1798 Posse Comitatus

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The Posse Comitatus was a census of all able bodied men between the ages of 15 and 60. it was taken in 1798 as part of the defences against a potential invasion by Napoleon. It also lists who owned horses, wagons and carts and the people who occupied Wind and Water mills.

Posse Comitatus

Able Bodied Men aged 15 - 60

First Name	Surname	Comment	Location
Apprentices
Edward	Darvill		Wooburn
Edward	Partridge		Wooburn
James	Davis		Wooburn
John	Henry		Wooburn
Joshua	Dean		Wooburn
Thomas	Ellson		Wooburn
William	Barratt		Wooburn
William	Child		Wooburn
Bakers
Henry	Turner		Wooburn
John	Forrister		Wooburn
John	Howard		Wooburn
Matthew	Judge		Wooburn
Thomas	Barnett		Wooburn
William	Forrister		Wooburn
Bargemasters
John	Rose		Little Marlow
Thompson	John		Hedsor and Lillifee
Bargemen
Abraham	Turner		Wooburn
Dear	Thomas		Hedsor and Lillifee
Edward	Gibson		Wooburn
Edward	Skinner		Wooburn
George	Clements		Wooburn
George	Lane	Master	Wooburn
Henry	Gibson		Wooburn
Henry	Reynolds		Wooburn
James	Prater		Wooburn
James	Truss		Wooburn
Jeremiah	Gibson	Master	Wooburn
John	Cole		Wooburn
John	Gibson		Wooburn
Jonathan	Perkins		Wooburn
Joseph	Flatt		Wooburn
Joseph	Tarrant	Master	Wooburn
Richard	Cosington	Lost 2 fingers	Wooburn
Smith	John		Hedsor and Lillifee
Thomas	Dunwoody		Wooburn
Thomas	Thompson		Wooburn
William	Gurney		Wooburn
William	Willmott		Wooburn
Blacksmiths
John	Adams		Wooburn
Blanketmakers
Thomas	Robinson		Wooburn
Bricklayers
Benjamin	Beaman		Wooburn
Henry	Martin		Wooburn
William	Martin		Wooburn
Brickmakers
Abraham	Andrews		Wooburn
Henry	Andrews		Wooburn
Isaac	Andrew		Wooburn
James	Andrew		Wooburn
James	Ray		Wooburn
John	Andrew		Wooburn
John	Hughes		Wooburn
John	Smith	Infirm	Wooburn
Thomas	Andrews		Wooburn
William	Smith		Wooburn
Butchers
James	Barnett		Wooburn
John	Cox		Wooburn
William	Barnett		Wooburn
Carpenters
Abraham	Cresswell		Little Marlow
Daniel	Heading		Wooburn
Frederick	Channer		Little Marlow
James	Heading		Wooburn
Jeremiah	Pym		Little Marlow
Joseph	Perfect		Wooburn
Richard	Dell		Wooburn
Robert	Biddle		Wooburn
Thomas	Dell		Wooburn
Thomas	Williams Jnr		Wooburn
Thomas	Williams Snr		Wooburn
William	Williams		Wooburn
Constables
William	Lonnon		Hedsor and Lillifee
John	Hall		Wooburn
Robert	Beck		Wooburn
Dissenting Teachers
Revd Thomas	English		Wooburn
Esquires
Edward	Shirley		Wooburn
Farmers
Henry	Lunnon		Wooburn
Henry	Rance		Wooburn
John	Blinks		Wooburn
John	Stringall Jnr		Wooburn
John	Stringall Snr		Wooburn
Johnson	Francis	Infirm	Hedsor and Lillifee
Joseph	Stringall		Wooburn
Lane	Thomas		Hedsor and Lillifee
Robert	Lunnon		Wooburn
Thomas	Robinson		Wooburn
Thomas	Rolfe		Wooburn
Turner	Henry		Hedsor and Lillifee
Gardeners
John	Broom		Little Marlow
John	Coggins		Little Marlow
Joseph	Wilsdon		Little Marlow
Michael	Broom		Little Marlow
Plant	William		Hedsor and Lillifee
William	Dean Snr		Wooburn
William	Monk		Little Marlow
Gentlemen
Anthony	Fruches	Visitor at Mr Shirley	Wooburn
Clifford	William	Phillips	Little Marlow
Farmers			Little Marlow
Francis	Coxon		Little Marlow
Jeremiah	Goldswain		Little Marlow
John	Moores	Snr	Little Marlow
John	Moores	Jnr	Little Marlow
John	Simmonds		Little Marlow
Joseph	Rose		Little Marlow
William	Curtis		Little Marlow
Higlers
Alexander	Webb		Wooburn
Labourers
Andrew	Henry	Hassey	Wooburn
Benjamin	Stanford		Wooburn
Brook	Page		Wooburn
Charles	May		Wooburn
Daniel	Stevens		Wooburn
David	Salter		Wooburn
Edward	Crockett		Wooburn
Francis	Heddington		Wooburn
Francis	Johnson		Wooburn
Francis	Lee		Wooburn
George	Bowler		Wooburn
George	Dean		Wooburn
George	Hawes		Wooburn
George	Smith		Wooburn
Healey	Healey		Hedsor and Lillifee
Henry	Almond		Hedsor and Lillifee
