The end of the 18th Century saw Britain at war with France and also experiencing domestic dissent and rebellion. The Army and Militia were stretched to maximum so in many parts of the country volunteer forces were organised by local gentry to defend themselves and their property from depredation. Amongst these forces was the Bunny Troop of Loyal Volunteers (Infantry and Cavalry) formed in 1798 who, over the next 20 years, were called upon on several occasions to keep the peace in the locality. On one occasion they were marched to Mansfield to police the area during a time of dissent, and were billeted there for three weeks.

The cavalry and infantry were commanded by local men and made up of the gentry and their tenants. They came not only from Bunny, but from other villages in the area such as Bradmore, Ruddington, Keyworth, Sutton Bonnington, Barton etc.
So far we have located the Pay Lists and Muster Rolls for the Infantry (Public Records Office, Kew, London). At present we only have the Pay Returns for the 1st company for the time at Mansfield, but other companies could also have been represented.

The table below has been compiled using what information was available to us. As well as their name and rank, it also shows which one of three companies they belonged to. There was a fourth company, but we do not have these details at present. If there is an X in the columns, it denotes that this name was on the pay list for that particular year. Where there are several people of the same name it gets confusing and we cannot be certain of each identity.

Names in bold type denote that a person of this name has been found in the Bunny registers at around this time. (Br) = Bradmore, (Bar) = Barton, otherwise we assume they are Bunny men. m= marriage r= registers (burial or baptism). As no addresses/dates of birth etc. are available it cannot be certain that they are the same person. The list is in alphabetical order.

Lieutenant Colonel was Sam Wright of Colston Bassett and Major was Pendock B. Neale

