Lay Subsidy Roll 1332 -

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The following table lists the Sherington entries in the 1332 Lay Subsidy Roll. The information is taken from Table 18 of A C Chibnall‘s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village”.

Name	Tax	Name	Tax
de Ricardo Lymford	2s 10d	de Nicholea Stagedon	18d
de Ricardo de Cave	3s 4d	de Juliana Herman	11d
de Roberti filio Rogeri	2s 10d	de Alicia uxore Simonis le Smyth	18d
de Johanne de Dounton	2s 0d	Johanne Trop	12d
de Emme Jory	3s 0d	de Johanne Longe	14d
de Thoma filio Rogeri	2s 0d	de Simone Britt	12d
de Willelmo Golde	2s 4d	de Johanne Masoun	20d
de Willelmo le Carter		de Andrea C……	8 ¹⁄₂d
de Rogero Britt	13 ¹⁄₂d	de Willelmo Rycher	8 ¹⁄₂d
de Thoma filio Katrine	10d	de Johanne Palmer	2s 0d
de Willelmo Gerveys	10d	de Johanne Frere	11d
de Gervasio Stouton	12d	de Radolfi Gunnyld	10d
de Alicia Trop	10d	de Johanne filio Rad…..	16d
de Alicia uxore Gilberti	20d	de Simone Jones	8 ¹⁄₂d
de Margeria Corage	10d	4 names undecipherable
de Johanne Stagedon	20d

Note:- Records from a tax levied on lay people on their movable property rather than land. The tax was usually raised as and when needed to fund a particular venture such as a military campaign. The poor were exempt from the tax as was clerical property. The clergy were subject to a separate clerical subsidy. The tax was also known as Tenths and Fifteenths. The records consist of lists compiled by the assessors of those eligible to pay.

Those taken between 1334 and 1524 only give the village totals so 1332 is the last tax to provide personal information. The returns are particularly useful for those interested in the origin of surnames and surname distribution. Earlier documents were written in Latin. Roman Catholics and other nonconformists were forced to pay double rates.