The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards
The caliverman 217 was :
Usually unarmoured, though sometimes he may have worn a
broad brimmed hat or helmet and a brigandine or a jack of
plates. Armed with a musket or caliver (even as late as
1600 AD the caliver was still the principal weapon of the
English Trained Bands), sword and dagger. Full equipment,
in addition to his weapons, consisted of ramrod; flask of
coarse powder; flask of fine priming powder (called the
touch); bullet bag (though the English soldier preferred to
carry their bullets in the mouth during action); three to
four yards of match (matchlock weapons only) cut into yard
lengths; tinderbox; priming iron to clear the touchhole;
bullet mould. 218
In 1528 Edward was one of a number of people granted land and
buildings in Melksham by John Showing, the Melksham clerk 219 .
Edward Baynard appears in a Tudor subsidy roll dated 1541; under
the Household of the Chancellor is found “Edward Baynard in landes
by yere (£26 13s. 4d.) [ass. 22s. 8d. in Wilts.] 220 “. He was, like many
of the Baynards, one of those who helped the county to function.
He was an active country gentleman in four reigns. In
addition to his regular membership of the commission of
the peace he carried out various ad hoc duties in Wiltshire
217 The copyright of the Tudor Group (URL as above) is gratefully acknowledged
and my sincere thanks for their permission to reproduce the image here.
218 http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/1500-1600/articles/xw_169.html
219 W&SHC 212B/4818 dated Nov 6 th 1528
220 From: '1541 London Subsidy roll: Aldgate Ward', Two Tudor subsidy rolls for
the city of London: 1541 and 1582 (1993), pp. 10-5. URL: http://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=36096&strquery=Baynard.
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