Name	Details	Rank	Company	1804	Mansfield	1806	1807
ANCHORS Thos		Pvt		X
ARCHER Thos		Lieutnt.		X
ATTENBROW James		Pvt	1st		X		X
ATTEWELL John		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
ATTEWELL Wm Jnr		Pvt					X
ATTEWELL Wm	r 1794	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
BAKER Richard		Lieutnt		X
BAKEWELL Joseph		Pvt		X
BALDOCK John		Sergeant		X
BAMFORD Francis		Pvt	3rd	X
BARLOW Robert		Lieutnt		X
BARNES John		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
BARNETT		Surgeon		X
BARRATT Thos		Pvt	2nd	X
BARROWS John		Pvt		X
BENNETT John Jnr		Pvt		X
BENNETT John	r 1781	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
BENNETT Wm	m 1783	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
BEXON Wm		Pvt		X
BINGHAM John		Pvt	2nd	X
BINGHAM Wm		Pvt	2nd	X
BONSER Wm		Pvt		X
BOSWORTH Jarvace		Pvt	2nd		X		X
BOSWORTH John (Br)	m 1788 & 1810	Pvt/Corporal 1807	1st	X	X		X
BOULTBEE William		Capt 1st Company	1st	X	X	X	X
BRAMLEY Wm	m 1807	Pvt	3rd	X
BREEDON Wm		Lieutnt		X
BROOKS Hugh		Pvt		X
BURNS John		Drummer	3rd	X
BURROWS Christopher		Pvt		X
BURTON Richard		Pvt		X
BUTTERY Isaac	m 1803	Pvt	2nd	X
BUXTON Thos		Pvt		X	X
CARTER John		Pvt	3rd	X
CAUNT Thos		Pvt	1st	X
CHADWICK Wm		Pvt		X
CHAMBERLAIN Geo		Pvt		X
CLARKE Thos		Pvt	1st	X
CLEMONS Edward		Pvt					X
COCKER Rev W B		Chaplain		X
COLLINS Sam		Pvt					X
COOPER Isaac	r 1807	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
COX Thos		Pvt	1st	X
COX Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
CRIPWELL Henry		Pvt		X
CRIPWELL Richard		Pvt		X
CROFS (CROSS) John		Pvt	1st	X
CROFS (CROSS) Samuel		Pvt		X
CROSS John		Pvt	2nd	X
CUMBERLAND Matthew (Br)	m 1783 & 1788	Pvt	3rd	X		X
CUMBERLAND Thos		Pvt	3rd	X
CUMBERLAND Wm		Pvt		X
DAFT Isaac		Drummer	1st	X	X
DAFT Stephen		Pvt	3rd	X
DAFTS Joseph		Pvt	2nd	X
DALBY Thos		Corporal	1st	X	X		X
DALBY John		Corporal	1st	X	X
DAVIS John		Pvt	1st	X			X
DAVY John		Pvt		X
DEXTER Wm		Pvt	2nd	X
DIXON Wm		Pvt		X
DODSON Thos		Lieutnt (Capt 2nd Co 1806?)	2nd	X
DRING Thos		Pvt		X
DUTTON John		Pvt	2nd	X
DUTTON John		Pvt	1st	X	X
DUTTON Thos		Pvt	2nd	X
EATON Thos		Pvt	2nd	X
EATON John		Sergeant		X
EATON John		Pvt	3rd	X
ELLIS John		Pvt		X
FLOURS John		Pvt	2nd	X
GEE Thos		Pvt	3rd	X
GEE Wm	m 1808	Drummer	1st	X	X
GODDARD John		Pvt	2nd	X
GODDARD Wm		Pvt	2nd	X
GODSON Robt		Pvt		X
GOODHEAD Thomas		Capt 2nd Company	2nd	X	X
GUNN James		Pvt		X
GUNN John	m 1774 & 1790	Pvt		X
GUNN Thomas		Pvt	3rd	X
GUNN Thomas Jnr		Pvt	2nd	X
GUNN Thomas Snr		Pvt	2nd	X
GUNN Wm	m 1797	Pvt	2nd	X
HALFORD Andrew		Pvt		X
HALFORD Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
HALLAM James		Pvt		X
HALLAM John		Pvt	2nd	X
HALLAM Joseph		Pvt		X
HALLAM Matthew		Pvt		X
HALLAM Moses		Pvt		X
HALLAM Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
HAMES James (Br)	m 1798	Pvt	2nd	X
HAND Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
HARRISON John	m 1797	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
HARRISON Wm		Corporal	3rd	X
HART John		Pvt	2nd	X
HAYS John		Pvt	3rd	X
HAYS Thos		Pvt		X
HENSON Henry		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
HENSON Isaac		Pvt		X
HENSON James		Pvt	1st	X		X	X
HENSON James		Pvt	3rd	X
HENSON John		Pvt	3rd	X
HENSON John Jnr		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
HENSON John	m 1779 & 1784	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
HENSON John		Pvt	2nd	X
HENSON John		Pvt	3rd	X
HENSON Thos (Br)	m 1784	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
HENSON Wm (Br)	m 1779	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
HENSON Wm (Br)	m 1800 & 1803	Sergeant	1st	X	X
HENSON Wm		Pvt	2nd	X
HICKLING Aaron (Br)	m 1806	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
HICKLING Thos		Pvt	3rd	X
HOGG Thos		Pvt		X
HOLMS Henry		Corporal		X
HOWETT Wm		Pvt		X
HUTCHINSON James		Pvt	1st		X
HUTCHINSON Joseph (Br)		Pvt	1st	X		X	X
JAMES Edward		Pvt	1st	X	X
JAMES John		Pvt		X
JAMES Wm		Pvt	1st				X
JAQUES Samuel		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
JONES John		Pvt	3rd	X
JOYCE Thomas		Pvt		X
KIRK Joseph		Pvt	3rd	X
LACEY Thomas		Pvt		X
LACEY Thos		Pvt	2nd	X
LANE Thos		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
LANE Wm	m 1800	Corporal	1st	X	X		X
LANES John	r 1780	Pvt		X
LANGHAM John	r 1799	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
LANGHAM Wm		Pvt		X
LANGLEY Henry		Pvt	1st				X
LINAKER Geo		Pvt	1st		X		X
MANN Henry		Pvt	2nd	X
MARRIOTT Thos		Pvt					X
MARRIOTT Wm		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
MARRIOTT Wm		Pvt	2nd	X
MARSHALL John		Pvt		X
MARSHALL Richard		Pvt	3rd	X
MARSHALL Wm		Pvt		X
