Who in Thorncombe did not sign the 1723 Devon Loyalty Oaths and Why?

By Eve Higgs

Contents

• Introduction
• Jacobite Sympathisers
• Parish Reconstitution
• Migrants and Paupers
• Missing Marriers
• Dissenters
• Quakers
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Thorncombe Parish Paupers 1723
• Appendix 2: Thorncombe Parish incomer brides 1674-1723
• Appendix 3: Thorncombe Parish incomer grooms 1674-1723
• Appendix 4: Thorncombe Parish missing marriers 1674-1723
• Appendix 5: Thorncombe Parish deceased listed in Affidavits in Woollens Book 1680-1745 but not in parish burials register, cautiously identified as Quakers