M*CH*MORE One Name Study

EARLY POPULATION RETURNS

Before the advent of the national census, population lists were compiled spasmodically for a number of different purposes. They contained limited information and were often restricted to specific segments of the population. Nevertheless, they do provide us with valuable information. The following returns are included here:

Underlining (if any) indicates changes made at the latest update.

Hundred rolls 1274

Hundred rolls were records of surveys undertaken in the second half of the 13th century to provide the data upon which feudal taxes could be calculated. The following information, taken from a card file located at the Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter called the Burnet Morris Index, relates to a survey taken in 1274.

Name Parish
Nicholas de MOCHELMOR West Alvington
Devon Lay Subsidy 1524-27

A lay subsidy was a tax levied on laymen. (There was a separate tax on the clergy.) The Great Subsidy of 1524-27 lists all people over the age of 16 years with income from land or with taxable goods worth £2 per annum, or with annual wages of £1 or more. The following data were abstracted from Devon Lay Subsidy Rolls 1524-27 edited by T L Stoate, 1979.

Name Parish Information
Anstys MYCHELMORE Halwell Goods £6
Edward MICHELMORE East Allington Goods £25
John MICHELMORE East Allington Goods £10
John MYCHELMORE Halwell Servant, wages £1
John MOCHELMORE Kingston Goods £11
Peter MICHELMORE East Allington Goods £1
Richard MYCHELMORE Halwell Goods £4
Thomas MOCHELMORE Kingsbridge Goods £6
Devon & Cornwall Muster Rolls 1569

Muster Rolls were lists of able-bodied men between the ages of sixteen and sixty who were capable of fighting, together with their weapons or other assets that could be called on in times of warfare.

In the following, the Devon data were abstracted from The Devon Muster Roll for 1569 transcribed by A. J. Howard and edited by T. L. Stoate, published 1977.  The Cornish data were taken from The Cornwall Muster Returns of 1569 edited by T. L. Stoate, published 1984. Note that persons with the same name in the same parish could possibly be the same person listed twice under different categories.

A bill was a weapon consisting of a hooked blade with a spike at the end on a long handle, a pike was a long spear, an almen rivet was light armour made of overlapping plates, a harquebus was a heavy matchlock gun, and a sheaf consisted of 24 arrows.

Name Parish Information
Edmond MICHELMOR East Allington billman
Edward MICHELMOR Halberton pikeman
John MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh billman
John MICHELMOR East Allington pikeman
John MICHELMOR Halwell land £10
John MICHELMOR Halwell billman
John MICHELMOR Kingston 1 almen rivet, 1 bow, 1 sheaf of arrows and 1 bill jointly with Walter AISHEFORD, Richard WARDE and William WARDE
John MICHELMOR Kingston harquebusier
Katherine MICHELMOR East Allington widow, goods £7
Richard MICHELMOR Ugborough billman
Thomas MOCHEMOAD Quethiock, Cornwall ableman: archer, 6 arrows, one bow, goods £6
William MICHELMOR Dartmouth St Clement pikeman
Devon Lay Subsidy 1581

The following data on the 1581 Lay Subsidy (a tax on laymen) were abstracted from Devon Taxes 1581-1660 edited by T L Stoate, 1988.

Name Parish Information
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh goods £5
Ibota MICHELMORE East Allington widow, goods £3
Katherine MICHELMORE East Allington widow, goods £7
Agnes MICHELMORE Halwell goods £3
Richard MICHELMORE Halwell goods £10
John MYCHELMORE Kingston land £4
Blackawton rate 1597

The following data were abstracted from a document entitled "A rate agreed uppon between the pishioners of Blackawton for the contribution towards the preparacon of the church, the 20 of August Anno Dni 1597" to be found in Devon Parishes, transcribed by C A T Fursdon, 1927.

It is not known what the word "farling" refers to. It may be measure of the land farmed by each person or (less likely) a mistranscription of "farthing", a quarter of a penny.

Name Parish Rate
Frances MICHELMORE North Blackawton two farlings, two bushells of Oastes, on bushel of wheate, and half a bushel of Barly, or 13s 4d
Richard MICHELMORE North Blackawton on farlinge, on bushell of Oates, half a bushell of wheat, and a pecke of Barly, or 6s 8d
Richerd MICHELMORE South Blackawton half a farlinge, half a bushell of Oates, a pecke of wheate and half a peck of Barley, or 3s 4d
Stoke Fleming billeting dues 1630?

