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Clerical Poll-Taxes in the Diocese of Lincoln 1377-81
Author:
A.K. McHardy
Published:
1992
Medium: Book
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The clergy of England, like the laity, were subjected to a series of poll-taxes within a short space of time. This volume prints the surviving assessments made of the clergy of the diocese of Lincoln in the years 1377, 1379 and1381. Most of the material relates to the old county of Lincoln (now Lincolnshire and South Humberside) but there are also surveys of Leicestershire, Rutland, most of Bedfordshire, and parts of Huntingdonshire and Hertfordshire. These poll-tax asessments represent what was virtually a census of the clerical population whose members were listed parish by parish. The documents show us not only that the number of clergy was very great, but that most were without benefices, and that they tended to gather in areas of high prosperity. Publication of this material offers the opportunity to make a reassessment of the clergy and, hence, church of late medieval England. Dr A.K. McHARDY is lecturer in history at the University of Nottingham and has edited The Church in London 1375-1392 for the London Record Society.
hardback
ISBN 978-0-901-50354-1
Price:
£25.00
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The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary Volume 2
Author:
William Brigg
Published:
1897
Medium: CD
Publisher:
Archive CD Books
An unusual collection of transcripts of many types of documents including abstracts of wills, feet of fines, marriage licences, subsidy rolls, parish registers. church terriers, inquisitions post mortem, rentals and surveys, ministers accounts, funeral certificates, deeds, court rolls and monumental inscriptions. Family names and places are random and if you are lucky you may find a reference to an ancestor. The importance of this type of book is that it provides examples of documents and helps you to understand what they contain and how they might be used in research. The book should appeal to a wider audience beyond Hertfordshire as it really is a learning, rather than finding, aid.
Price:
£15.11
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