Buckingham Record Society The Buckingham Posse Comitatus 1798

POSSE COMITATUS 1798

The Posse Comitatus was a survey of all men capable of acting in a military capacity who were not either Quakers, clergymen or already serving in a military unit. Men between the ages of 15 and 60 were included. In addition, the number of horses, wagon and carts available were surveyed.

The first survey of this type appears to have benn conducted in Dorset in 1797. The following is a complete list of Castlethorpe men in the Posse Comitatis

Persons keeping
Draught Horses
Horses
Waggons
Carts
Mr KINGSTON
6
3
3
Joseph KITELEE
10
4
4
Thomas KITELEE
10
5
4
Mr NICHOLS
6
4
4
Mr SWANNELL
1


William TOOTH
3
1
1
TOTAL
36
17
17

Forename Surname Occupation
Thomas BASON Labourer
George CARTER Cordwainer
Benjamin CHURCHILL Victualler
Charles COEY Labourer
Amos COWLEY Labourer
Charles COWLEY Mason, lame
Joseph COWLEY Labourer
Thomas COWLEY Servant
George CROSS Labourer
John CROW Victualler
Robert CULTON Servant
Bright CURL Labourer
Richard DARBY Mason
Thomas DAWDEY Labourer
Charles DENNY Cordwainer
John DENNY Cordwainer
James DENTON Labourer
William ELLIOTT Blacksmith
Joseph EMMERTON Labourer
William EMMERTON Labourer
William FOSTER Labourer
John GARLICK Labourer
Thomas GILES Labourer
Edward GOSTELOW Labourer
William GOSTELOW Servant
John GOSTELOW Jnr Labourer
John GOSTELOW Snr Labourer
Thomas HARRIS Labourer
John HARRIS Labourer
John HARRIS Jur Blacksmith
Thomas HOLLOWAY Labourer
John HORTON Labourer
Matthew KINGSTON Farmer
[Jos] KITELEE Farmer
Richard KITELEE Farmer
Thomas KITELEE Farmer
Thomas MAYHEW Labourer
John MEADOWS Mason, lame
James NASBY Taylor
John NASBY Taylor
William NASBY Taylor
John NEWBERRY Mason, blind
William NEWBERRY Mason
Thomas NICHOLLS Farmer
William NICHOLLS Farmer
William NICHOLS Labourer
William NICK Labourer
Philip OSBORN Labourer
Richard OSBORN Mason, lame
William OSBORN Labourer
Charles RAINBOW Servant
William RAINBOW Labourer
William SAXBY Miller
Thomas SHARPE Labourer
William SMITH Servant
John SPACEY Labourer
William SPROTTLES Labourer
Joseph SURRIDGE Labourer
John SWANNELL Butcher
Joseph SWANNELL Butcher
William SWANNELL Butcher
John TOOTH Miller
William TOOTH Miller
Thomas WATSON Labourer
John WILLSON Butcher
James WINTERBURY Servant
James WOODWARD Servant