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  Subsidy Roll of 1524 for Laundon (Lavendon) and Cold Brayfield*
The listing below shows the names and assessments of the inhabitants of Lavendon and Cold Brayfield who paid the lay subsidy granted to King Henry VIII in the fifteenth year of his reign to carry on the wars with France and Scotland. The general subsidy listing has been likened a Kelly’s Directory for the year 1523/4, providing local information that is otherwise somewhat scant at this time in history prior to the commencement of parish registers. Cardinal Wolsey had to find a way of gathering in money in order to finance the war with France. In 1522 he ordered a survey disguised as a military muster. Men were supposedly being valued for the ability to provide armour, but in reality it was used to raise money on everyone with goods over £5 and income from land of £1 or more. In the listing below, the tax paid by individuals was based on income from Land, marked (L) or on Wages (W); otherwise the tax was based on Goods. Laundon (Lavendon) in 1524
John Harowey Robert Harper Humphrey Harberd John Herberd John Peerson Edmund Person William Peerson Margery Peerson Richard Cookes [Cokkes] Emeria Byrd (widow) John Bird Margery Bird Isobel Knyghtley John Knyghtley Robert Knyghtley Thomas Darlyng, senior Thomas Darlyng, junior Richard Rasebone, junior John Partriche Richard Rasebone, senior John Bird, senior George Bird Christopher Rawlynson John Harowey Robert Hill William Lawton William Wotton John Cockes Richard Darlyng George Hallywell John Lawrens Robert Soogne William Frome John Peerson Richard Marten Stephen Lawrens Roger Baret William Brewster Thomas Clifton John Clerk William Chayll William Kyng Agnes Knyghtley £1 £1 £2 £2 £1 £3 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1 £2 £2 £1 £14 £1 £1 (L) £1 £13 £1 £1 £1 £8 £12 £1 (W) £1 £3 £1 £1 £3 £1 £2 £5 £4 £4 £4 Cold Brayfield in 1524
John Gefferey Walter Gascoygne Thomas Gefferey John Hatley Walter Shabery John Holder £7
£7 £5 £3 £5 £3 William Skynner William Gaskoyne Henry Abbot Christopher Barker John Smyth George Edward £2 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1 *Source: This Subsidy Roll listing has been extracted
from the Subsidy Roll for the County of Buckinghamshire
Anno 1524 edited by Professor A C Chibnell and Mr
A Vere Woodman, printed as Volume 8 for the
Buckinghamshire Record Society, July 1950.
NBS: 6 Feb 2010 |