The Derbyshire Musters of 1638–9 Part 2, Vol 47
Edited by Victor Rosewarne
In 1638 the young 3rd earl of Devon shire had just become lord lieutenant of Derbyshire. Keen to impress the Council, the earl ordered the constables to compile lists of all men aged between 16 and 60 in each town and village, which he had copied into a volume to be sent up to London. The book, containing some 17,300 names, survives among the records of the State Paper Office. It provides a uniquely full record of the inhabitants of every community in Derbyshire on the eve of the Civil War.
ISBN 978 0 946324 48 4
217 pages
£30.00 (£20.00 to members)
