Transcribed by Susan Young.

By the close of 1640, King Charles I faced rising discontent. Parliament had compelled him to accept constitutional changes that expanded their authority, and the nation soon divided into two camps: the Royalists (or Cavaliers), loyal to the King, and the Parliamentarians (or Roundheads), who demanded political and religious reform.

On 3 May 1641, the House of Commons ordered all of its members to make a formal declaration of loyalty to the Crown—a measure endorsed by the House of Lords the following day. This declaration, known as the Protestation, affirmed commitment to the Protestant faith, allegiance to the King, and support for the rights and privileges of Parliament. Soon after, every Rector, Churchwarden, and Overseer of the Poor was required to appear before their local Justices of the Peace to swear this oath in person.

Those officials then returned to their home parishes, where they were instructed to administer the same oath to all men aged 18 and older. Anyone who refused was to be recorded and presumed to be Catholic. The resulting lists—known as the Protestation Returns—document the names of all men in each parish who swore the oath.

Below is a table containing the names recorded for this parish.

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME		SURNAME	GIVEN NAME
Adrians	Nicholas		Jenkyn	Henry
Andrews	Henry		Jenkyn	John
Apleton	Thomas		Joy	Richard
Arnold	Edward		Kirby	Thomas
Arnold	Thomas		Laming	Richard
Ayrs	Richard		Laming	Roger
Bachelor	Bartholomew		Laming	Silvester
Badcocke	William		Laming	Terrett
Baker	Bartholomew		Laming	Thomas
Baker	Henry		Laming	William
Baker	John		Lyley	Thomas
Baldock	William		Lystar	John
Barman	James		Lystar	Leonard
Benett	Nicholas		Lystar	Robert
Besant	Nicholas		Lystar	Robert
Bichenden	William		Lystar	Terrett
Bickenden	James		Marlow	Robert
Bing	Thomas		Maxted	Alexander
Bing	William		May	Thomas
Bishop	Walter		Michell	Richard
Boughton	Robert		Mockett	John
Boycott	Henry		Mount	Alexander
Boyman	Thomas		Nethersole	William
Bradford	William		Noble	Nicholas
Brasyer	Henry		Noore	Walter
Brett	Thomas		Norwood	Anthony
Broad	Thomas		Norwood	James
Brooke	Gabriel		Norwood	John
Brooke	Gabriel		Norwood	Luke
Browning	Abraham		Norwood	Michael
Browning	Anthony		Norwood	Richard
Browning	John		Norwood	William
Burrey	James		Norwood	William
Burton	Thomas		Orton	John
Challow	Stephen		Pannell	Thomas
Childs	John		Paramore	John
Childs	John		Parker	William
Childs	John		Paulen	Michael
Childs	William		Paulen	Richard
Church	William		Payne	John
Clarke	Isaac		Peirse	John
Clarke	John		Pele	George
Clarke	Methusaleh		Pele	Richard
Clarke	Richard		Pepper	Francis
Clarke	William		Philips	John
Clarke	William		Philpott	Edward
Cock	George		Philpott	Gregory
Cock	William		Philpott	Jeremy
Cockayne	Robert		Philpott	John
Cockes	John		Pickenden	John
Cockes	Thomas		Pierse	Abdias
Cockling	Richard		Pierse	Moses
Cockling	Richard		Pierse	Richard
Cockling	Richard		Pise	Michael
Cockling	Richard		Pising	Thomas
Cockling	Richard		Prickett	Henry
Cockling	Valentine		Raydon	Robert
Cockling	Valentine		Raynolds	Daniel
Cockling	Valentine		Reade	Edward
Cockling	Valentine		Reade	Henry
Collines	John		Reade	John
Cooke	George		Reade	Robert
Cooke	John		Reade	Thomas
Cooke	Robert		Reade	Thomas
Cooke	William		Reade	Thomas
Cooke	William		Reade	William
Costham	Stephen		Roberts	Richard
Cramp	Thomas		Russell	James
Cranbrooke	Anthony		Russell	John
Cranbrooke	Roger		Russell	John
Cransbrooke	John		Russell	William
Crofts	Robert		Sackett	George
Crofts	Robert		Sackett	John
Crofts	Simon		Sampson	Thomas
Culmer	George		Samson	Henry
Culmer	Gilford		Samson	Nicholas
Culmer	Joseph		Sandwell	Edward
Culmer	Michael		Sandwell	Geoffrey
Culmer	Richard		Sandwell	John
Culmer	Stephen		Sandwell	Michael
Culmer	Valentine		Sandwell	Nicholas
Curling	Anthony		Sandwell	Richard
Curling	John		Sandwell	Robert
Curling	Robert		Sayer	John
Curling	Roger		Seede	Richard
Curling	William		Shonke	Manasses
Dancaster	Benjamin		Shonke	Thomas
Dancaster	William		Simons	Jacob
Derrick	Nicholas		Simons	John
Derrick	Thomas		Simons	Nicholas
Diason	Christopher		Simons	Robert
Duke	Leonard		Simons	William
Earsy	Thomas		Simons	William
Eason	John		Smith	Michael
Elam	William		Smyth	Henry
Ely	William		Sprackling	Stephen
Emptage	Thomas		Staple	Robert
Emptage	William		Stevens	Thomas
Evans	Thomas		Stevnes	Arthur
Fleete	Michael		Stilman	Nicholas
Fleete	Michael		Stone	James
Flushar	John		Stone	John
Ford	Thomas		Stone	John
Garner	Edward		Stone	Luke
Goble	Thomas		Stone	Robert
Goldfinch	John		Stone	Thomas
Goldston	John		Tanner	Thomas
Goldston	Jonathan		Terry	Robert
Goodson	Samuel		Tilghman	Edward
Goodwin	George		Tompson	John
Goose	John		Tompson	Thomas
Gore	Thomas		Usher	Peter
Grant	Christopher		Usher	Robert
Grant	George		Usher	Thomas
Grant	Henry		Warman	Thomas
Grant	Henry		Wastell	Gabriel
Grant	James		Wastell	John
Grant	Joseph		Wastell	Richard
Grant	Leonard		Wastell	Robert
Grant	Leonard		Waterm[an]	Lawrence
Grant	Richard		Welby	John
Grant	Robert		White	John
Grant	Silvester		White	Richard
Grant	Thomas		White	Richard
Grant	Thomas		Wild	John
Grant	Thomas		Wild	John
Grant	Thomas		Wild	John
Grant	William		Wild	John
Grant	William		Wild	Nicholas
Greddors	Stephen		Wild	Nicholas
Hagerston	Isaac		Wild	Robert
Hall	John		Wild	Thomas
Hall	John		Wildbore	Nicholas
Hamon	Henry		Wilkins	James
Harman	Thomas		Wilkins	Michael
Harris	John		Wilkins	Richard
Hills	John		Wilkins	Thomas
Hixe	Christopher		Witherden	George
Hobson	Henry		Witherden	George
Hogben	Thomas		Wood	James
Hogben	William		Wood	Valentine
Holland	John		Yokely	Barnaby
Holland	Richard		Yong	Henry
Holland	Richard
Holland	Thomas
Hollett	George
Holman	Gilbert
Hule	Paul
Hurst	Andrew
Hurst	Richard
Hutcher	Thomas