Updated 14 Oct 2000

WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900

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POLL TAX Records

Bonsall
10 June 1689


The Poll Tax was an alternative method of raising money by central government from medieval times. It was levied at various times between about 1290 and 1872. The numbers who evaded payment were probably fewer than those who did not pay when the tax was revived in the late 1980s!
Here is a list transcribed by Barry Marple and sent to me via e-mail. The heading on the record says:
'An assessment for Bonsall by vertue of a late Act of Parliament entituled an Act for the raiseing of money by a Poll & otherwise for Reduceing of Ireland as followeth'.
The original document has the amount assessed against each name, it appears to be one old shilling per poll (head).

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Ref  SURNAME      Firstname        Comments

206  ABELL        Dorcas
23   ABELL        James            & Dorothy Abell
22   ABELL        John             & Anne
24   ABELL        Marmaduke        his wife & sonne
101  ABELL        William          & his wife
13   ADAMS        John
12   ADAMS        Thomas
199  ADKINSON     Henry            his wife & child
141  ALLSOPP      Mathew           his wife & children
103  ALLSOPP      William          & his wife
125  ASHTON       William          his wife & children
171  AWKIN        Ambros           & his wife
26   BALM         Jonathan         his wife & 4 children
100  BARKER       Nicholas
245  BATEMAN      William
91   BEASTALL     John
157  BEASTAW      Edward           his wife & children
207  BEASTAW      Elizabeth        widow
160  BEASTAW      John             his wife & child
158  BEASTAW      William          his wife & Sonne
107  BEMONT       Anthony
108  BLAND        Samuell          & his wife
49   BOAM         Thomas
205  BODEN        Anthony
2    BODEN        John             & Anne Boden
250  BOLLINGTON   Edward           junior  Collector
120  BOLLINGTON   Edward           his wife & children
184  BOLLINGTON   Edward
241  BOOTH        Mary
203  BOWN         George           his wife & children
43   BOWN         Henry            Senior & his wife
8    BOWN         Henry            his wife & child
185  BOWN         Isaac
247  BOWNE        George           Assessor
44   BOWNE        William          & his wife
73   BRADLEY      Anne
113  BRADSHAW     Edward
215  BRIDDON      Sarah
181  BRITTAINE    Anne
197  BROWN        Anne
102  BRUNT        Anthony          his wife & Sonne
194  BRUNT        John             his wife & child
46   BUCKLEY      David            his wife & Sonne
193  BUNTING      Thomas           & his wife
192  BUNTING      William          & his wife
239  CAUDWELL     Mary
79   CHADWICK     Widow            & her children
144  CHAPMAN      Thomas
189  CHRITCHLO    Thomas
36   CLARKE       James
16   CLARKE       Thomas           & his wife
218  COUPE        Lucy
177  COUPE        William          & his wife
165  DAKIN        Daniell
25   DOWN         John             & his sonne
53   EATON        Anthony
52   EATON        John             & his wife
82   EATON        Thomas           & his wife
243  ELCE         Grace
168  ELCE         Henry            junior & his wife
167  ELCE         Henry            & his wife
96   ELCE         Henry
228  ELCE         Mary
169  ELCE         Thomas
90   ELCE         William
186  ELLIOT       William
213  ETTLISTON    Jonathan         officer in the Excise
246  EVANS        Hellen
99   FERN         Edmund           & his wife
35   FERNE        Elizabeth        Mrs
34   FERNE        Robert           gentleman
37   FLINT        Joseph
236  FLIXON       Ales
129  FLIXON       Henry            his wife & child
249  FLIXON       John             Collector
130  FLIXON       Jonathan         his wife & children
208  FORD         Katherine
143  FROST        Arthur           & his wife
235  FROST        Grace
9    FROST        John             his wife & child
145  FROST        Thomas           & his wife
148  GOODWORTH    Robert
18   GRATTON      John             junior
4    GRATTON      Thomas
117  GREATOREX    Anthony
42   GREATOREX    German           & his wife
32   GREATOREX    Henry            his wife & children
248  GREATOREX    John             Assessor
20   GREATOREX    Jonathan         & Mary Greatorex & Dorothy
31   GREATOREX    Joseph           his wife & child
183  GREEN        Adam
190  GREEN        Anne             widow]
191  GREEN        Francis
66   GREEN        Thomas           & his wife
58   GREENSMITH   Adam
51   GREENSMITH   Anthony          & his wife
64   GREENSMITH   Anthony          & his wife
11   GREENSMITH   Elizabeth        widow
195  GREENSMITH   James
63   GREENSMITH   Thomas           Senior
45   GREENSMITH   Thomas           junior
219  GYDDY        Isaac
209  HALL         Jennet
232  HALL         Sara
212  HALL         Thomas           & his wife
220  HALLOM       Thomas
111  HARD         Widow            & her two Sonnes
