Vol. I. (ff. 136). 1. SCRUTINY of arms in the four wards; March, 4 Hen. VII. [1489]. f. 2. 2. Assessments for fifteenths; 5-17 Hen. VII. [1489-1502]. ff. 13-42, 48-59, 75-98, 110-134. 3. Assessments for arms; 6 and 10 Hen. VII. [1490-1, 1494-5]. ff. 43, 60. 4. "An aide and a contribucion m...
MUNICIPAL ACCOMPTS and taxations of Colchester, co. Essex; 1489-1595. Three volumes, of which vols. i. and ii. have tables of contents by Rev. Philip Morant (not, however, exactly corresponding to the present arrangement). Paper. Narrow Folio.
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Revenue: Assessments of Colchester for fifteenths, etc.: 1489-1663. Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Colchester collections: 15th-18th centt. Colchester, Essex: Municipal accompts and taxations: 1489-1665.
Vol. II. (ff. 85). 1. ASSESSMENT for expenses of the burgesses in Parliament; 19 Hen. VII. [1503-4]. f 2. 2. Accompts of John Maynerd, Chamberlain of Colchester, for the year ending Michaelmas, 1549, including (ff. 26, 45, 59) an "ayde graunted by the hoole Councell . . . for and towardes the ...
TAXATIONS Of Colchester for subsidies, in various years from 1577 to 1596; preceded (ff. 2-39 b) by an undated taxation [temp. Hen. VIII.], and followed (ff. 112-124 b) by portions of two others [temp. Eliz.]. At f. 125 is the taxation for two subsidies, 3 Oct. 15 Charles II. [l663]. With note...
PAPERS relating to the payment by the borough of Colchester of composition-money for the maintenance of the Royal Household; 1596-1638. Included are;-(a) A complete survey of the borough for the assessment of the tax in 1596, and again in 1599. ff. 7, 25;-(b) Rating of the several parishes for 1...
RETURNS from the several parishes in Colchester, co. Essex, of assessments for the maintenance of the Parliamentary army, for royal subsidies, etc.; 4 Mar. 1642/3-16 Mar. 1664/5. A few letters and orders from the Parliamentary and County Committees are included; and a note by Rev. Philip Morant ...
COLLECTIONS relating to Colchester, by Rev. Philip Morant; consisting of copies and extracts of various documents, with notes, forming the materials for his History of Colchester (first published in 1748, afterwards enlarged and incorporated in his Hist. of Essex, 1768). In six vols., each of which has at the beginning a general description of its contents. Vols. i. and ii. deal with the town generally; vol. iii. with the civic government; and vols. iv.-vi. with the monasteries of St. John a...
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Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Colchester collections: 15th-18th centt. Colchester, Essex: Collections relating to: 14th-18th centt.
Vol. II. ff. 102. includes: f. 45 Thomas Ruse: Letter to the Aldermen of Colchester: 1684. f. 45 Boys, Alderman of Colchester: Letter to, from T. Ruse: 1684.