Militia Returns

An abstract of the returns made the 30^th day of July 1803 by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the several parishes within the said rape, pursuant to the Act for enabling his Majesty to provide for the Defence of the Realm and for indemnifying persons who may suffer in their property. South Division of the Rape of Pevensey. Schedule no 1
					Glynde	Beddingham	Firle
Live stock	Draught oxen				30	64	58
	Fatting oxen				4	0	128
	Cows				48	36	57
	Young cattle and colts				112	56	113
	Sheep				1793	3085	2789
	Goats				0	0	0
	Hogs and pigs				111	129	276
Horses	Draft				14	36	71
Horses	Riding				7	8	29
Waggons					8	17	26
Carts					23	27	40
Schedule No 2
No of persons appointed for the removal of horses and waggons conveying such persons as are unable to remove themselves					10	10	6
No of the overseers appointed to superintend this service					1	1	2
No of persons appointed for the removal of cattle					4	7	7
No of overseers for the same					1	2	2
No of persons appointed for the removal of sheep and other live stock					3	7	7
No of overseers for the same					1	2	2
Schedule No 3
Number					20	5	35
On horseback					0	0	1
On foot					20	0	22
How armed		Cavalry		Swords	0	0	0
		Cavalry		Pistols	0	0	0
		Infantry		Firelocks	0	5	0
		Infantry		Pitchforks	20	0	0
Persons to be provided with arms at the place of general assembly					0	0	0
Schedule no 4
Number					3	8	12
Implements they can bring			Felling axes		2	0	9
			Pick-axes		1	0	4
			Spades		2	3	0
			Shovels		0	4	2
			Bill-hooks		1	0	0
			Saws		1	1	0
Schedule no 6 (there appears to be no schedule number 5)
No of persons willing to supply waggons					2	2	12
No of waggons with tilts and -			Four horses or more		No tilt - 8	0	No tilt - 9
No of waggons with tilts and -			Three horses		0	4	4
No of carts with tilts and			Three horses or more		0	0	0
No of carts with tilts and			Two horses		4	0	NT - 2
No of persons appointed to act as servants with teams					0	0	25
Conductors for the same in proportion of one to every ten waggons					0	0	1
Name of the general agent for the parish or hundred to whom requisition is to be made to call forth the carts and waggons					Blank	Sir Thomas Carr	Thomas Mockett
Schedule no 7
Subscribers names					0	Sir Thomas Carr	Blank
Names and situations of watermills					0		0
Names and situations of windmills					0	Beddingham	0
No of sacks of flour of 280lbs net each to be finished by each miller every twenty four hours					0	Two	0
Whether the subscribers provide the wheat or not					0	Yes	0
Remarks					none	none	Blank
Schedule No 8
Subscribers names					Edward Jones	None	none
No of loaves of three pounds to be furnished by each subscribers every 24 hours		By their usual number of hands		For a constancy	65	None	None
		By their usual number of hands		On an emergency	100	None	None
		By help of additional journeymen for a constancy			None	None	None
No of additional journeymen required					None	None	None
For what kind of fuel the ovens use calculated					Wood	None	None
What quantity is required for every 24 hours to keep each oven constantly at work supposing six batches to be baked					12 faggots	None	None
Whether fuel is abundant or not					Yes	None	None
Remarks					The oven too small to bake	None	None
Schedule No 9
Name of the proprietor					None	None	None
Proprietor’s residence					None	None	None
Name of the master					None	None	None
Master’s residence					None	None	None
Parish, district or Hundred which the craft belongs					None	None	None
In what county					None	None	None
Number or name of the craft					None	None	None
Tonnage					None	None	None
Whether decked or not					None	None	None
River or canal on which employed					None	None	None
Place to which the craft usually trades					None	None	None