The following line was abstracted from another document in Devon Parishes, transcribed by C A T Fursdon, 1927. The origin of the document is unknown, but it appears to be a list of residents of Stoke Fleming who had billeted soldiers. The baptismal dates of the persons listed who can be identified suggest that the document was compiled between 1609 and 1632, but possibly as late as 1644. (The Civil War broke out in 1642.)

The entry appears to indicate that Edward MICHELMORE billeted one soldier, for which he was due payment of £1 7s.

Name Parish Information
Edward MICHELMORE Stockeflemynge  j        due for billet 1 7
Devon & Cornwall Protestation Returns 1641

In July 1641, the English parliament passed an act requiring that all men above the age of sixteen years swear an oath of allegiance to the King and the established church. For Devon and Cornwall, this "protestation" read as follows:

I, ..........................., do in the presence of Almighty God, promise, vow, and protest, with my utmost power, to maintain and defend the true Reformed Protestant Religion, established by Law in this Kingdom, against all Papery, Popish, and other innovations of Sectaries and Schismaticks, as also His Majesties Person and Rights, against all forces whatsoever; and in like manner, the Laws, Liberties, and Privilidges of Parliament, and of this Kingdom. And I shall, to the utmost of my power, preserve and defend the Peace of the two Counties of Cornwall and Devon; and all Persons that shall unite themselves by this our Protestation, in the due performance hereof. And to my power assist His Majesties Armies for reducing the Town of Plymouth; and resistance of all Forces of Scots, invaders, and others, levied under pretence of any authority of two Houses of Parliament, or otherwise, without His Majesties personal consent.
[From The Association, Agreement, and Protestation of the Counties of Cornwall, and Devon dated 5 Jan 1643 and printed by Robert Barker and John Bili at Bristol.]

Commissioners were appointed to record the names of all those who made the required protestation within each parish as well as the small number who refused. Protestations took place in February and March 1641/42, and the records were then returned to Parliament. Fortunately, the great majority of the records of interest have survived. In Cornwall, the protestation records appear to be extant for all parishes where M*CH*MOREs occur in the parish registers. In the South Hams area of Devon, only the protestations from Ashburton, Brixton, Buckland Tout Saints and Kingston are missing.

In the following list, the Devon names were obtained from The Devon Protestation Returns 1641, a transcription made by A. J. Howard and edited by T. L. Stoate in 1973. The Cornish names were extracted from Cornwall Protestation Returns, a collation of work by R. M. Glencross and H. L. Douch edited by T. L. Stoate in 1974.

Name Parish
Edmund MICHELMORE Malborough
George MUGHMOORE St Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall
Henry MUCHMORE North Hill, Cornwall
James MITCHELMORE East Allington
John MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh
John MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh
John MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh
John MITCHELMORE East Allington
John MITCHELMORE East Allington
John MITCHELMORE East Allington
John MICHELMORE Harberton
John MUCHMORE North Hill, Cornwall
Lewis MITCHELMORE East Allington
Nicholas MITCHELMORE Charleton
Peter MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh
Philip MICHELLMORE Broadhempston
Richard MUCHMORE Menheniot, Cornwall
Richard MICHELMOORE St Ives, Cornwall
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh
Robert MITCHELMORE East Allington
Thomas MICHELMORE Blackawton
Thomas MICHELMORE Halwell
Walter MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh
Walter MITCHELMORE East Allington
William MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh
Will MICHELMORE Liskeard, Cornwall
Wm MICHELMORE Liskeard, Cornwall
Devon Assessment 1647

The following data were abstracted from Devon Taxes 1581-1660 edited by T L Stoate, 1988. Note that the records for most Devon parishes have been lost.

