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:
- Hundred rolls 1274
- The Devon Lay Subsidy 1524-27
- Devon & Cornwall Muster Rolls 1569
- The Devon Lay Subsidy 1581
- A Blackawton rate assessment 1597
- An unsourced Stoke Fleming document dated between 1630 and 1640
- Devon & Cornwall Protestation Returns 1641
- The Devon Assessment 1647
- Devon & Cornwall Hearth Tax returns 1664-1674
- A census of Buckfastleigh 1698
- Devon Freeholders Books 1711-1799
- Devon & Exeter Oath Rolls 1723
- Devon Tithe Maps and Apportionments 1840-1849
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 |