If the King required their services, these men had to drop everything and muster immediately under the leadership of the leading nobleman of the area. They had to provide their own weapon to fight with, as listed,  out of their own pockets - a form of taxation.   The Presenters were responsible to the King for getting the Muster right.   Clyst St George's Presenters were Roger Mathewe,John Gibbe and Richard Runte.

 

ARCHERS
Allen Halseysarde	John Pears	Thomas German
William Pears	John German	Robert Pears
John Gibbs	George Gibbs	- - - -

 

HARQUEBUSIERS (A single-shot early form of the musket)
Thomas Suckespitch	George Coode	- - - -

 

PIKEMEN (A long spear with a heavy wooden shaft 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 metres) long, tipped by a small leaf-shaped steel point.)
William Hunte	Thomas Halseyarde	- - - -

 

 

BILLHOOKS (A sharp billhook as used to cut hay or corn in the fields.  The men were to be trained to hack away at any oncomers and disable them if possible)
Nicholas Ellet	John Martyn	Robert Kyeth
Edward Pears	George Hunte	- - - -