Subsidy Roll 1599

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The following table lists the Sherington entries in the 1599 Subsidy Roll. The information is taken from Table 31 of A C Chibnall‘s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village”.

Name Value of Land (£) Value of Goods (£) Tax (s d)
William Mountgomery, gent. 8 32s 0d
John Ardis 4 16s 0d
Edward Wallis 5 13s 4d
John Chubnall 3 8s 0d
Thomas Orpin 1 4s 0d
Edward Chubnall 5 20s 0d
Raphe Houghton 4 10s 8d
Thomas Bauswell 4 10s 8d
John Hall 3 8s 0d
John Knight 3 8s 0d
Bartholomew Course 3 8s 0d
Maurise Affeeld 3 8s 0d

Note:- Parliament opened on 24 October 1597, and on 16 December granted three subsidies to be paid in three equal annual instalments. On the same day six fifteenths and tenths were voted.

Individuals (and corporations) paid 2s.8d. per pound for moveable goods worth £3 or more, and 4s. per pound for land worth 20s. or more. Aliens paid double these rates, and if they had no taxable assets, paid an 8d. per head poll tax for each subsidy.

Assessments were to be made by 1 October annually (1598-1600); certification was to be at the Exchequer by 1 November (1598-1600); and payment was due by 12 February (1599-1601).

Principal holders of land:  1312, 1400, 1460, 1580, 1650, 1700, 1750, 1797, 1862/1962