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Devon Militia Deserters 1810
Trewman's Exeter Flying Post Thursday, July 26, 1810;
Issue 2338 (Gale Document no Y3200651485)
Transcribed by
Lindsey Withers
| DEVON LOCAL MILITIA DESERTERS. | |||||||||
| WHEREAS, the undermentioned PERSONS, who have been duly enrolled to SERVE in the HIGHRIDGE REGIMENT of DEVON LOCAL MILITIA, commanded by Colonel the Right Hon. Sir GEORGE YONGE, Bart, and who did not appear at the Time and Place appointed for Training and Exercise, are deemed DESERTERS: Whoever secures such Deserters, or any, or either of them, so that they may be lodged in any of His Majesty's Gaols, shall receive the sum of TWENTY SHILLINGS for each Deserter, allowed by Act of Parliament. | |||||||||
| Names | Places of abode | Occupations | Age | Size | Eyes | Hair | Complexion | ||
| Feet | Inches | ||||||||
| Bennett, James | Cullompton | Labourer | 22 | 5 | 5 | Grey | Light | Fair | |
| Baker, Henry | Tiverton | Labourer | 21 | 5 | 6½ | Dark | Dark | Dark | |
| Cornice, James | Tiverton | Labourer | 22 | 5 | 5¾ | Dark | Dark | Dark | |
| Cocker, William | Tiverton | Cordwainer | 26 | 5 | 5½ | Grey | Light | Fair | Supposed in London |
| Cragg, Samuel | Tiverton | Gardener | 18 | 5 | 5 | Grey | Light | Fair | Supposed at Reading, in Berkshire |
| Cull, Moses | Cullompton | Carpenter | 22 | 5 | 9 | Grey | Dark | Dark | Supposed at Teignmouth |
| Coombes, James | Cullompton | Wheel-wright | 39 | 5 | 10½ | Grey | Light | Fair | Supposed at Plymouth |
| Cox, Simon | Stoke | Paper-maker | 21 | 5 | 5½ | Grey | Light | Fair | Supposed in the neighbourhood |
| Defile, John | Cullompton | Paper-maker | 23 | 5 | 2 | Hazel | Dark | Fair | Supposed at work in Kent |
| Freke, John | Halberton | Sawyer | 35 | 5 | 2 | Grey | Brown | Fair | Supposed at Bristol |
| Frost, John | Cullompton | Labourer | 22 | 5 | 6 | Hazel | Dark | Fair | |
| Fare, John | Tiverton | Cordwainer | 33 | 5 | 9¼ | Grey | Light | Fair | Supposed at Guernsey |
| Gloyns, Francis | Tiverton | Labourer | 20 | 5 | 2½ | Grey | Light | Fair | Supposed in London |
| Hutchinson, John | Cullompton | Navigator | 25 | 5 | 10½ | Grey | Brown | Fair | Supposed in Wales |
| Hall, William | Tiverton | Labourer | 26 | 5 | 11¾ | Dark | Dark | Dark | |
| Hooper, William | Broadhembury | Labourer | 17 | 5 | 2½ | Grey | Dark | Fair | Supposed at Guernsey |
| Hill, Roger | Bradninch | Paper-maker | 23 | 5 | 3 | Hazel | Dark | Fair | Supposed working in a paper-mill at Dover |
| Lympany, Richard | Kentisbeer | Labourer | 22 | 5 | 6½ | Grey | Light | Fair | Supposed in Bristol |
| Lipscombe, William | Silverton | Paper-maker | 19 | 5 | 3 | Hazel | Dark | Fair | |
| Major, Richard | Cullompton | Paper-maker | 22 | 5 | 7½ | Grey | Brown | Fair | |
| Moles, Richard | Bradninch | Labourer | 28 | 5 | 7 | Grey | Light | Fair | |
| Monday, John | Bradninch | Paper-maker | 19 | 5 | 5½ | Dark | Dark | Fair | Supposed at Huntingdon |
| Milford, William | Thorverton | Cordwainer | 22 | 5 | 5½ | Grey | Dark | Pale | Supposed at Bristol |
| Mathews, Thomas | Cullompton | Glazier | 28 | 5 | 7½ | Grey | Dark | Fair | Supposed in London |
| Norman, Thomas | Cullompton | Weaver | 48 | 5 | 6 | Grey | Grey | Fair | Supposed at Ashburton |
| North, Thomas | Hemyock | Labourer | 18 | 5 | 5 | Grey | Light | Fair | |
| Payne, John | Tiverton | Labourer | 28 | 5 | 4 | Grey | Light | Fair | |
| Pulman, William | Tiverton | Carpenter | 20 | 6 | 0 | Grey | Light | Fair | Supposed in Bristol |
| Sandford, Long Spiggot | Thorverton | Miller | 21 | 5 | 3 | Grey | Light | Fair | Supposed in London |
| Stirling, John | Tiverton | Labourer | 19 | 5 | 4 | Grey | Light | Fair | |
| Stocker, Edward | Cullompton | Labourer | 21 | 5 | 5 | Grey | Light | Fair | |
| Thorne, William | Thorverton | Labourer | 26 | 5 | 7 | Hazel | Light | Fair | Supposed at or near Crediton |
| DESERTED during the Training and Exercise of the Regiment. | |||||||||
| Murray, John, Sergeant | Silverton | Yeoman | 28 | 5 | 10 | Grey | Light | Fair | |