Name Parish Information
John MICHELMORE Harberton tax 4d
John MICHELMORE and Robert MITCHELL for the vicarage Harberton tax 2 shillings
Peter MICHAELMOORE Buckfastleigh tax 8d
William MICHAELMOORE Buckfastleigh constable, tax 1 shilling
Hearth Tax returns: Cornwall 1664 & Devon 1674

From 1662-1689, house occupiers in England were required to pay a tax of 2s (the equivalent of about £150 today) per hearth, although paupers were exempt. The following data were abstracted from Cornwall Hearth and Poll Taxes (1981) and Devon Hearth Tax Returns (1982), both edited by T L Stoate. The Cornish data were taken from the 1664 returns and the Devon data from the 1674 returns, the most complete set in each case. Stoate estimates that 1 hearth indicates a house containing 2-4 rooms, 2 hearths 4-6 rooms and 3 hearths 6-8 rooms. Although almost all Devon and Cornwall parishes are included in the returns, there are surprisingly few M*CH*MORE entries.

Name Parish Information
Peter MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 2 hearths
Ph MITCHALMORE Buckfastleigh 2 hearths
Philip MUCHMORE Liskeard, Cornwall 1 hearth
Rich MITCHELMORE Stoke Fleming pauper: 1 hearth
Tho MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1 hearth
Thomas MUCHMORE Menheniot, Cornwall 2 hearth
Titus MITCHM Blackawton pauper: 1 hearth
Wm MICHALMORE Buckfastleigh 3 hearths
Buckfastleigh census 1698

The following data were extracted from a transcription of a 1698 census of Buckfastleigh contained in Harleian MSS 6832 ff. 132-43 in the British Library. The manuscript contains a list of persons and their ages in sets consisting of several persons with the same surname listed in decreasing order of age followed by a few people with different surnames. Households are not explicitly separated, but it has been assumed that each such set of data refers to a household containing a single family along with their house or farm servants. Nine households contained MICHELMOREs.

Name Household Information
Christian MICHELMORE #7 aged 4
Elizabeth MICHELMORE #3 aged 28
Grace MICHELMORE #5 aged 12
Grace MICHELMORE #7 aged 35
Joane MICHELMORE #8 aged 12, servant to Richard HAMLYN
John MICHELMORE #3 aged 2
John MICHELMORE #7 aged 13
Judith MICHELMORE #1 aged 24
Julyan MICHELMORE #6 aged 7
Julyan MICHELMORE #2 aged 14
Julyan MICHELMORE #1 aged 75
Margaret MICHELMORE #1 aged 2
Margaret MICHELMORE #3 aged 24
Margaret MICHELMORE #3 widow aged 63
Mary MICHELMORE #2 aged 5
Mary MICHELMORE #7 aged 9
Mary MICHELMORE #6 aged 10
Mary MICHELMORE #5 aged 18
Mary MICHELMORE #6 aged 34
Phillip MICHELMORE #3 aged 4
Phillipp MICHELMORE #2 aged 10
Phillipp MICHELMORE #7 aged 11
Phillipp MICHELMORE #1 aged 15
Phillipp MICHELMORE #9 aged 40
Phillis MICHELMORE #2 aged 9
Phillis MICHELMORE #2 aged 49
Robert MICHELMORE #2 aged 16
Robert MICHELMORE #2 aged 50
Robert MICHELMORE #1 aged 76
Samuell MICHELMORE #7 aged 36
Sarah MICHELMORE #4 aged 15, servant to John CHURCHARD
Thomas MICHELMORE #2 aged 12
Thomas MICHELMORE #5 aged 56
William MICHELMORE #3 aged 30
William MICHELMORE #6 aged 36
Devon Freeholders Books 1711-1799

The Devon freeholders books were compiled annually for the purposes of identifying inhabitants of the county who were eligible to serve on juries. Eligibility was restricted to men between the ages of 21 and 70. With certain exceptions, the qualification from 1692 until 1730 was to own freehold or copyhold land with an annual value of £10 or more. After 1730, tenants of land worth £20 per year held on long leases were also eligible. Therefore, the lists contain the names of the more substantial property-owning inhabitants of Devon parishes in the 18th century. In addition, the books provide information regarding the status or trade of some of those listed.

The following data were extracted from the available transcriptions of the freeholders books for 1711-1799, published here and here.

