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. 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...
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 ...