Protestation Returns 1641-42 and Other Contemporary Listings

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Three groups, Protestation, Collection and Taxation records, provide the most important sources in the Guide. The far fewer records of the previous decade and the following years of Civil War and Commonwealth have also been included. With this finding-aid, it should be possible to draw valid conclusions about people and places in the 1640s, a demographically obscure period before the Hearth Tax Returns of 1662 and subsequent years.The Protestation, a form of oath of loyalty, ostensibly to the King, but in fact to Parliament, was initiated in the House of Commons in May 1641, when Members themselves took it. Nine months later the scope was very vastly widened, when instructions went out that it should be taken by every adult (male); very ocasionally women were also recorded.Closely associated with the Protestation was the Collection in Aid of Distrssed Protestants in Ireland; The oath was taken and the collection made, often simultaneously, in February 1641/42 and March.Parliament-approved taxation records recommence, after Charles I's eleven years of personal rule, with Tudor-type Subsidies, to be collected during 1641. In July 1641 a Poll Tax was voted, but few records of this survive. Thirdly, an Assessment or Grant was agreed, to be collected in May and November 1642. This Assessment had a much lower tax threshold, and consquently many more taxpayers are named.

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Manufacturer/Publisher: Family History Partnership
Binding: Paperback
Author: Jeremy Gibson & Alan Dell

SKU: 9781860060069

Description

Three groups, Protestation, Collection and Taxation records, provide the most important sources in the Guide. The far fewer records of the previous decade and the following years of Civil War and Commonwealth have also been included. With this finding-aid, it should be possible to draw valid conclusions about people and places in the 1640s, a demographically obscure period before the Hearth Tax Returns of 1662 and subsequent years.The Protestation, a form of oath of loyalty, ostensibly to the King, but in fact to Parliament, was initiated in the House of Commons in May 1641, when Members themselves took it. Nine months later the scope was very vastly widened, when instructions went out that it should be taken by every adult (male); very ocasionally women were also recorded.Closely associated with the Protestation was the Collection in Aid of Distrssed Protestants in Ireland; The oath was taken and the collection made, often simultaneously, in February 1641/42 and March.Parliament-approved taxation records recommence, after Charles I's eleven years of personal rule, with Tudor-type Subsidies, to be collected during 1641. In July 1641 a Poll Tax was voted, but few records of this survive. Thirdly, an Assessment or Grant was agreed, to be collected in May and November 1642. This Assessment had a much lower tax threshold, and consquently many more taxpayers are named.

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We offer free standard UK delivery on all orders over £50.

Orders up to £30 are charged a flat fee of £4.95

Orders between £30.01 and £50 are charged a flat fee of £6.95.

Usual UK delivery timescale (excluding custom prints) is between 5 and 7 working days from the date of dispatch. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. For custom print delivery pricing and timescales see below. These timescales may vary especially when we have online sales and in the weeks before Christmas.

Delivery Worldwide

We can also ship most items worldwide. 

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Custom Prints

Your prints and frames will be handmade by King & McGaw at their Sussex workshop.

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If you are not completely satisfied with your item you may return it within 28 days for a refund.

For further details on returns click here.

Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake. Custom prints are exempt as they are made to order.