TABLES
The parishes are arranged in the order in which their histories appear above, except that Worthing is
placed immediately after Broadwater.
I. Taxpayers, Adult Inhabitants, and Families, 1327-1811
|
|
1327
|
1378
|
1524
|
1642
|
1676
|
1724
|
1811
|
|
subsidy payers
|
poll-tax payers
|
subsidy payers
|
adult males
|
adults
|
families
|
| Clapham |
14 |
31 |
19 |
49 (fn. a)
|
110 |
21 |
41 |
| Findon |
26 |
80 |
41 |
73 |
116 |
40 |
85 |
| Lancing |
21 |
117 (fn. b)
|
47 |
71 |
350 |
30 |
103 |
| Sompting |
25 |
126 (fn. c)
|
50 |
75 |
128 |
40 |
88 |
| Broadwater |
- (fn. d)
|
160 |
69 |
133 |
200 |
60 |
497 |
| Worthing |
11 |
34 |
| Durrington |
23 |
- |
22 |
- (fn. e)
|
72 |
- |
39 |
| Heene |
- (fn. d)
|
- |
30 |
- (fn. e)
|
21 |
- |
30 |
| Kingston |
28 |
51 |
- (fn. f)
|
17 |
31 |
6 |
12 |
| New Shoreham |
43 |
- |
20 |
- |
500 |
160 |
162 |
| Old Shoreham |
24 |
40 |
20 |
39 |
74 |
22 |
41 |
| Southwick |
27 |
28 |
- (fn. f)
|
35 |
64 |
22 |
66 |
| Patching |
11 |
85 (fn. b)
|
21 |
42 |
70 |
- |
37 |
| Botolphs |
13 |
37 |
9 |
15 |
45 |
7 |
10 |
| Bramber |
32 (fn. g)
|
- (fn. h)
|
c. 20 (fn. i)
|
- |
72 |
24 |
21 |
| Coombes |
14 |
26 (fn. c)
|
11 |
15 |
24 |
5 |
10 |
| Steyning |
85 (fn. g)
|
- (fn. h)
|
c. 105 |
199 |
300 |
140 |
231 |
| Washington |
29 |
67 |
43 |
113 |
320 |
70 |
121 |
| Wiston |
31 |
54 |
48 |
75 |
64 |
20 |
46 |
| West Tarring |
21 |
- |
65 |
- (fn. e)
|
203 |
- |
107 |
Sources: 1327, Suss. Subsidies (S.R.S. x); 1378, E 179/189/42; 1524, Suss. Lay Subsidy, 1524-5 (S.R.S.
lvi); 1642, W. Suss. Protestation Returns (S.R.S. v); 1676, Compton Census, S.A.C. xlv. 144-7; 1724,
W.S.R.O., Ep. I/26/3; 1811, Census.
caption=" II. Valuations of Parochial Benefices, 1291, 1535, and 1829-31
(R indicates a rectory, V a vicarage)"
|
|
|
1291
|
1535
|
1829-31 annual average (net) |
|
|
£ s. d. |
£ s. d. |
£ |
| Clapham |
R |
6 13 4 |
14 0 0 |
113 |
| Findon |
V |
8 0 0 |
13 3 9 |
500 |
| Lancing |
V |
5 6 8 |
6 9 4 |
151 |
| Sompting |
V |
10 0 0 |
8 7 0 |
150 |
| Broadwater |
R |
46 13 4 |
36 0 0 |
602 |
| Worthing |
chapelry of Broadwater |
|
|
| Durrington |
chapelry of West Tarring |
|
|
| Heene |
chapelry of West Tarring |
|
|
| Kingston |
R |
16 13 4 |
12 19 0 |
200 |
| New Shoreham |
V |
5 0 0 |
6 1 7 |
127 |
| Old Shoreham |
V |
- (fn. a)
|
7 18 6 |
58 |
| Southwick |
R |
10 0 0 |
9 13 10 |
207 |
| Patching |
R |
- (fn. b)
|
11 13 4 |
- (fn. c)
|
| Botolphs |
V |
- (fn. d)
|
10 6 8 |
160 |
| Bramber |
R |
6 13 4 |
| Coombes |
R |
8 0 0 |
10 0 0 |
201 |
| Steyning |
V |
8 0 0 |
15 0 0 |
308 |
| Washington |
V |
6 13 4 |
9 9 10 |
63 |
| Wiston |
R |
13 6 8 |
12 13 4 |
340 |
| West Tarring |
V |
8 0 0 |
8 13 4 |
- (fn. c)
|
Sources: 1291, Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.); 1535, Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.); 1829-31, Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues.
Footnotes
| a |
Omitting 'some at Michelgrove', as recusants. |
| b |
Including those wives who were returned as taxed with their husbands. |
| c |
Including wives and children listed. |
| d |
23 taxpayers listed for Broadwater and Offington including Heene. |
| e |
156 adult male inhabitants listed in West Tarring, Durrington, and Heene together. |
| f |
32 taxpayers listed for Kingston and Southwick together. |
| g |
Excluding 3 taxatores listed for Bramber and Steyning jointly. Bramber figure presumably includes tenants of the borough whose tenements lay physically in Steyning. |
| h |
72 taxpayers listed for Bramber and Steyning boroughs together, excluding the rural part of each parish. |
| i |
Presumably including tenants of the borough whose tenements lay physically in Steyning. |
| a |
Rectory taxed at £24. |
| b |
Vicarage taxed at £5. |
| c |
Patching and West Tarring together valued at £274 a year. |
| d |
Not taxed, presumably because of poverty. |