The Muster, the Blockhouse, and the Thin Crown

The Crown’s standing military strength in the northern march is twenty-seven men all ranks: eleven at Ketton Bar, six each at two of the lesser works, and four at the fourth, with the serjeant included in each garrison total. Above them sits one lieutenant resident at the county town who visits twice a year. There is no cavalry, no artillery beyond two light pieces at Ketton Bar that have not been fired in the record, and no reserve of any kind.