MARSHALL Wm Jnr	r 1788	Pvt	3rd	X
MARSON John		Pvt		X
MARSTON Henry		Pvt					X
MEE John		Pvt	2nd	X
MEE Wm		Pvt		X
MOORE David		Pvt	2nd	X
MOORE Thomas		Pvt	2nd	X
MORLEY Wm		Pvt		X
MUFSON (MUSSON) Samuel		Pvt		X
NEWHAM Wm		Pvt		X
NORMAN John		Corporal	1st	X	X		X
OLDHAM Thos		Pvt	3rd	X
OLIVER John		Pvt	1st	X	X
OLIVER Thos		Pvt	1st	X	X
OXPRING John		Pvt		X
PARKER Geo		Pvt	2nd	X
PARKER Geo		Pvt	3rd	X
PARKER John		Pvt		X
PATCHET Thos		Pvt		X
PEBERDAY John		Pvt		X
PEET John	m 1775	Lieutnt	1st	X			X
PEIRSON Thos		Pvt	3rd	X
PICKERING Geo		Pvt	3rd	X
PIGGOT Geo		Pvt	2nd	X
PIKE John		Drill Sergeant	3rd	X
PIKE Richard		Pvt		X
PIKE Robert		Pvt	3rd	X
PIKE Thomas		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
POLLARD John		Pvt	3rd	X
POWDRILL Wm		Pvt		X
PRICE Benjamin		Pvt		X
PRICE James		Pvt		X
PRICE John	r 1777	Corporal	1st	X	X		X
PRICE John		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
PRICE Samuel Jnr		Pvt	2nd	X
PRICE Samuel		Pvt	2nd	X
PRICE Thomas		Sergeant		X
PRICE Thos		Pvt	3rd	X
PRICE Thos	1779	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
PRICE Wm Jnr		Pvt	2nd	X
PRICE Wm Snr		Pvt	2nd	X
PRIESTLEY Thos		Pvt	2nd	X
RICHARD Joseph		Pvt	2nd	X
RICHARDS Samuel		Pvt	2nd	X
RICHMAN (RICHMOND) Richard		Pvt	3rd	X
RICKLESS Garvis		Pvt		X
RIMMINGTON Wm		Pvt		X
SAVIDGE Edward		Pvt	2nd	X
SAVIDGE Edward		Sergeant	2nd	X
SAVIDGE John		Pvt	2nd	X
SAVIDGE Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
SAVIDGE Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
SAXBY James		Pvt	3rd	X
SAXBY Joseph		Pvt	3rd	X
SEARCEY Geo		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
SEARCEY Richard		Pvt	3rd	X
SHAW John		Pvt	3rd	X
SHELTON Sam		Pvt		X
SHELTON Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
SMITH Edward		Pvt		X
SMITH Francies		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
SMITH Geo		Pvt		X
SMITH Gervase		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
SMITH John		Lieutnt
SMITH John (F.W.J.L)		Pvt		X
SMITH John Jnr		Pvt	1st	X		X
SMITH John	r 1778 & 1781 & 1793	Sergeant		X
SMITH John Snr	r 1793	Pvt	1st	X		X	X
SMITH John Snr (Bunny)		Pvt	1st	X	X
SMITH John		Pvt		X		X
SMITH John		Pvt	3rd	X		X
SMITH Joseph		Drill Sergeant	2nd	X
SMITH Joseph		Sergeant	2nd	X
SMITH Richard		Capt 3rd company	3rd
SMITH Richard		Pvt		X	X
SMITH Thomas	r 1797 m 1807	Pvt	2nd	X
SOULTON (?) John		Pvt	3rd	X
SPRAY Henry		Pvt	3rd	X
STATON John	r 1780	Sergeant	1st	X	X	X	X
STEVENSON John Jnr		Pvt	2nd	X
STEVENSON John Snr		Pvt	2nd	X
STEVENSON Richard		Capt 4th Company		X	X
STEVENSON Wm Jnr		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
STEVENSON Wm Snr		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
STREET Richard		Pvt		X
STREET Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
STUBBS Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
TAYLOR John Jnr		Pvt	1st				X
TAYLOR John Jnr		Pvt					X
TAYLOR John		Pvt	1st		X		X
TAYLOR Robt		Pvt	3rd	X
TAYLOR Thos		Pvt		X
TAYLOR Wm		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
THOMPSON Geo		Pvt	2nd	X
THURMAN Moses		Pvt	3rd	X
THURMAN Edward		Pvt	3rd	X
THURMAN John		Pvt	3rd	X
THURMAN Richard		Pvt	3rd	X
THURMAN Thomas		Pvt		X
TOPLEY John		Pvt	3rd	X
TOPLEY Joseph		Pvt	3rd	X
TOPLEY Sam		Drill Sergeant		X
TOPLEY Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
TUCKWOOD Isaac		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
TWELLS John		Pvt	2nd	X		X	X
TYRES John		Pvt		X
TYRES Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
UNDERWOOD Wm		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
WALKER Elisha		Pvt	1st	X		X	X
WALKER George		Sergeant	1st	X	X	X	X
WALKER Wm		Pvt	1st	X
WALLIS Wm		Sergeant	3rd	X
WARD Wm		Pvt	1st	X
WATTS John		Pvt		X
WEBSTER Sam	r 1783	Pvt	1st	X
WEBSTER Wm		Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
WHEATLEY Wm		Pvt	3rd
WHITBY Joseph (Bar)	m 1807	Pvt		X
WIDDOWSON Wm		Quartermaster		X	X
WIDOWSON Benjamin		Pvt	3rd	X
WILDBORE Edward	r 1812	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
WILDBORE John		Corporal/ Sergeant 1804	3rd	X
WILDBORE Matthew	r 1773	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
WILKINSON (?) Isaac		Pvt	2nd	X
WILKINSON John		Pvt	3rd	X
WILSON Geo		Pvt	1st	X	X		X
WILSON John		Pvt	3rd	X
WILSON Thos		Pvt		X
WILSON Wm		Pvt	1st	X	X		X
WINFIELD Thomas		Drill Sergeant (Sgt Major 1804)	1st	X	X
WINFIELD Wm		Pvt	2nd	X
WOOLLEY Thos		Pvt		X
WOOTON John		Pvt	1st	X	X		X
WOOTON Wm	m 1789 & 1799	Pvt	1st	X	X	X	X
WOOTTON Wm		Pvt	3rd	X
WRIGHT John		Pvt	2nd	X
WRIGHT Robert		Pvt	3rd	X
WRIGHT Robt		Pvt		X
WRIGHT Thos		Pvt	2nd	X
WRIGHT Wm		Pvt		X
WRIGHT Wm		Sergeant	2nd	X