Charles I became King in 1625 and was frequently in disagreement with Parliament, in 1642 this erupted in to Civil War the last battle of this being fought in 1646 in Great Torrington just 7 miles away. Local legend has it that the mound in the church yard is a burial mound for soldiers from a skirmish that took place near the village
During the period 1641-2 all adult male subjects throughout the country were required to swear allegiance to the crown. This was initiated by the House of Commons to disclose the number of Roman Catholics in England and to defend the protestant religion from 'Popery'. The result has been to provide one of the most useful lists of inhabitants prior to the 19th century census returns
| Surname | Forename | Surname | Forename | Surname | Forename |
| Acford | Thomas | Heard | Charles | Perkins | John |
| Adams | John | Heard | John (sen) | Perkins | William |
| Adams | Laurence | Heard | John (jun) | Pine | John |
| Baily | Hugh | Heard | Leaonard | Pinnacombe | John |
| Baily | Samuel | Hearne | Edward | Pointz | James |
| Baily | Walter | Hearne | Joachim | Prouse | John |
| Baker | Jonas | Hearne | Lewis | Rawleigh | John |
| Baker | Robert | Hearne | Thomas | Rogers | Edward |
| Bishoppe | Richard | Hurlestone | John | Rolle | John (gent) |
| Bond | John | Hutchings | Christopher | Rolle | Robert (esq) |
| Bond | Thomas | Hutchings | Henry (sen) | Rolle | Sammuel (gent) |
| Bowden | James | Hutchings | Henry (jun) | Rolle | William (gent) |
| Bowden | John | Hutchings | John (gent) | Roose | Thomas |
| Bowden | Joseph | Hutchings | John (of Hooke) | Saunders | Philip |
| Bowhay | David | Hutchings | John | Saunders | Robert |
| Bowhay | John (sen) | Hutchings | John (son of Robert Hutchings) | Scamme | George |
| Bowhay | John (jun) | Hutchings | John Esq | Scampe | Henry |
| Bowhay | Richard | Hutchings | Joshua | Scotte | John |
| Bowhay | Thomas | Hutchings | Richard | Scotte | Leonard |
| Bray | George | Hutchings | Robert | Sharpenham | William |
| Bray | John | Keene | Giles | Sheere | John |
| Butticombe | John | Keene | Philip | Sing | John |
| Caddie | Roger | Knight | Henry | Slade | John |
| Calbowe | John | Lang | John | Tailour | Charles |
| Cliffe | William | Langdon | Francis | Tailour | John |
| Cloake | Benjamin | Langdon | John | Tailour | Peter |
| Coates | Thomas | Letletar | Robert | Tawman | Fulke |
| Colborne | Anthony | Leworthy | Christopher | Tawman | Henry |
| Cory | Thomas | Litletar | John | Tawton | Lewis |
| Cudmore | Joachim | Mitchell | Matthew | Thomas | David |
| Cudmore | John (jun) | Mocke | John | Thorne | Emmanuel |
| Denford | John | Moise | John | Thorne | Christopher |
| Denford | Lewis | Moise | Joseph | Thorne | John |
| Denford | Stephen | Morcombe | Leonard | Thorne | Robert |
| Denton | Joseph | Nicholls | John | Trickes | Richard |
| Dolber | Christopher | Noble | William | Tucker | John |
| Downing | Abraham | Osborne | Lewis | Tuke | George |
| Downing | John | Osborne | Robert | Venton | Thomas |
| Ellis | Thomas | Parsons | George (gent) | Vigures | Nicholas |
| Fowler | James | Parsons | John | Vigures | Thomas |
| Fraine | Henry | Parsons | Thomas | Warde | John |
| Fraine | Thomas | Pearse | Daniel | Way | Anthony |
| Friendshippe | William | Pellaven | John | Way | Michael |
| Glowen | Simon | Pellaven | Robert | Wetherell | Daniel |
| Glowen | William | Penroase | Henry | Whicher | Walter |
| Gregory | John | Pentire | William | Whitefield | William |
| Hancocke | Samuel | Perkins | Henry | Willes | Peter |
| Heaman | John | | | | |
The above names were written in the same hand, the following 4 are signatures
| Surname | Forename | Surname | Forename |
| Gregory | Anthony (clerk) | Cudmore | John (churchwarden) |
| Parnacotte | Joseph (constable) | Fraine | John (overseer) |
