In message <[email protected]> Christine Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an ancestor who was described in the 1797 Militia List for > Rottingdean as a labourer and 'headborough'. He was aged 37 at the > time. >   > I have looked up definitions on the Internet (old occupations) but > there are more than one and I am not quite sure what being a > headborough involved by 1797. >   > Is anyone able to enlighten me on that please? "A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations" by Colin Waters has it as a "Deputy constable". Chris -- Chris Shepheard writing as himself [email protected] from far west Surrey www.chrispics.co.uk