CORNWALL SUBSIDIES IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII. 1524 AND 1543 AND THE BENEVOLENCE OF 1545 Edited by T. L. Stoate

Description

For hundreds of years the King, Queen or Government has needed to raise money for various enterprises, usually wars. In the distant past, as today, it was the people of the country that had to find this money usually in the form of taxes, subsidies etc. Whilst these taxes were not welcomed by the people, they are a valuable asset for the historian today, as lists were usually kept of those who paid. This book has the lists for Cornwall for the years of 1524, 1543 and 1545 with many thousands of names and is fully searchable as well as having an index