Name Parish Year Information
George MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1752  
George MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1753  
George MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1754 freeholder
George MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1755 clothier
George MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1757  
George MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1758  
George MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1759  
George MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1762  
George MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1763  
George MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1778 freeholder
Jeffery MITCHELMORE Ashburton 1777  
John MICHELMORE, Mr Rattery 1711  
John MICHELMORE Rattery 1713  
John MICHELMORE Rattery 1714  
John MICHELMORE Rattery 1715
John MICHELMORE Rattery 1717  
John MICHELMORE Rattery 1718  
John MICHELMORE Rattery 1719  
John MICHELMORE Rattery 1720  
John MICHAELMORE Rattery 1721  
John MICHELMORE Dartington 1725  
John MICHELMORE Dartington 1729 gentleman
John MITCHELLMORE Dartington 1733 gentleman, freeholder
John MICHELMORE Dartington 1734 freeholder
John MITCHELMORE Dartington 1735 freeholder
John MITCHELMORE Dartington 1736 freeholder
John MICHELMORE Dartington 1738 freeholder
John MITCHELMORE Dartington 1739 freeholder
Peter MITCHELMORE Stokenham 1799  
Philip MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1734 sergemaker
Philip MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1735  
Philip MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1738 yeoman, leaseholder
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1738 yeoman
Philip MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1739 leaseholder
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1739 yeoman
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1741  
Philip MITCHELMOORE Buckfastleigh 1742 freeholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1742  
Philip MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1743 leaseholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1743  
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1744  
Philip MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1744 freeholder
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1745  
Philip MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1745 freeholder
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1747  
Philip MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1747 freeholder
Philip MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1749 leaseholder
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1749  
Philip MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1750 freeholder
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1750
Philip MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1751 freeholder
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1751  
Philip MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1752  
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1752  
Philip MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1753  
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1753  
Philip MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1754 leaseholder
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1754  
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1755 infirm
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1757 infirm
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1758  
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1759  
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1762  
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1763  
Philip MICHAELMORE Staverton 1764  
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1765 freeholder
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1766 freeholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1767 freeholder
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1769 freeholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1770  
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1771 freeholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1772 freeholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1773 freeholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Cockington 1776 leaseholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1776  
Philip MITCHELMORE Cockington 1777  
Philip MITCHELMORE Staverton 1777 freeholder
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1778 freeholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Cockington 1778  
Philip MICHELMORE Cockington 1780 leaseholder
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1780  
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1783 freeholder
Philip MITCHELMORE Cockington 1783 leaseholder
Philip MICHELMORE Staverton 1799  
Philip MICHELMORE, jun Staverton 1799  
Phillip MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1741 leaseholder
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1736 yeoman, freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1738 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1739 freeholder
Robert MITCHELMOORE Buckfastleigh 1742 freeholder
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1743 freeholder
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1744 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1745 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1747 freeholder
Robert MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1749 freeholder
Robert MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1750 freeholder
Robert MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1751 freeholder
Robert MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1752  
Robert MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1753  
Robert MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1754 freeholder
Robert MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1755 yeoman
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1757  
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1758  
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1759  
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1762 hundred constable
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1763  
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1764  
Robert MUCHMORE Buckfastleigh 1765 yeoman, freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1766 freeholder
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1767 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1769 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1770  
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1771 freeholder
Robert MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1772 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1773 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1774 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1774 jun, freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1775 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1775 jun, freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1776 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1776 jun, freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1777  
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1777 jun
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1778 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1780 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1783 freeholder
Robert MICHELMORE Staverton 1799  
Soloman MITCHELMORE Stokenham 1799  
Thomas MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1733 yeoman, leaseholder
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1734 sergemaker
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1735 yeoman, freeholder
Thomas MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1736 yeoman, freeholder
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1738 yeoman, freeholder
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1739 freeholder
Thomas MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1741 freeholder
Thomas MITCHELMOORE Buckfastleigh 1742 freeholder
Thomas MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1743 freeholder
Thomas MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1744 sen, freeholder
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1745 sen, freeholder
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1747 freeholder
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1747 jun, freeholder
Thomas MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1749 sen
Thomas MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1749 jun
Thomas MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1750 freeholder
Thomas MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1751 freeholder
Thomas MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1752  
Thomas MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1753  
Thomas MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1754 freeholder
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1780 freeholder
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1783 freeholder
Thomas MICHAELMOORE Holne 1799  
William MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1751 freeholder
William MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1753  
William MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1754 freeholder
William MICHAELMORE Buckfastleigh 1755 yeoman
William MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1757  
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1758  
William MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1759 constable
William MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1762 constable
William MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1763  
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1764  
William MUCHMORE Buckfastleigh 1765 yeoman, freeholder
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1766 freeholder
William MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1767 freeholder
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1769 freeholder
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1770  
William MITCHELMORE Stokenham 1770  
William MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1771 freeholder
William MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1772 freeholder
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1773 freeholder
William MITCHELMORE Stokenham 1773  
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1774 freeholder
William MITCHELMORE Stokenham 1774  
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1775 freeholder
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1776 freeholder
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1777  
William MITCHELMORE Stokenham 1777 freeholder
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1778 freeholder
William MITCHELMORE Stokenham 1778  
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1780 freeholder
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh 1783 freeholder
William MITCHELMORE Stokenham 1783 leaseholder
Devon Militia Assessments 1715

