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Assessments for common scot for the Quarters (districts) of Pevensey, Westham, Horseye,...

Catalogue reference: PEV/513

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This record is a file about the Assessments for common scot for the Quarters (districts) of Pevensey, Westham, Horseye,... dating from 15 June 1518 - 16 June 1548.

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Reference
PEV/513
Title
Assessments for common scot for the Quarters (districts) of Pevensey, Westham, Horseye, Manxey and (from 1528) Hankham, Otham, Langney and Morbroke
Date
15 June 1518 - 16 June 1548
Description

84 ff. paper in new vellum binding

ff. 1r - 6r 15 June 1518 - 8 June 1519

7r - 11v 26 Apr. 1520 - 12 May 1520

13r - 47r 13 June 1521 - 18 July 1531

48r - 53v 15 July 1532 - 4 July 1534

54v - 61v 15 July 1535 - 10 July 1538. (heading only)

64r - 66v 5 Aug. 1539 - 14 July 1540 (heading only)

68r - 80r 23 July 1542 - St.? Bartholomew's Day [24 Aug.], 1547 (incomplete)

81v - 83r 16 June 1548

All other folios blank

Held by
East Sussex Record Office
Language
English
Physical description
1 vol.
Administrative / biographical background

The common scot was a rate levied by the Corporation on all lands within the Liberty of Pevensey for the general expenses of the Corporation and to enable it to meet its financial obligations to its Head Port, Hastings.

Publication note(s)
<p>This volume has been described and discussed in detail by the Rev. Wm. Hudson, F.S.A., in Sussex Archaeological Collections, 45 (1902) 149-79 (offprint, PEV/1352)</p>
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8637b2b8-22b7-4206-af00-7db019b9859f/

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Assessments for common scot for the Quarters (districts) of Pevensey, Westham, Horseye, Manxey and (from 1528) Hankham, Otham, Langney and Morbroke