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  1. Great information, Maria. Thanks so much for this. I was curious, and I confess I really didn’t want to ask military nutcases about the militia because they tend to go on and on… but your answer was concise, interesting and very illuminating.

    • I am so glad you found it so. I have to admit I do get to feeling like I’m swimming in a sea of information as I research these, but I really want to make these articles readable and even interesting.

      Thanks so much for stopping by!

  2. Now I understand why they ‘trusted’ Wickham – he was supposed to be a gentleman! Thanks, again, Grace for telling me stuff I didn’t know – and I didn’t have to go out and hunt for it (like you did!)

  3. I too, appreciate this information as it does explain a great deal. It will be a great in my story writing.

    • Thanks, Jadie. I’m constantly amazing to discover how much I really don’t know about the times and how much of a different spin learning more give on Jane Austen’s original writings.

  4. Just a few details. Each parish compiled its own Militia Ballot List of the pool of possibly eligible adult males noting their age, marital status, occupation and health status. There was a preference for choosing unmarried males or at least men without children, so that the families would not be left without support. (The parishes had to take on the support of the poor, so would want to avoid extra costs.) Each militia regiment served in a different county from their origin to avoid the problems of divided loyalties between authority and populace. It can be certain that Wickham was not a member of the Hertfordshire Militia when he appeared in Meryton.
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