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Book Synopsis112 tax lists for Devon for the period from 1500 to 1650.Tax lists are a key means of understanding parish life in the 1500s and early 1600s. This collection of 112 records for towns and villages such as Crediton and Dartmouth is published here for the first time. It reveals those individuals who were the bedrock of their societies and helps us in understanding how local society worked in this period. It is through the study of these documents that we can unravel how differently each parish was organised in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and see how people took part in parish life. The name lists also provide rich material for family and local historians.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction - Local parish administration and variations - Three urban areas - Editorial Conventions The Lists Churchstow, Military Rate, c1592; Church Rate, 1616 Churston Ferrers, Poor Rates, 1599, 1602 & 1607; Church Rates, 1612 & 1613; Poor Rates, 1629, 1633, 1639, 1645 & 1650 Clayhanger, Easter Books, c1573-82; Church Rate, 1603 Clayhidon, Church Rates, c1613 & 1615 (3) Clovelly, Eight Men Rate, 1613 Coldridge, Church Rates, early 1600s & 1613; Poor Rate, 1619; Church Rate, 1621; Poor Rate, 1632; Ship Money Rate, 1639 Colebrooke, Church Rates, 1623 & 1625 Colyton, Church Rates, 1579 & 1618; Poor Rate, 1639 Combe Martin, Church Rates, 1583 (2) Combe Raleigh, Church Rate, 1596 Combe-in-Teignhead, Church Rate, 1600 Cookbury, Church Rates, 1613 & early 1600s Cornwood, Church Rate, 1628 Cornworthy, Military Rate, c1592 Coryton, Militia Rates (2), 1643 Crediton, some including Sandford, Church Rate, 1549; Easter Books, 1574, 1582 & 1594; Church Rate, 1619; Tithe Accounts, 1630, 1636 & 1644 Cruwys Morchard, Church Rate, 1604 Dartington, Military Rate, c1592; Church Rate, 1593; Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor Rate, 1642 Dartmouth, St Petrox (Southtown), Poor Rates, 1604, 1609, 1611, 1613 & 1619; Hospital Rates, 1627 (2); Poor Rate, 1649; Poor Rate Account, 1649 Dartmouth, St Saviour (Northtown), Poor Rates, 1601, 1603, 1605, 1609, 1615, 1618, 1619, 1622, 1624, 1625, 1632, 1638 & 1649 (2) Dartmouth, Townstal, Military Rate, c1592; Poor Rates, 1610, 1611, 1617, 1620 & 1649 (2) Dartmouth, Militia Rate, 1601 Dean Prior, Sidemen Rate, 1580; Highway Rate, 1586; Poor & Church Rate, 1590; Military Rate, c1592; Highway & Sidemen Rates, 1598; Highway Rate, 1602; Poor Rates, 1616, 1629, 1631, 1634, 1640, 1644 & 1649 Diptford, Military Rate, c1592 Dittisham, Military Rate, c1592 Dodbrooke, Poor Rate, 1613 Doddiscombsleigh, Church Rate, 1612 Dolton, Church Rate, 1613; Churchyard Rate, 1623 Dunkeswell, Church Rate, 1610 Appendices Appendix 1. Letter regarding financing church repairs at Colyton, 1 June 1606 Appendix 2. Letter from to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of St Saviour, Dartmouth, 6 March 1610 Appendix 3. Dartmouth electors, 1626 Appendix 4. Account of the head wardens of Dean Prior, 1580 Notes Index
