Devon militia

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1300-2000
Places:	Devon Devon
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Lieutenancy and civil defence
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C32179 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O40100 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	14th cent, 17th cent-19th cent: Barnstaple records	North Devon Record Office (South West Heritage Trust)		NRA 14271 Barnstaple boro
2	late 16th cent: Hundred of Shebbear assize of arms	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1148M	NRA 14687 Acland
3	1595-1800: papers	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	D 3799, D 3799 M add, add 2	NRA 32135 Seymour See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [92b]
4	17th cent: East Budleigh and other hundreds: muster roll	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	2530M	NRA 20064 Huyshe
5	1601-71: Totnes misc records	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1579A 1579A/add2	NRA 19650
6	1633-1639: Hemiock hundred muster books	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\WO/56/1/7	NRA 40633
7	1677, 1691,1697, 1715: Thurlestone assessments	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	Thurlestone	NRA 29463 Devon parishes
8	1691: militia papers and muster roll, Tavistock and Roborough hundreds	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	TD 166	NRA 27785 Baring-Gould
9	1757-70: papers	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	L 1258, T 1258, W 1258	NRA 9813 Russell See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [90d]
10	1759-1767: returns, corresp, papers	Collection held privately: enquiries to Archives & Cornish Studies Service (formerly Cornwall RO)	CO/T/2	NRA 5960 Carew Pole See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [86a]
11	1759-20th cent: records	The Keep Military Museum		NRA 20951 Regimental museums
12	1782: 1st Regiment, monthly return	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	81Z	NRA 4613 Devon RO
13	1784-1807: Barnstaple barrack master letter book	North Devon Record Office (South West Heritage Trust)		See Accessions to Repositories 1988
14	1793, 1796-97: 1st Devon: orderly books, at Dover Castle etc	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	D4004	See Annual Report 1985-86
15	c1800: North Tawton papers, preparationin case of war	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	North Tawton	NRA 29463 Devon parishes
16	c1800: returns for pioneer force	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)		See Newsletter Nov 1988
17	1808: East Devon region: Cullompton sub-division, roll of persons transferred from volunteer corps	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	Z19/46/9	NRA 31736 Exeter City L
18	1809-13: East Budleigh muster rolls etc	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	Sidbury	NRA 29463 Devon parishes
19	1810, 1814: East Budleigh Regiment paylists, muster rolls	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	516M/O	NRA 7475
20	1814-27: military order book with accounts, belonging to Capt Clark	Plymouth Archives, The Box	Acc 1384	NRA 4157 W Devon RO misc
21	1859-84: papers (Duke of Somerset)	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1392M 1392M/L15-19 1799Madd2	NRA 12798 Seymour
22	c1781-1855: papers	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1262M	NRA 6304 Fortescue See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [39a]
23	Torrington muster rolls	Great Torrington Heritage Museum	Devon and Cornwall Museum Survey 1995	NRA 38703 Torrington
24	1759-1914: further nominal rolls, monthly returns and other papers	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	Acc 6855	See Annual Return 2006
25	1788: Southern Regiment	Plymouth Archives, The Box	3869	See 3869