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Lay subsidy records

Records of this occasional wealth tax (13th to 16th centuries).

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Cumberland taxation 25 July 2006

The record of the lay subsidy for Cumberland of 1332-3 is now live.

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1	Cumberland Lay Subsidy Fifteenth and tenth, 6 Edw. III J. P. Steel (editor) (1912) Description: Lists individuals assessed for this tax, levied in 1332-3. It is organised by ward or liberty, and then by vill, and includes the assessment of socage tenants.	Primary sources	Institute of Historical Research
2	Finance and trade under Edward III The London lay subsidy of 1332 George Unwin (editor) (1918) Description: Contains essays on the lay subsidy of 1332 and related topics regarding taxation, trade and the estate of merchants in London.	Primary sources	Centre for Metropolitan History
3	Two Early London Subsidy Rolls Eilbert Ekwall (1951) Description: Returns from lay subsidies raised in the City of London in 1292 and 1319, arranged by ward, with information on names, occupations and assessments. Modernised classmarks in the National Archives are PRO E179/144/2 and E179/144/3.	Primary sources	Centre for Metropolitan History
4	Two Tudor subsidy rolls for the city of London 1541 and 1582 R.G. Lang (editor) (1993) Description: An edition of the National Archives documents E.179/144/120 and E.179/251/16, plus the 1541 Orphans' Books of London. By kind permission of the London Record Society.	Primary sources	London Record Society

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