1582 LONDON SUBSIDY ROLL: Indentures of petty collectors

Two Tudor Subsidy Rolls for the City of London, 1541 and 1582. Originally published by London Record Society, London, 1993.

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'1582 LONDON SUBSIDY ROLL: Indentures of petty collectors', in Two Tudor Subsidy Rolls for the City of London, 1541 and 1582, (London, 1993) pp. 114-116. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol29/pp114-116 [accessed 18 March 2024]

THE 1582 SUBSIDY ROLL FOR LONDON E.179/251/16

166. [r.1] This Indenture made the first day of August in the xxiiiith yeere of the raigne of our sovereigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God of England, Fraunce & Ireland, defendor of the faithe etc. Witnesseth that the right honorable Sir James Harvye, knight, Lord Maior of the Citty of London, Sir Rowland Hayward, Sir Lyonell Duckett, Sir John Ryvers, Sir Thomas Ramsey & Sir Nicholas Woodroff, knightes and aldermen of the said Citty, And William Fletewood, Sergeaunt at the law and Recorder of the same Cittye, Commissioners with others deputed appointed and assigned by our said sovereigne Lady the queenes majesty by her highnes Commission under the great seale of England for the taxacion, leveyinge & gathering of the second payment of the subsidye lately graunted to her majestie by her highnes high Court of parliament holden at Westminster by divers prorogacions the xvith day of January in the xxiiith yeere of the raigne of our said sovereigne Lady the queenes majesty that now is, have appointed, nominated & assigned William Sebright and Richard Yonge, grocers, Cittizens of the said Cittie, high Collectors for the receyvinge of the said second payment of the said subsidye within the said Cittye to levey, take & receyve to the use of our said sovereigne Lady the queenes, of the severall persons heereunder written whom the said Commissioners by their Indentures to theis Indentures annexed have before this time named and appointed to be petty Collectors of the same subsidye in the severall wardes heereunder expressed, all suche sommes of money as in theis Indentures are Conteyned, viz of

£ s. d.
Hugh Heandley & William Bower petty Collectors of the ward of Breadstreete 341 13 8
Richard Bowdler & Gyles Howland pettie collectors of the warde of Brodstreete 367 6 8
Thomas Giles & William Cowper pettie collectors of the ward of Cheape 407 3 4
Richard Cotton & Fraunces Quarles pettie collectors of the ward of Creplegate 506 7 8
Henry Mathew & John Ballett pettie collectors of the ward of Farringdon within 448 17 0
Thomas Alien & pettie Collectors of the
Richard Arnold ward of Faringdon without 558 18 8
Pawle Banninge John Highlord pettie Collectors of the ward of Tower 484 4 0

All which said severall sommes of money so by them the said William Sebright and Richard Yonge, high Collectors as aforeseid, receyved and had, They the same William Sebright & Richard Yonge for them, their heires, executors & administrators do covenaunt, promise & graunt by theis presentes to content & pay to the use of our said sovereigne Lady the queenes majestie with all diligence in her exchequer at Westminster according to theffect, purporte & true meaninge of the said act deliveringe, allowinge & payinge to thandes of William Sebright, Comon Clerke of the said Cittie to the use & behoofe of the said Commissioners and of suche others as have taken paines in and about the wrightinge, makinge preceptes, engrossinge of thextractes and bookes of subsidie and other the busines and affaires concerninge the said subsidie the some of iid of every pound so to be Collected receyved or gathered by the said William Sebright and Richard Yonge or either of them, And also makinge & allowinge accordingly all suche other deduccions and allowaunces as in the said act of subsidie is Conteyned, In Wittnes whereof to thone parte of theis Indentures remayninge with the said high Collectors the foreseid Commissioners have putt there seales, And to thother parte of theis Indentures remayninge with the said Commissioners the said highcollectors have putt there seales, yeoven the day and yeare abovewritten. [signed by Sebright and Young, the high collectors].

167. [On rotulets 2, 3, and 4 there are three more indentures between the commissioners and high collectors. They are identical in form; only the names of the high collectors, the petty collectors, the wards, and the sums to be collected vary.]

[r.2] £ s. d.
High Collectors: Nicholas Spencer, merchant taylor Edward Rowley, draper
Rycharde Atkynson & John Rogers Pettyecollectors of the warde of Brydge within 224 2 8
John Taylor & Edward Turfutt Pettycollectors of the ward of Coalemanstreete 173 3 0
John Stubbes and John Wylde Pettyecollectors of the warde of Byllyngesgate 271 12 4
Wyllyam Shawcrofte & Arnolde Rutton Pettyecollectors of the warde of Dowgate 128 10 8
William Kerwyn and John Edwardes Pettyecollectors of the warde of Bysshoppesgate 278 18 4
Nycholas Poare & Raphe Rydley Pettyecollectors of the warde of Vyntrye 131 11 8
[r-3]
High Collectors: Henrye Palmer, merchant taylor Wyllyam Abraham, vintner
Humfrey Huntley & Robert Harryson Pettyecollectors of the warde of Quenehythe 90 13 4
John Barnarde Frauncys Shingewell Pettyecollectors of the warde of Portesoken 57 9 8
Thomas Grey & Thomas Thompson Pettyecollectors of the warde of Langborne 362 14 8
Henrye Faux & Walter Plumber Pettyecollectors of the warde of Walbrooke 218 14 8
Gregorye Yonge Mathewe Dolman Pettyecollectors of the warde of Lymestreete 83 9 4
George Cullymore Roberte Cobbe Pettyecollectors of the ward of Cordwaynerstreete 289 5 4
[r.4]
High Collectors: Raphe Ayloffe, grocer Henrye Allyngeton, skinner
Wyllyam Barnard & Wyllyam Evans Pettyecollectors of the warde of Candlewyckestreete 198 12 4
James Deane & Edwarde Leaninge Pettyecollectors of the warde of Allgate 208 2 0
Wyllyam Ryder & Morgan Rychardes Pettyecollectors of the warde of Cornehyll 115 7 8
Wyllyam Kelsycke & Rycharde Smythe Pettyecollectors of the ward of Castlebaynerde 202 18 4
John Storer & Robert Crosse Pettyecollectors of the ward of Bassingeshall 84 16 8
John Stephens Marmaduke Franke Pettycollectors of the ward of Aldersgate 296 16 0