguresNicholas
FowlerJamesParsonsJohnViguresThomas
FraineHenryParsonsThomasWardeJohn
FraineThomasPearseDanielWayAnthony
FriendshippeWilliamPellavenJohnWayMichael
GlowenSimonPellavenRobertWetherellDaniel
GlowenWilliamPenroaseHenryWhicherWalter
GregoryJohnPentireWilliamWhitefieldWilliam
HancockeSamuelPerkinsHenryWillesPeter
HeamanJohn    
      
The above names were written in the same hand, the following 4 are signatures
SurnameForenameSurnameForename  
      
GregoryAnthony (clerk)CudmoreJohn (churchwarden)  
ParnacotteJoseph (constable)FraineJohn (overseer)  

Brian Randell, 31 Aug 2002