Source: Public Record Office: E 179/103/5 m.8
Title: Dorset Lay Subsidy Roll
Date: 1332
Place: Milton Abbas
Dorset Lay Subsidy Roll
9 September 1332
Middleton (now known as Milton Abbas)
Hundr' de Whiteweye |
|
|---|---|
. . . |
|
D Joh'e Pof' |
ijs |
D Will'mo Gylemyn |
xxd |
D Joh' Mey |
ijs |
D Will' Plockerose |
xvjd |
D Joh' Burdleston' |
viijd |
D Joh' Maunt |
viijd |
D Joh' Strangge |
iijs |
. . . |
Hundred of Whiteweye |
|
|---|---|
. . . |
|
From John Pof |
2s |
From William Gylemyn |
20d |
From John Mey |
2s |
From William Plockerose |
16d |
From John Burdelston |
8d |
from John Maunt |
8d |
From John Strangge |
3s |
. . . |
Lay subsidies were taxes that were levied from the 12th to the 17th century. They were assessed on moveable personal property (such as goods, crops or wages) above a minimum value, which effectively exempted the poor from liability. Subsidies were also sometimes levied on land and buildings. The taxes were called lay subsidies because clerical property was exempt, although there were separate clerical subsidies.
A Hundred is a subdivision of a county which would usually have its own court. It would normally comprise a number of adjoining parishes. In the north of England, or the Danelaw, a hundred would often be called a wapentake.
The letter d represents a penny (from the latin denarius) and the letter s represents a shilling. There were twelve pennies in the shilling and twenty shillings in a pound, a system that continued up to 1971 when the UK currency was decimalised.
