Subsidy: 1628
Parliament opened on 17 March 1628, but it was not until satisfactory answer had been made by the king to their grievances - primarily his assent to the Petition of Right - that the commons granted him five subsidies. The subsidy bill was sent to the lords on 16 June and received royal assent before the adjournment of parliament on 29 June.
The tax was to be paid in four instalments. The first two subsidies were to be paid in one payment, and the other three were payable individually. The rates were otherwise the same as those for the previous subsidies. For the first payment, that of two subsidies, individuals and corporations would have had to pay 5s.4d. per pound for moveable goods worth £3 or more, and 8s. per pound for lands worth 20s. or more per annum. Aliens and recusants, paying double these rates, would have had to pay 10s.8d. per pound for their moveable goods, and 16s. per pound for their lands, while the poll tax on those aliens and recusants possessing no estate was 16d. per head.
For the single subsidies levied in the second, third and fourth payments, individuals and corporations were charged 2s.8d. per pound for moveable goods worth £3 or more, and 4s. per pound for lands worth 20s. or more per annum. Aliens paid double these rates (5s.4d. per pound on goods and 8s. per pound on lands), or a poll tax of 8d. per head.
These hefty charges were payable over an unprecedentedly short period of time - less than eight months. The first two subsidies were to be assessed by 30 June, certified at the Exchequer by 9 July and paid by 10 July 1628; the third (second payment) was to be assessed by 20 September, certified by 10 October and paid by 20 October 1628; the fourth (third payment) was to be assessed by 30 November, certified by 10 December and paid by 20 December 1628; and the fifth (fourth payment) was to be assessed by 10 February, certified by 20 February and paid by 1 March 1629.
This East Riding documents explicitly consist of certificates of assessment and individual assessments for the Holme Beacon division of Harthill wapentake for the five subsidies granted to Charles I in 1628.
The condition of the rotulet of E179/204/448, relating to Holme Beacon for the 3rd of the five subsidies, is badly stained, faded, and barely legible. No attempt to transcribe the document has been made.
The condition of the rotulet of E179/204/449, relating to Holme Beacon for the 4th of the five subsidies, is clean and quite legible, and this has been transcribed. The inquest for the division was held at Pocklington on the 13 December 1628, but no delivery date survives. The fourth subsidy formed the third collection of this grant, and was due on 20 December 1628.
The condition of the rotulet of E179/205/458, relating to Holme Beacon for the 5th of the five subsidies, is dirty and faded but legible, and this has also been transcribed. The document was dated, but only part of the date remains. It was evidently compiled on the twenty-fifth day of the month, and the year is given explicitly as 1629. The fifth subsidy formed the fourth and final collection of this grant, and was due on 1 March 1629. Given that documents dated 1629 must have been compiled on or after 25 March, this document was presumably compiled on either 25 March (i.e. New Year's Day) or 25 April 1629. The equivalent document for this collection for the town and county of Hull (now at E 179/204/440) was dated 28 April 1629, and thus a date of 25 April 1629 for this document would appear most likely.
Lay Subsidy, 25 Apr? 1629
E 179/204/458
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Bubwith cum Harlethorpe
William Idle
Henry Hotham
Willm Westoby
Katherine Blanshard
Elizabeth Brasse
Jane Watson
Richard Yeare
+ Elizabeth Boicke
+ George Boicke
Isabel Burdon
+ Jane Thorpe
+ Anne Patchett
+ Issabell Knight
Katherine Gibson
+ Ann Howley
+ Elizabeth Gardam
Brighton cum Gumby
George Escrick
William Howsley
Germas Smyth
Arthur Smith
+ Ann Greathead
Elizabeth Howley
Ann Cliffett
Juliane Burlington
Richard Hawley
Willm Bitchell + Eliza
Willm Thorpe + Alice his wife
Willm Thorpe
+ Michaell Thorpe
+ his children
Elizabeth Smyth
Ursley theyre daughter
+ John Eldrington
Jane Scourbrough
Dorithie Gibb
Alice Smith
+ her daughter
John Brigham + Elizabeth his wife
Ann Smythe
Andrew Newbeck
Ralph Freeman
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in goods
in goods
in goods
in goods
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recusant
recusant
recusant
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recusant
recusant
in land
in goods
in land
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Latham cum Foggithorpp
Richard Fawcett
John Eratt
Robert Farbrand + Hellen his wife
John Hindley + Margaret his wife
Franc: Blanchard
Spaldington
John Vavasour, Knt
Francis Lambert
Willm Clarke
John Raby
John Tomlin
Alex: Vavasour
+ Eliz: Vavasour
Alice Burdon
+ Kath: Parke
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in goods
in goods
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Lay Subsidy, 13 December 1628
E179/204/449
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Bubwith cum Harlethorpe
William Idle
Henry Hotham
William Westlibie
Katherine Blanshard
Richard Yates
Isabell Brabb, the wife of Matthew Brabb
Jane Watson, dau of Robt Watson
Ann Hawley, wid
Elizabeth Barker, and George her son
Elizabeth Bardon, wife of Wm Bardon
Alice Cloudesley, wid
Jane, wife of Wm Thorpe
Ann Patchett
Isabel, wife of Richard Knight
Katherine Gibson and Jane her daughter
Elizabeth, wife of Richard ---
Brighton cum Gunby
George Escrick
William Halley
Jervase Smith
Ester Smith, wife to Christopher Smith
Jane Scorbrough
Anne Clife, wid
Anne ---
Elizabeth, the wife of Wm Patchett
--- Hudson, servant to Wm Patchett
William Thorpe and Alice his wife
+ Michael his son
+ Isabell his daughter
Eliz, wife of Jervase Smith
John Etherington,
servant to the son of Jervase Smith
Julyan Beilby, wid
Dorothy, wife to ---
+ his daughter
Ann Babthorpe
John Brighan and Elizabeth his wife
Raphe Freeman
Agnes Smith, wid
Wm Patchitt
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Latham and Foggathorpe
Richard Fawcett
John Errat
Robert Forebrand and Ellin his wife
+ Margaret his servant
John Haintsley and Ann his wife
+ Alice Buttle his servant
Gribthorpe and Willitoft
George Vavasour
Christopher Gunby
John Weslibie
Joyce, wife of said George Vavasour
Thomas Vavasour, gent
Susanna Dodding, wid
Elizabeth Skipwith
Spaldington
Sir John Vavasour
Francis Lambert
William Clark
John Rabie
John Tomling
Alexander Vavasour, gent
Elizabeth Vavasour, wid
Alice Bardon, wid
Katherine, wife of ---
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in goods
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in land
in goods
in goods
in goods
in goods
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recusant
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