After the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, each parish was required to recruit and pay a certain number of militia soldiers. The cost was to be distributed across persons owning land in the parish in proportion to the value of their income or estate, the list of such persons being prepared by the parish constables under the supervision of a deputy lieutenant of the county. The individual assessments were expressed in pounds sterling, where £50 corresponded to the obligation to pay one foot soldier.

Manuscript copies of the 1715 Militia Assessment for all of the South Hams parishes are extant. In a transcription available here and abstracted below, M*CH*MOREs only appear in one parish, Buckfastleigh. (Unfortunately, the assessments for Staverton are not included.) The list was compiled by William MICHELMORE and one other constable and dated 20 Oct 1715.

Name Parish Assessment Information Notes
Phillip MICHELMORE, the late Buckfastleigh £2 for Church Park
Phillipa MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh £2  
Robert MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh £2  
Samuel MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh £17 for Ellats
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh £5  
Thomas MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh £2  
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh £14 £9 for his estate and £5 for Jordan Street tenement
Wilmot MICHELMORE, late Buckfastleigh £3  
Devon & Exeter Oath Rolls 1723

An Act to oblige all Persons being Papists ..., and all Persons ... refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths appointed for the Security of His Majesty's Person and Government ..., to register their Names and real Estates received royal assent on 27 May 1723. The 1723 Oath Act stated that all persons aged eighteen years and above not having already taken the Oaths appointed in and by an Act made in the first year of his Majesty's Reign must now swear. The reference was to the 1715 Oath Act, under which only certain officeholders (including clergy, local magistrates, schoolmasters and hundred constables) were required to take the oaths.

The oath taker was to declare that our Sovereign Lord King George [the First] is lawful and rightful King of this Realm and that they would defend him to the utmost of my Power, against all traiterous Conspiracies and Attempts whatsoever, which shall be made against his Person, Crown and Dignity and renounce, refuse, and abjure any Allegiance or Obedience to the Pretender. The oath also included the words, I A.B. do swear, that I do from my Heart abhor, detest and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable Doctrine and Position, That Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope ... may be deposed or murthered by their Subjects.

Only about 1 in 5 Devon residents actually took the 1723 oath. It has been suggested that, since the penalty for not taking the oath was forfeiture of one's estates, there may have been a tendency for only the wealthier people to take the oath. Unlike most earlier rolls, this one was not restricted to men.

The following list is taken from a transcription of the Devon & Exeter oath rolls that is available here (where further details on the 1723 Oath Act can also be found). Notice that the M*CH*MORE surnames in the rolls (as written by a clerk) almost never agree with the signatures, confirming the variability in spelling at the time.

