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in the Deanery of Batli, there is found first John Berwykes, 

 Prior of the Cathedral Church of Bath, and following him come 

 fifteen brothers, all paying uniformly twelvepence The names of 

 the brothers are — John Bradlegh, William Tonar, Jolin Brok, 

 William de Welles, John de Ciceter, Michael de Combe, Nicholas 

 Vinor, John Kyneton, John Rockbourne, Henry Godelej^, John 

 Preston, John Ploute, Thomas Bampton, Philip de Pekelynch, 

 Nicholas Huse and John Milvei-ton. Besides these there were 

 John Astwykes, master of St. John's Hospital and Brothers Peter 

 Harding, John Dunstarr, John Briwton and John Wedmor, and 

 then Edward, without other name, master of the house of St. 

 Mary Magdalen. The Dean, the Vicars of St. James, St. 

 Michael, St. Mary, and Stalles, all paid uniformly twelvepence. 

 The inferior clergy paid fourpence. 



The modes adopted for taxation in these days are not easily 

 understood. The plans met with are called fifteenths, and 

 presently fifteenths and tenths. The fifteenth at first was laid 

 upon goods only, as granted in 18 Edward I., but later this seems 

 to have included lands also. Two assessors were appointed for 

 every County and City, and they in turn appointed a jury of 

 twelve, — in the Counties a jury in every Hundred, — and these 

 returned their valuation of every man's personal estate, and 

 levied thereon the fifteenth of such value. When the tax fell 

 upon land also, a valuation was made in 13i4, 18 Edward III., 

 of all the cities and towns in England and returned into the 

 Exchequer, and this became then the fixed guide, the amount due 

 upon any fifteenth or tenth being always the same, and known 

 exactly. A Subsidy was another form of taxing. This was laid 

 upon every individual's estate either real or personal, and con- 

 sequently varied in the amount produced. In time these forms 

 generally became known by the one name of Subsidy. There 

 was also another plan occasionally met with, the following being 

 an example for Bath. It is entitled the account of John Natton, 

 John Gregory and William Cook collectors of a tenth and half a 



