Reference
AD3350
Title
Ten pages torn out of larger book, containing summary of hearth-tax returns for Bedfordshire and account of amount received from subsidy from several parishes in the hundred of Manshead
Date free text
1662-1665
Production date
From: 1662 To: 1665
Scope and Content
pp. 3-14. summary of hearth-tax returns for Bedfordshire
(tax imposed by 13,14 Car.II c.10, and levied from 25 March 1662 );
gives under hundreds name of each parish, total of hearths, and amount received at 1s. a hearth; also parish constables' names, and names of cheif constables of hundreds. 1662
pp.15-18. account of amount received from subsidy from several parishes in the hundred of Manshead
(Billington, Houghton Regis, Toddington, Tilsworth, Harlington, Totternhoe, Milton Bryan, Woburn);
gives names of tax-payers, and whether paying for land or goods, value assessed, and payment apparently at 8s. in the pound; marks assessors in each parish. 17 Jun 1665
Level of description
item