Name Parish Information
Elizabeth MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 14 Nov 1723 Highweek, signed M
Elizabeth MITCHELMORE jun Buckfastleigh sworn 14 Nov 1723 Highweek, signed M
Florence MUCHEMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed M
John MUCHERMORE   sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, not signed
John MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed Mickelmore
John MUCHERMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed Michelmore
John MUCHERMORE Rattery sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed Mickelmore
John MUCHERMORE jun Rattery sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed Michelmore
Mary MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 14 Nov 1723 Highweek, signed MM
Nicholas MICHEMORE Stokenham sworn 28 Aug 1723 Kingsbridge, signed X
Philip MUCHEMORE   sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, not signed
Philip MUCHERMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed Michelmor
Robert MUCHERMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed Michelmor
Samuel MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 11 Nov 1723 Ashburton, signed Michelmore
Steven MITCHELMORE Dodbrooke sworn 28 Aug 1723 Kingsbridge, signed X
Thomas MICHELMORE Ashburton sworn 11 Nov 1723 Ashburton, signed Michelmore
Thomas MUCHERMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed T
William MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh constable, sworn 22 Dec 1715 Moreleigh, signed Michelmore
William MUCHERMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed Michelmore
William MUCHERMORE jun Buckfastleigh sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed Michelmore
William MICKELMORE Ugborough sworn 31 Aug 1723 Modbury, signed Muchamore
Wilmot MUCHERMORE Buckfastleigh sworn 26 Aug 1723 Moreleigh, signed M
Devon Tithe Maps & Apportionments 1840-1849

Tithe maps, as the name implied, were used for apportioning church taxes. The following data were extracted from the results of the Friend of Devon's Archives Tithe Apportionments Project, which analysed some 469 Devon tithe maps and apportionments dating mostly from the 1840s. These maps cover 97.4% of the county but omit several important parishes, including Kingsbridge, Dartmouth St Saviour, East Stonehouse and the urban parishes of Exeter.

