The Andrews Pages QuickList> Lists Through the Centuries> This page Matlock & Matlock Bath : Lists Through the Centuries   The Sixteenth Century Lay Subsidy Roll, 1327-8 Lists containing 5 names or less High Constables | Petty Constables | The County Forces : General Musters   Lists Through the Centuries 16th C and before 17th Century Lists Ayd to Charles I, 1627 Free & Voluntary Present, 1661 Hearth Tax, 1670 Recusant Fines, 1681-2 18th Century Lists 19th Century Lists Volunteer Infantry Lists (1803-1808) School Charity 1814 Matlock, All Saints' School Before the Board at Bakewell, 1838-1841 Keeping Law and Order Manorial Records, Extracts from 1851 Owners of Land, 1873 Matlock Railway Station, Deliveries 1851 20th Century Lists Matlock Bath Men Serving King and Country, 1914 Lay Subsidy Roll, 1327-8 (From the article 'Derbyshire in 1327-8 ; Being a Lay Subsidy Roll' by The Rev. J. Charles Cox, in the Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Vol. 30, 1908, pp.42-3) Matlock. Wirksworth Hundred (Fourth Membrane.)     li [£ - pounds] s[hillings] s[hillings] d [pence] Petrus de Hurst ..... iiiij li   iiij s   Gilb fil Galf .....   lx s iij s   Johes fil Nich .....   xl s ij s   . . . fil Ric .....   lx s iij s   . . . Attewode .....   xl s ij s   . . . fil Amic' .....   sl s ij s   . . . fil Rog' .....   xl s   ij d . . . fil Walt' .....   lx s iij s   . . . . . . .....   lx s iij s   . . . de Macworth .....   xl s ij s   . . . Digge .....   xl s ij s   . . . de Rybergh .....   xl s ij s   Summa bonorum ..... xxx li       Total for the Wirksworth Hundred : £40 18s 3½d. Lists Containing Five or Less Names 1. High Constables1, 2 High Constables were appointed by the Court Leet. He was 'a man of real importance and influence in the hundred, and was often of good birth' [p.97] 1559 Ralph CHARLTON Wapentake of Wirksworth 1571 Godfrey CRONKEHOUSE Wapentake of Wirksworth 1575-80 George OLDFIELD Liberty of Workesworth 1598 Roger WIGLEY Wapentake of Wirksworth 2. Petty Constables1, 3 They were 'bound to attend the Quarter Sessions - fines were imposed if they were absent without just excuse.' Various responsibilities, including the execution of warrants and the summoning of jurors. The Petty Constable was originally appointed by the court leet of his township, and afterwards by the parish vestry. In 1562, for the Wapentake of Wirksworth Matlock .. .. Humphrey MATLEY 3. The County Forces : General Musters1 'The name by which the local force was usually styled in the sixteenth century, was "General Musters". No sooner had Elizabeth succeeded to the crown than she proceeded to test the legislature of her predecessor by calling out the county forces in large numbers in the shires, and by making a general order for returns of the number and equipment of such contingents throughout the country'. This was as a result of alterations to Henry II's Assize to Arms in the reign of Queen Mary (4 and 5 Philip and Mary, c.2). The act laid down what everyone had to provide, in direct proportion to the land they held and their income. (p.129) Musters for the County of Derby, 15584 The Certyfycate of the Musters and view of the able men and the horses geldynge armoure and weapons that evry man hath and ought to have according to such statute as have byn made in that behalf within the WAPENTAKE OF WYRKSWORTH AND HARTYNGTON SOOKE in the Countie of Derbye taken by Sr Humffrey Bradbarn, Knyght & Fraunces Curson Esquyer the xvjth day of Februarye in the fyrst yere of the raign of o Sovraygn Lady Elyzabeth by the grace of God Quene of Ingland Fraunce & Ireland Defender of the Fayth &c. ... MATLOCKE Itm Anthony Whole hath one plate cote two long bowes, two sheffe of arrowes, too sculles & one black bill. Itm Henry Hopkenson hath one longe bowe one sheffe of arrowes one sculle & one black bill. Itm the towneschip of Matlocke hath harnes in redines for one archer wt weapons for the same. Able men wtowt harnes in the same townes. Bill men - v. 1 The extracts above are taken from: "Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals, an Illustrated by the Records of the Quarter Sessions of the County of Derby from Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria", Rev. Charles J. Cox, LL.D., F.S.A Vol I. (1890) pub. London: Bemrose and Sons, 23 Old Bailey; and Derby. 2 pp.95 - 113 3 p.105 4 Musters for the County of Derby, 1558, p.140 Information researched and transcribed by Ann Andrews Jan 2000 There may be further information on the following pages FAQ Hatches Matches & Dispatches - Matlock Parish Church Baptisms, Marriages and Burials Pre 1858 wills Matlock References - How to find what you are seeking The Wolley Manuscripts, Matlock Charters and Early Deeds - Documents from the Middle Ages relating to Matlock Documents Relating to Matlock, 14th Century - Leases How you can help - additional material is always welcomed © 1996 - Ann Andrews (click link to contact). All Rights Reserved. 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