Henry	Bates		Wooburn
Henry	Billinghurst		Wooburn
Henry	Fox		Wooburn
Henry	Howard		Wooburn
Henry	Stevens	Infirm	Wooburn
Henry	Straw		Wooburn
Jacob	Douglass		Wooburn
James	Billinghurst		Wooburn
James	Boddy		Wooburn
James	Douglass	Infirm	Wooburn
James	Hancock Jnr		Wooburn
James	Hancock Snr		Wooburn
James	Hearn	Infirm	Hedsor and Lillifee
James	Hedington		Hedsor and Lillifee
James	Holley		Hedsor and Lillifee
James	Johnson		Hedsor and Lillifee
James	King		Wooburn
James	Miles		Wooburn
James	Nicholls		Wooburn
James	Pissey		Wooburn
James	Seagrove		Wooburn
John	Andrews	Infirm	Wooburn
John	Aries		Hedsor and Lillifee
John	Bass		Hedsor and Lillifee
John	Bates		Hedsor and Lillifee
John	Beard		Wooburn
John	Beesley		Wooburn
John	Carter		Wooburn
John	Collins		Wooburn
John	Daler		Wooburn
John	Dunwoody		Wooburn
John	Eagleton		Wooburn
John	Franklin		Wooburn
John	Grainge		Wooburn
John	Griffin		Wooburn
John	Hawes		Wooburn
John	Howard		Wooburn
John	Hunt		Wooburn
John	Janes		Wooburn
John	King		Wooburn
John	Lunnon		Wooburn
John	Martin		Wooburn
John	Nicholls		Wooburn
John	Pissey	Infirm	Wooburn
John	Plumridge		Wooburn
John	Riddle	Infirm	Wooburn
John	Sharp		Wooburn
John	Spencer		Wooburn
John	Stadhams		Wooburn
John	Stratton		Wooburn
John	Toesley		Hedsor and Lillifee
John	Warner		Wooburn
John	White		Wooburn
Jonathan	Crutch		Hedsor and Lillifee
Jonathan	Danbridge		Wooburn
Jonathan	Humphrey	lost an eye	Wooburn
Joseph	Beesley		Wooburn
Joseph	Cosington		Wooburn
Joseph	Daler Jnr		Wooburn
Joseph	Daler Snr		Wooburn
Joseph	Faby		Wooburn
Joseph	Hobbs		Hedsor and Lillifee
Joseph	Lunnon		Hedsor and Lillifee
Joseph	Shield		Wooburn
Joseph	Swain		Wooburn
Joseph	Tuner		Wooburn
Joshua	Salter	has fits	Wooburn
Matthew	Tanner		Wooburn
Peter	Goold		Wooburn
Richard	Andrew		Wooburn
Richard	Blackhall		Wooburn
Richard	Dafter		Hedsor and Lillifee
Richard	Fruin		Wooburn
Richard	Griffin		Wooburn
Richard	Hester		Wooburn
Richard	Janes		Wooburn
Richard	Seers		Wooburn
Richard	Spencer	Infirm	Wooburn
Robert	Biddle Jnr		Wooburn
Robert	Blackhall		Wooburn
Samuel	Hassey	lost an eye	Wooburn
Silvenas	Bance		Hedsor and Lillifee
Stephen	Bouchier		Wooburn
Thomas	Allumn		Wooburn
Thomas	Barnett		Wooburn
Thomas	Batting		Wooburn
Thomas	Cox		Hedsor and Lillifee
Thomas	Dell		Wooburn
Thomas	Duglass		Wooburn
Thomas	Goodall		Wooburn
Thomas	Harman		Wooburn
Thomas	Harman		Wooburn
Thomas	Higgence		Hedsor and Lillifee
Thomas	Hummatt		Wooburn
Thomas	Hummatt		Wooburn
Thomas	Jacob		Wooburn
Thomas	Jones		Wooburn
Thomas	Kilby		Wooburn
Thomas	Pissey		Wooburn
Thomas	Reeves		Wooburn
Thomas	Rumbold		Wooburn
Thomas	Taylor		Wooburn
Timothy	Daveney		Wooburn
William	Bail		Wooburn
William	Bates	Infirm	Hedsor and Lillifee
William	Beesley		Wooburn
William	Bennett		Wooburn
William	Birch		Wooburn
William	Bowler		Wooburn
William	Briggs Snr		Wooburn
William	Courtney		Wooburn
William	Crockett		Wooburn
William	Emmonds		Wooburn
William	Fields	Infirm	Hedsor and Lillifee
William	Francis		Wooburn
William	Harman		Wooburn
William	Healey Jn r		Wooburn
William	Healey Snr		Wooburn
William	Heath		Wooburn
William	Hussey		Wooburn
William	Keen		Wooburn
William	Lee		Wooburn
William	Lunnon		Hedsor and Lillifee
William	Mendum		Hedsor and Lillifee
William	Peart		Wooburn
William	Pizzey		Wooburn
William	Quarterman		Wooburn
William	Reynolds		Wooburn
William	Rolfe		Wooburn
William	Skinner		Wooburn
William	Spencer		Wooburn
William	Stadhams		Wooburn
William	Stannelt		Wooburn
William	Swain		Wooburn
William	West Jnr		Wooburn
Lace Dealers
William	Watson		Little Marlow
Maisters
William	Crowdey		Wooburn
William	Woodbridge		Wooburn
William	Dobson		Wooburn
Mealmen
James	Fellows		Wooburn
Millers
Benjamin	Ellis		Wooburn
John	Smith		Wooburn