Name Parish Information
Ann MICHELMORE Ashburton lessee of house in North Street, area 76 m2, owned by Lord CLINTON
Ann MICHELMORE Stoke Fleming occupier of land, area 4.9 ha, owned by Mary Ann WELLS
Ann MICHELMORE Stoke Fleming occupier of land, area 7.6 ha, estate of John PENNY
Charles MICHELMORE Dittisham trustee of Studdy's Capton Farm, area 42.3 ha, estate of Henry STUDDY
Charles MICHELMORE Dittisham trustee of Cott tenement, area 6.3 ha, estate of Henry STUDDY
Charles MICHELMORE Dittisham trustee of Court Farm, area 96.9 ha, estate of Henry STUDDY
Charles MICHELMORE Totnes owner & occupier of house etc, area 3.7 ha
Edward MICHELMORE Ringmore occupier of cottage etc, area 304 m2, owned by Henry Richard ROE
Elizabeth MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh owner of house etc, area 1037 m2
Elizabeth MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh owner & occupier of land, area 9434 m2
Henry MICHELMORE Ashprington owner of house etc, area 1492 m2
Henry MICHELMORE Combeintinhead owner & occupier of Underhay's tenement, area 20.8 ha
Henry MICHELMORE Combeintinhead owner & occupier of Pool's tenement, area 22.3 ha
Henry MICHELMORE Combeintinhead owner & occupier of pound, area 25 m2
Henry MICHELMORE Stoke in Teignhead owner & occupier of Lower Rocombe, area 13.7 ha
Jane MICHELMORE Dartmouth Townstall occupier of cottages etc, area 1214 m2, owned by Sir John Henry SEALE
Jeffry MICHELMORE Ashburton owner & occupier of house etc in West Street, area 835 m2
John MITCHELMORE Brixham occupier of land, area 405 m2, owned by William GORTLEY
John MITCHELMORE Brixham part occupier of houses etc, area 835 m2, owned by Lady SANDWICH, Lord DARLINGTON et al.
John MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh occupier of land, area 3.3 ha, owned by Edward LOWNDES
John MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh occupier of Churchill, area 11.7 ha, owned by John PHILIPS
John MICHELMORE Buckfastleigh occupier of Beards, area 9.8 ha, owned by John PHILIPS
John MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh owner & occupier of land, area 1.2 ha
John MICHELMORE Charleton occupier of cottage etc, area 708 m2, owned by Lord ASHBURTON
John MICHELMORE Chivelstone occupier of part of Pitt, area 1.2 ha, owned by Francis S. CORNISH
John MICHELMORE Slapton occupier of house at Alston owned by Sir William KNIGHTON
John MICHELMORE Slapton occupier of house owned by Thomas HODGE
John MICHELMORE Slapton occupier of house etc owned by Robert KNOWLES
John MICHELMORE Slapton occupier of house owned by Sir Robert William NEWMAN
John MICHELMORE Slapton owner & occupier of house
Philip MICHELMORE Ashprington owner & occupier of Painsford Farm, area 84.4 ha
Philip MICHELMORE Harberton owner of Lower Luscombe, area 5.4 ha
Philip MICHELMORE Paignton owner & occupier of house etc, area 4173 m2
Philip MICHELMORE Lydford owner & occupier of tenement at Hexworthy, Forest of Dartmoor, area 13 ha
Philip MICHELMORE Paignton lessee of houses, area 1416 m2, owned by William MACLEAN
Robert MICHELMORE Broadhempston owner & occupier of Fishacre, area 49.1 ha
Robert MICHELMORE Broadhempston owner & occupier of Hollacombe, area 21.6 ha
Robert MITCHELMORE Little Hempston owner of cottages etc, area 329 m2
Robert MITCHELMORE Little Hempston owner & occupier of land, area 7158 m2
Robert MITCHELMORE Little Hempston owner of cottages etc, area 329 m2
Robert MITCHELMORE Little Hempston owner & occupier of land, area 7158 m2
Robert MICHELMORE Staverton occupier of Langafords, area 5.7 ha, owned by the Dean & Chapter of Exeter
Robert MICHELMORE Staverton occupier of Reeve Acre, area 5.8 ha, owned by the Dean & Chapter of Exeter
Susan MICHELMORE Dittisham occupier of Lapthorne Farm, area 17.4 ha, owned by Sir John Henry & Wells SEALE
Thomas MICHELMORE Berry Pomeroy occupier of house etc, area 202 m2, owned by the Duke of Somerset
Thomas MICHELMORE jr Berry Pomeroy occupier of part of Holwells, area 26.4 ha, owned by the Duke of Somerset
Thomas MITCHELMORE Brixham occupier of land, area 1745 m2, owned by Charles HAYNE
Thomas MICHELMORE Broadhempston owner & occupier of part of Alexanders, area 2.8 ha
Thomas MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh owner of Dartbridge, area 12.4 ha
Thomas MITCHELMORE Buckfastleigh owner & occupier of Burchels, area 16.8 ha
Thomas MITCHELMORE Ilsington owner of cottage, area 51 m2
Thomas MITCHELMORE Plympton St Maurice occupier of land, area 1467 m2, owned by John WALTER
Thomas MITCHELMORE Plympton St Maurice occupier of land, area 481 m2, owned by Thomas SQUIRES
Thomas MITCHELMORE Plympton St Maurice owner & occupier of house etc, area 304 m2
Thomas MICHELMORE Ringmore part occupier of house etc, area 556 m2, owned by Henry Richard ROE
Thomas MICHELMORE Staverton occupier of Wellacombe, area 28.9 ha, owned by the Dean & Chapter of Exeter
Thomas MICHELMORE Staverton occupier of land, area 3.9 ha, owned by Mrs HUSSEY
Thomas MICHELMORE Staverton occupier of Adams, area 4.5 ha, owned by the Dean & Chapter of Exeter
Thomas MICHELMORE Staverton occupier of part of Metherall and Bow Meadows, area 7 ha, owned by the Dean & Chapter of Exeter
Thomas MICHELMORE Staverton owner & occupier of land, area 1.2 ha
Thomas MICHELMORE Staverton owner & occupier of Sparkwell, area 21.2 ha
Thomas MICHELMORE Lydford owner & occupier of Huntingdon Warren, Forest of Dartmoor, area 4 ha
William MICHELMORE Ashburton lessee & occupier of house in East Street, Ashburton, area 51 m2, owned by Lord CLINTON
William MICHELMORE Ashburton occupier of Royal Oak in East Street, area 152 m2, owned by Solomon TOZER
William MICHELMORE Churchstow occupier of house, area 76 m2, owned by feoffees of Churchstow
William MICHELMORE Thurlestone occupier of land, area 556 m2, owned by John JULIAN
William MICHELMORE Thurlestone occupier of land, area 4.4 ha, owned by the Earl of Devon & John SQUARE
 

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