subsidy men of rowner 1597 and 1641

These are the men of Rowner who were wealthy enough to pay the lay subsidy agreed between the Sovereign and Parliament. These are just two examples.

1. Description:      Subsidy men 1597 Rowner

Reference:        19M59/8  Winchester Record Office refers to Subsidy Rolls PRO  E107

R.Towner   Jan. 1995

Principal Inhabitants of Rowner 1597

            Edward Kemp                                       Goods              12li       32s

            John Dyer                                             Land                 20s       4s

            Edward Greene                                     Goods              3li        8s

            Robert Brooker                                     Goods              3li        8s

            William Dashe                                       Goods              3li        8s

            John Bassett                                         Land                 20s       4s

            John Sawley(?)                                      Land                20s       4s

Note                 This is a 2/10 subsidy on land and a 2/15 subsidy on goods.

i.e. Edward Kemp’s goods were appraised at £12 and he paid 32s in tax

2. HRO 5M50 /1645

Titchfield Hundred Lay Subsidy rolls of 1641

The taxacion of the hundred of Titchfeild to the Subsidies taxed the 14^th day of October for the two lay subsidies granted by act of parliament unto the Kings ma^stie in the 17^th yeare of his ma^stie  Raigne

anno dom 1641

Rowner

Francis Beale gent      land     1 ^li        0-8-0

John Stares                  land     1 ^li        0-8-0

John Cotton                land     1 ^li        0-8-0

William Knight           land     1 ^li        0-8-0

Note: i.e. each subsidy man was charged  8 shillings in tax in October 1641.