John

"These are the 'Jury Lists compiled by the government to function as a list of names from which members of a jury could be assigned. . . . [They] were compiled from tax lists of the preceding year (which unfortunately no longer exist), listing every person who paid a tax of twenty shillings or more. . . . Usually only the name and residence is given (the 1720 list does not give residence), but sometimes an occupation or name of the father is listed,...