Muster Roll for Aghanloo

PRONI Ref T/640/103 Magilligan and Aghanloo Muster Roll 1665 

The Muster Rolls of the Province of Ulster is a large, leather-bound 
volume in the British Library, where it is shelved as Additional 
Manuscript 4770. The volume consists of 283 folio sheets, each slightly 
larger than a page of A4, on which are recorded the names of 13,147 
adult males from the nine counties of Ulster. Each county forms a 
separate section of the volume and the men who mustered are listed under 
the names of their landlords; Generally beside each man’s name there is a 
description of the weapons he was carrying or a note if he was unarmed.

These contain lists of the names of the men{tenants} aged between 18 and 60 they could assemble in an emergency.

By the commissioners for the Army and Militia in the County of Londonderry we require and command you immediate;y upon sight hereof give warning to the undernamed persons to appeare before us at Newtowne Londonderry upon the 16^th instant of the {blank} o’clock in the morning with their best armes to do and observe such directions as shall be given by us and therefore fail not to their peril

Dated the 9^th day of our Sovereigne Lord King CharlesII

Signed

Tristam Beresford

John Gorges

John Gage

Ra. King 

To the constables of Anlow {Aghanloo}

Muster 

 “Historical Gleanings from County Londonderry” author Samuel Martin  lists 2 additional names

Edward Bacon

William Bacon

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