MUSTER ROLLS AND THE MILITA
Feb 09, 2021
2 minutes
The militia was a part-time voluntary force, a means of amassing men for home defence during conflict. The system gradually developed during the Tudor and Stuart periods, the Seven Years’ War and the Napoleonic Wars.
The 1757 Militia Act established formal militia regiments across England and Wales. The county lieutenancy organised recruitment, with county and parish officials drawing up lists of men of age. Once a list had been compiled,
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