Lunnon	Thomas		Hedsor and Lillifee
Richard	Palmer		Wooburn
Robert	Smith		Wooburn
Thomas	Crutch		Wooburn
William	Bowden		Wooburn
William	Howard		Wooburn
William	Jones		Wooburn
Millwrights
Daniel	Blacknell		Wooburn
Edward	Savage		Wooburn
Henry	Tayler		Wooburn
John	Adams		Wooburn
John	Glennington		Wooburn
John	Hester		Wooburn
Robert	Glennington	Infirm	Wooburn
Robert	Hester		Wooburn
William	Armstrong	Deaf	Wooburn
William	Glennington		Wooburn
William	House		Wooburn
William	Savage		Wooburn
Mouldmakers
John	Rutt		Wooburn
Papermakers
Charles	Wethered	Infirm	Wooburn
Daniel	Pearce		Wooburn
Francis	Randall		Wooburn
George	Howard		Wooburn
Gurney	John		Hedsor and Lillifee
Gurney	Joseph		Hedsor and Lillifee
Gurney	William		Hedsor and Lillifee
Henry	Church	Near Sighted	Wooburn
Henry	Hearn		Wooburn
Henry	Jones		Wooburn
Henry	Pegg	Master	Wooburn
James	Biddle		Wooburn
James	Clark		Wooburn
James	Clark		Wooburn
James	Harding		Wooburn
James	Howard		Wooburn
James	Lane		Wooburn
James	Pegg		Wooburn
James	Rance		Wooburn
James	Wheeler		Wooburn
James	Wheeler		Wooburn
Janes	Davis		Little Marlow
John	Allnutt		Wooburn
John	Austin	Infirm	Little Marlow
John	Bewdery		Wooburn
John	Bristowe		Wooburn
John	Gibbson		Little Marlow
John	Heather		Wooburn
John	Howard		Wooburn
John	Langley		Little Marlow
John	Lawrance		Wooburn
John	Wheeler		Wooburn
John	Wingrove		Wooburn
Joseph	Collins		Little Marlow
Joseph	Hancock		Wooburn
Joseph	Hearn		Wooburn
Joseph	Plater		Wooburn
Joseph	Wingrove		Wooburn
Joseph	Wright		Wooburn
Lunnon	Richard		Hedsor and Lillifee
Lunnon	William		Hedsor and Lillifee
Matthew	Heather		Little Marlow
Ralph	Griffin		Wooburn
Richard	Brown		Wooburn
Richard	Dean		Wooburn
Richard	Hyans		Wooburn
Richard	Rose		Wooburn
Richard	West		Wooburn
Rose	Ralph		Hedsor and Lillifee
Solomon	Dean	bad legs	Wooburn
Stephen	Hooker	Deaf	Wooburn
Thomas	Clark		Wooburn
Thomas	Crutch		Wooburn
Thomas	Gardener		Little Marlow
Thomas	Harding	Subject to fits	Wooburn
Thomas	Heather		Little Marlow
Thomas	Keen		Wooburn
Thomas	Wells		Wooburn
Thomas	Wingrove		Wooburn
William	Allen Jnr		Wooburn
William	Allen Snr		Wooburn
William	Briggs Jnr		Wooburn
William	Cook		Wooburn
William	East	Master	Wooburn
William	Eddington		Wooburn
William	Fellows	Master	Wooburn
William	Grove		Wooburn
William	Howard	Master	Wooburn
William	Hughes Jnr		Wooburn
William	Hughes Snr		Wooburn
William	Paslowe		Wooburn
William	Pegg		Wooburn
William	Robinson		Wooburn
William	Salter		Little Marlow
William	Thompson		Wooburn
William	Wapshott		Wooburn
William	Wye		Wooburn
Sawyers
Francis	Pearce		Wooburn
John	Pearce		Wooburn
John	Pearce		Wooburn
John	Piggott		Little Marlow
John	Piggott		Wooburn
John	Taylor		Little Marlow
Simon	Howland		Wooburn
Thomas	Pearce		Wooburn
William	Hobday		Wooburn
William	Piggott		Little Marlow
Servants
George	Milton	Wounded but will serve	Wooburn
Joshua	Coldwell	Arm broken but ready to serve	Wooburn
Richard	Hulls		Wooburn
William	Smith		Wooburn
Shoemakers
Abraham	Beek		Wooburn
George	Dean Jnr		Wooburn
George	Treadway Jnr		Wooburn
George	Treadway Snr		Wooburn
John	Wethered		Wooburn
Jonathan	Beek		Wooburn
Joseph	Beek		Wooburn
Joseph	Hearn	Lame	Wooburn
Thomas	How		Wooburn
William	Beek		Wooburn
Shopkeepers
Daniel	Dean		Wooburn
Daniel	Taylor		Wooburn
William	Plater		Wooburn
Stewards
Moses	Barnes		Little Marlow
Richard	Thames		Little Marlow
Thomas	Nash		Little Marlow
Taylors
George	King		Wooburn
Richard	Turner		Wooburn
William	King		Wooburn
William	King Jnr		Wooburn
Victuallers
James	Webb	In Decline	Wooburn
John	Bouchier		Wooburn
John	Butler		Wooburn
Nathaniel	Gunnell		Little Marlow
Thomas	Allen		Little Marlow
Wire Drawers
Edward	Owens		Wooburn
Henry	Mason		Wooburn
James	Davis		Wooburn
William	Dean		Wooburn

