Protestation Oath
The Protestation Oath was an oath of loyalty essentially to the Church of England and the King (Charles 1st). It was administered in front of a number of local notables (including the rector of the parish) in 1642.
Below are the names of both those who took the oath and those who refused it, from Coppull.
| 1 | Edward | Chisnall | esq |
| 2 | Justinian | Chisnall | husbandman |
| 3 | John | Meare ? | husbandman |
| 4 | Brian | Chisnall | |
| 5 | Edmund | Chisnall | |
| 6 | Hugh | Pilkington | |
| 7 | Richard | Pilkington | |
| 8 | Roger | Haydock | |
| 9 | John | Haydock | |
| 10 | John | Ashton | |
| 11 | William | Bibby | |
| 12 | Lawrence | Nightgall | |
| 13 | Alexander | Wilde | |
| 14 | Edmund ? | Heskin | |
| 15 | Roger | Bibby | |
| 16 | Peter | Bibby | |
| 17 | Richard | Nightgall | |
| 18 | Thomas | Nightgall | |
| 19 | James | Booth | |
| 20 | James | Boare ? | |
| 21 | Roger | Standanought | |
| 22 | John | Lucas | |
| 23 | John | Grimshaw | |
| 24 | Matthew | Worthington | |
| 25 | James | Bradshawe | |
| 26 | Geoffrey | Prescott | |
| 27 | Lawrence | Bibby | |
| 28 | William | Dicconson | |
| 29 | Robert | Dicconson | |
| 30 | Richard | Dicconson | |
| 31 | Roger | Dicconson | |
| 32 | John | ||
| 33 | Seth | Taylor | |
| 34 | James | Winstanley | |
| 35 | Richard | Bibby | |
| 36 | John | Naylor | |
| 37 | Lawrence | Bailey | |
| 38 | Richard | Waring | |
| 39 | Thomas | Nightgall | |
| 40 | Marmeduke | Bannister | |
| 41 | Thurstan | Taylor | |
| 42 | John | Galthouse ? | |
| 43 | Thomas | Bolton | |
| 44 | John | Bolton | |
| 45 | James | Sharrock | |
| 46 | Roger | Grimshaw | |
| 47 | John | Dicconson | |
| 48 | William | Machin | |
| 49 | Robert | Silcocke | |
| 50 | Lawrence | Vauxe | |
| 51 | Thomas | Nightgall | |
| 52 | William | Felton | |
| 53 | Roger | Daber ? | |
| 54 | Thomas | Daber ? | |
| 55 | William | Prescott | |
| 56 | Thomas | Fell | |
| 57 | William | Richardson | |
| 58 | James | Bibby | |
| 59 | George | Bibby | |
| 60 | Thomas | Benson | |
| 61 | John | Rigby | |
| 62 | Hugh | Rigby | |
| 63 | William | Clayton | |
| 64 | Humphrey | Chisnall | |
| 65 | ?? | ?? | |
| 66 | Robert | Baron | |
| 67 | William | Merson | ?? |
| 68 | Alexander | Rigby | |
| 69 | James | Browne | |
| 70 | Alexander | German | |
| 71 | Robert | Almond | |
| 72 | Ralph | Lowe | |
| 73 | John | Roscowe | |
| 74 | Roger | Slater ? | |
| 75 | John | Haworth | |
| 76 | William | Haworth | |
| 77 | George | Abbott | |
| 78 | William | Slater | |
| 79 | Anthony | Worthington | |
| 80 | Edmund | Worthington | |
| 81 | John | Slater | |
| 82 | Roger | Williamson | |
| 83 | Thomas | Williamson | |
| 84 | Thomas | Johnson | senior |
| 85 | Thomas | Bibby | junior |
| 86 | William | Heskin | |
| 87 | Thomas | Taylor | |
| 88 | William | Worthington | refused oath |
| 89 | Thomas | Booth | refused oath |
| 90 | Thomas | Worthington | refused oath |
| 91 | Richard | Moore | refused oath |
| 92 | Richard | Booth | refused oath |
| 93 | Edward | Fisher | refused oath |
| 94 | Thomas | Naylor | constable |
| 95 | Richard | Merson | Township |
| 96 | William | Rogerson | Overseer |