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County: Derbyshire, except Derby town Grant description and date: hearth tax granted...

Catalogue reference: E 179/245/7

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This record is about the County: Derbyshire, except Derby town Grant description and date: hearth tax granted... dating from [1664] in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Particulars of Account and other records relating.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 179/245/7
Date
[1664]
Description

County: Derbyshire, except Derby town Grant description and date: hearth tax granted by Parliament 1662 May 19 Document description: Hearth tax collections for the fourth collection, list of collectors and schedules of arrears, book of 229 folios.

Includes names of individuals Material collected together for the audit of Sir William Boothby, sheriff of Derbyshire, for the collection at Michaelmas 1662. Originally stored in a canvas bag, now at the end of the book, and was sorted and arranged in its present form in 1927. At the beginning is a summary of the administrative and archival history and contents of the documents.

Mainly returns by high and petty constables for the 1662 assessment in each constabulary. Folios 1-3 is a checklist showing which petty constables had returned their assessments. Folios 227-229 are three schedules of arrears compiled at the Exchequer shortly before Boothby's account was declared in December 1664. Folio 227 is the collectable arrears pending upon individuals; folio 228 contains arrears pending upon constables; and folio 229 contains 'desparate arrears' pending upon individuals.

Estimated date of document: [1664 Oct 8 or earlier x c. Dec]

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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