Horses, Wagons and Carts

Surname	First Name	Location	Horses	Wagons	Carts
Barnett	Thomas	Wooburn	4	1	2
Blinko	John	Wooburn	14	4	5
Boucher	John	Wooburn	3	1	2
Butler	John	Wooburn	1	0	1
Dean Snr	George	Wooburn	1	0	1
East	William	Wooburn	2	0	1
Fellows	William	Wooburn	6	3	3
Forrister	John	Wooburn	3	1	2
Glennister	Robert	Wooburn	1	0	0
Howard	Thomas	Wooburn	1	0	1
Howard	William	Wooburn	6	2	2
Lunnon	Henry	Wooburn	11	3	3
Lunnon	Robert	Wooburn	5	2	3
Pegg	Henry	Wooburn	6	2	2
Rance	Elizabeth	Wooburn	6	2	2
Robinson	Thomas	Wooburn	4	1	1
Rolfe	Thomas	Wooburn	8	3	3
Shirley esq.	Edward	Wooburn	3	0	1
Stringall	John	Wooburn	4	1	1
Turner	Henry	Wooburn	1	0	1
Turner	Richard	Wooburn	4	1	1
Turner	William	Wooburn	11	3	2
Webb	Alexander	Wooburn	1	0	1
Wethered	Charles	Wooburn	1	0	1
Wright	Edward	Wooburn	1	0	0
Boston	Rt Hon Lord	Hedsor and Lillifee	3	1	2
Johnson	Francis	Hedsor and Lillifee	3	0	2
Turner	Henry	Hedsor and Lillifee	10	2	2
Coxon	Francis	Little Marlow	6	2	2
Curtis	William	Little Marlow	8	4	3
Goldswain	Jeremiah	Little Marlow	10	4	4
Harris	William	Little Marlow	2	0	1
Lane	Thomas	Little Marlow	6	2	2
Moores	John	Little Marlow	8	3	3
Moores	William (deceased)	Little Marlow	4	1	0
Neighbour	Mary	Little Marlow	15	3	4
Plummer	Jonathan	Little Marlow	3	0	4
Poulton	Charles	Little Marlow	14	5	5
Rose	John	Little Marlow	1	0	1
Rose	Joseph	Little Marlow	9	3	3
Simmons	John	Little Marlow	6	2	3
Wethered	Mary	Little Marlow	5	1	2
Wilkinson esq.	Thomas	Little Marlow	1	0	1

Total of 222 Horses, 63 Wagons and 84 Carts.

Person Occupying Wind or Water Mills

Surname	First Name	Location	Type of Mill	Average Weekly Quantity
Crutch	Thomas	Wooburn	Water	10 loads
Fellows	James	Wooburn	Water	20 loads
Fellows	William	Wooburn	Water	10 loads
Lunnon	Robert	Hedsor & Lillifee	Water	4 loads
Pegg	Henry	Wooburn	Water	4 loads