301 munronT CORPORATION* RECOUPS. 



hero, and in 1330 became a benefactor by founding the Chapel of 

 St. Michael. In this connection I quote from a later account A.D. 

 1399, a payment which shows that St. Mary's Church was partially 

 or wholly rebuilt at that period. 



Paid the Lord Bishop of Salisbury for the dedication of the 

 Church 4134. 



The taxation or assessments remaining are three. 



In the 9th of Edward II. the taxation was one-fifteenth, when 

 each householder's moveables having been appraised he was 

 required to pay one-fifteenth of their value. The wealthiest 

 inhabitant rated was William Bume, whose possessions are assessed 

 as follow : One horse value lOsh., one pig value 2sh., twine value 

 40sh., cordage and hemp value 40sh., two beds lOsh., brass pots 

 value 20sh., one chest of maser wood value 6sh. 8d., corn value 

 20s., one ewer and basin value 4sh., one large and one small chest 

 value lOsh., one hundred lots of hemp value 17sh. 4d. total value 

 180sh., tax 12sh. The property of ten of the burgesses was 

 assessed at 15sh., and even from these was exacted the fifteenth 

 1 shilling. 



The next taxation made, A.D. 1319, was of one-twelfth; 67 

 burgesses were assessed. The wealthiest of them was Robert de 

 Bothenhamtone, and his possessions amount to no more than 

 4 8s., thus made up : One cow 7sh., 2 hogs 6sh., 2 brass platters 

 5sh., hides 3, and furniture in his chamber lOsh. 



The third taxation made, A.D. 1323, was of one-sixth. The 

 number now assessed was 80. The population seems to have been 

 poorer than it was four years previously, but the exaction was even 

 more vigorously enforced, one shilling being demanded from a man 

 whose entire goods were worth only 6sh. I am surprised and 

 disappointed not to find among the records the well known and 

 interesting Taxation of Pope Nicholas III., but it seems to have 

 been lost. 



WILLS. 



The number of wills is very large, and the contents are most 

 interesting, furnishing us they do the names of inhabitants of 



