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that the money received falling short of the amount to be raised, 

 another collection was ordered. The reason assigned for this 

 Subsidy, which was to be paid yearly for four years, was the 

 hostile conduct of the French King— remembering our own 

 King's " royall viage with puissant army " into France and his 

 " intendyng further pursuite of his noble enterprise of reducing 

 Louis, the late French King" from the ''scisme and division of 

 Christendome unto due obedience of the See Apostolique." The 

 charge was no longer a tenth. All lands, tenements, rents, 

 revenues, annuities, or profits, paid one shilUng in the pound. All 

 coin, plate, stock of merchandise, household stuff, and goods and 

 chattels moveable— except apparel, jewels of gold and money 

 owing— paid one shilling in the pound for £20 and upwards, 

 under £20 and down to 40s. every pound paid sixpence. Aliens 

 in every case paid double. 



Every man of sixteen years of age and above, worth forl,y 

 shilHngs in goods, or in daily or weekly wages up to twenty 

 shillings or above and having no other substance taxable, paid 

 fourpence. Aliens, taking neither wages nor profits, nor having 

 either goods or chattels, paid eightpence. Heads of monasteries 

 were charged for their servants ; but care was ordered for all the 

 privileges of Holy Church, nothing in any wise hurtful to be 

 done. Sometimes separate returns were made of the aliens, 

 these, no doubt, helping the authorities to a knowledge of their 

 number. 



The commissioners first called to their assistance such in- 

 habitants as they chose and then administered the following 

 oath: — "I shall trully enquyre wyth my fellowes that shalbe 

 sworn with me of the best and moost value and substaunce of 

 every person dwellyng or abydyng withyn my lymytes, without 

 any concealment, favour, love, affection, dread or malice, so God 

 me help, and all Sayntes by this book." Aided thus, they made 

 their assessment, the result being the following interesting 

 documents. 



