Bunsty Hundred - Militia Ballot Lists 1831

The bill which re-established the Militia was amended in 1762 so that all men aged between 18 and 45 years, with certain exceptions, were liable to be "conscripted" into the Militia by ballot.  This booklet contains a transcription of the surviving Militia Ballot Lists for the Buckinghamshire Hundred of Bunsty (or Bonestou) compiled in February 1831.  Men are listed within their parish of residence by surname and christian name.  In most cases their age and occupation is included and in some cases there are notes regarding their eligibility.  Bunsty Hundred is one of the constituent hundreds of the area in the north of Buckinghamshire more usually known as the Three Hundreds of Newport.  It consists of the parishes of Castlethorpe, Cold Brayfield, Gayhurst, Hanslope, Haversham, Lathbury, Lavendon, Little Linford, Olney with Warrington, Ravenstone, Stoke Goldington, Tyringham with Filgrave and Weston Underwood.  The returns for Lathbury, Lavendon, Little Linford, Olney and Ravenstone have not survived.