Lot 66
Cumberland.- Subsidy Roll, manuscript in English, on vellum, some marks, c. 2040 x 220mm., 15th April1641.
Hammer Price: £480
Description
Cumberland.- Subsidy Roll "in the sixtenth yeare of his Matie most happie reigne... in the sume of 200l - 16s - 0", Ds. "Sir Henry Fletcher", "John Skelton", "Peter Senhouse", "Richard Tolson" and "William Samson", manuscript in English, on vellum, 3 membranes, head and tail with small tears, some slight creasing, yellowed, a few ink marks, c. 2040 x 220mm., 15th April 1641.
⁂ Taxation in the year before the start of the Civil War.
Towns include: Whitehaven, Whitbeck, Muncaster, Millom, Gosforth, St Bees, Lamplugh, Ennerdale, Workington, Buttermere, Cockermouth etc.
Sir Henry Fletcher (d. 1645), of Hutton-in-the-Forest, High Sheriff of Cumberland.
Subsidy Roll, "Lists of tax payers, arranged by villages and towns, together with the amounts of tax to be paid." - Stephen Friar. The Local History Companion, 2001.
Description
Cumberland.- Subsidy Roll "in the sixtenth yeare of his Matie most happie reigne... in the sume of 200l - 16s - 0", Ds. "Sir Henry Fletcher", "John Skelton", "Peter Senhouse", "Richard Tolson" and "William Samson", manuscript in English, on vellum, 3 membranes, head and tail with small tears, some slight creasing, yellowed, a few ink marks, c. 2040 x 220mm., 15th April 1641.
⁂ Taxation in the year before the start of the Civil War.
Towns include: Whitehaven, Whitbeck, Muncaster, Millom, Gosforth, St Bees, Lamplugh, Ennerdale, Workington, Buttermere, Cockermouth etc.
Sir Henry Fletcher (d. 1645), of Hutton-in-the-Forest, High Sheriff of Cumberland.
Subsidy Roll, "Lists of tax payers, arranged by villages and towns, together with the amounts of tax to be paid." - Stephen Friar. The Local History Companion, 2001.