Wyke Township Records: Protestestion Returns


Wyke Township Records:: Protestation Returns 1642
The Protestation Returns of 1641–1642 are lists of English males over the age of 18 who took an oath of allegiance "to live and die for the true Protestant religion, the liberties and rights of subjects and the privilege of Parliaments." Very few Protestation Returns have survived from Yorkshire, but the following is the return for Wyke, which is dated 1642. It may be an accurate census of all the men aged over 18 in Wyke in 1642. The Bradford rolls were published in the Bradford Antiquary (New Series Part 47, 1982) by Kenneth Rook. The original roll containing the Wyke returns is held at the National Parliamentary Archives, reference HL/PO/JO/10/1/109/10.
[Column 1:] Wike John Grave Willm Grave Mich: Rishworth Tho: Rishworth Henry Clarke Jonas Pearson Ed Saltingstall George Butler George Bolland Rich: Bolland Rich: Bolland Tho: Rishworth John Rishworth Tho: Bolland Rich Rishworth James Bolland John Bolland John Ridlesden Jo: Ridlesden Sam: Forset Willm Glading	[Column 2:] John Keighley John Todd John Ffairbanke Ro: Bentley Rob: Grubley Tho: Royd Rich: Scolefeild Isake Rishworth Willm Croft Jo: Croft Joshua Holdsworth Henry Ffernley Andrew Person Joshua Person John Royde Rob Walker John Walker George Croft Willm Walker James Lawden John Lawden Martin Bentley Tho: Dena Roger Pollard Mich: Wormall James Michell Sam: Greane Willm Walker John Pearson Willm Pollard Willm Person Mich Person