Sussex 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:	1400-1900
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Lieutenancy and civil defence
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C39988 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O40591 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	15th cent, 1597-1642, 1809-10: muster lists 15th cent, 1597-1642, militia papers 1809-10	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	RYE	NRA 3022
2	1620-21: muster rolls	West Sussex Record Office	Add MS 2741	NRA 7796 W Sussex misc
3	1670-77, 1685-1705: militia and other lieutenancy papers, Earls of Dorset	Kent History and Library Centre	U269, O12-18, O53-59	NRA 8575 Sackville
4	1710-98: Seaford papers	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	SEA	NRA 3025 Seaford borough
5	1794-1810: papers	Collection held privately: enquiries to West Sussex Record Office	PHA	NRA 15719 Wyndham (Petworth)
6	19th cent: Chichester depot papers	West Sussex Record Office		See Accessions to Repositories 1988
7	1801-04: defence returns etc	West Sussex Record Office	Add MSS 2736-37	NRA 7796 W Sussex misc
8	1810-15: Pevensey papers	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	WG 877-9	NRA 12928 Grantham
9	1780-1827: 'militia books', minutes of meetings between Deputy Lieutenants and JPs with some addiitonal memoranda rel to general meetings at Horsham and Lewes; enrollment tables; accounts	West Sussex Record Office	Raper/228-238