221  HARDING      Elizabeth
41   HARDING      Henry
227  HARDING      Mary
10   HARDING      William          Senior
146  HASLAM       George           & his wife
201  HASLAM       Jone             & her child
137  HASLAM       Thomas           & his wife
170  HAWWORTH     James
136  HENSTOCK     George           & his wife
97   HENSTOCK     James
92   HENSTOCK     Widow            & her sonne
216  HIDES        John
156  HIDES        William
240  HIGTON       Anthony
33   HILL         Hellen           & her daughter
93   HILL WIDOW   Mary
68   HOLEHOUSE    John
104  HOLEHOUSE    Mary
72   HOLEHOUSE    William          his wife & children
112  HOLEHOUSE    William
105  HOLEHOUSE    William          & Catherine
1    HOPKINSON    John             gentleman
3    HOUGHTON     John
159  HOWARD       George
179  JACKSON      Jane             Mrs
180  JACKSON      Sarah            Mrs
154  JAMES        Raph             & his wife
182  JOBIT        Anne
214  KING         Grace
124  KIRKLAND     Joseph
75   KIRKLAND     Raph             his wife & sonne
123  KIRKLAND     William
178  LATHAM       John             & his wife
40   LEEK         Henry            & his wife
210  LEES         Katherine
30   LEES         Samuell          & Sarah Adams
106  LOWE         Thomas           & his wife
76   LOWE         William          & his wife
69   LOXLEY       Anthony
166  LOXLEY       David            & his wife
244  LOXLEY       Isaac
127  LOXLEY       William
21   MARCHINGTON  Grace            & her Sonne
114  MARPLE       John             & his wife
39   MARPLE       Joseph           his wife & children
109  MARPLE       Thomas           his wife & Sonne
224  MARSHALL     Mary
78   MARTIN       William          junior & his wife
77   MARTIN       William          Senior
62   MASSEY       Henry
162  MASSEY       William          junior & his wife
56   MASSIE       John
61   MASSIE       William          Senior & his wife
188  MATHER       George           & his sonne
163  MATHER       John
173  MATHER       Thomas           & his wife
5    MATHER       William          & his wife
149  MORRIS       Widdow           & her Sonne
67   NEEDHAM      Adam             his wife & daughter
83   NEEDHAM      George           his wife & sonne
116  NEEDHAM      Thomas
98   NEWTON       William          & his wife
55   NOBLETT      Thomas           & his wife
74   NORTH        George           his wife & children
28   NORTH        John             his wife & child
126  ORME         John             his wife & children
6    POOLE        Edward           (Mr) Rector his sonne & wife
200  POUNDALL     William          & his wife
7    PRIOR        Thomas           (Mr) Curatt
48   PROFFITT     George           junior
128  RAGG         Adam             & his wife
174  RAGG         James            & his wife
196  RAGG         John             junior
164  RENTSHAW     John
150  RENTSHAW     William          & his wife
50   SHAW         Robert           & his wife
29   SHAW         William          his wife & child
231  SHELDON      Mary
155  SHELDON      William          & his wife
142  SIMPSON      Anthony          Senior & his wife
140  SIMPSON      Anthony          junior & his wife
172  SIMPSON      Anthony          Senior
139  SIMPSON      Charles          & his wife
138  SIMPSON      Peter            & his wife
84   SIMPSON      Thomas           & his wife
230  SLACK        James
152  SMEDLEY      Abraham          & his wife
132  SMEDLEY      Adam             & his wife
65   SMEDLEY      Edward           junior
70   SMEDLEY      Edward           Senior
133  SMEDLEY      Joseph           & his wife
153  SMEDLEY      Thomas           & his wife
151  SMEDLEY      Widdow
71   SMEDLEY      William          his wife & children
115  SMITH        Abram
122  SMITH        Susand
135  SMITH        William          & his wife
229  SOERSBY      Elizabeth
242  STEER        Mary
176  STEERE       Peter            & his wife
233  STONE        John
81   STORER       John
80   STORER       Robert
57   SUPPERS      Henry            his sonne & wife
54   SWALLOW      Henry            & his wife
237  SYDDON       Jane
211  TARREND      Thomas           & his wife
217  TIPING       Sarah
38   TOMLINSON    Ales             & her sonne
238  WAGSTAFFE    Jane
226  WAINER       Mathew
121  WALKER       William          & his wife
119  WHITE        Dorothy          widow
118  WHITE        Ellen            widow
89   WHITE        Samuell          & his wife
225  WIBERLY      Isaac
15   WIGLEY       Henry
59   WIGLEY       James
14   WIGLEY       Thomas           & his wife
234  WILD         Mary
60   WODD         Widow
131  WOLEY        Thomas           & his wife
222  WOOD         John
110  WOODIWIS     Anthony          junior
85   WOODIWIS     Anthony          his wife & children
17   WOODIWIS     James            & his daughter
187  WOODIWIS     John             & his wife
223  WOODIWIS     Mary
47   WOODIWIS     Sara
202  WOODIWIS     Thomas
88   WOODIWIS     Tobias           & his wife
87   WOODIWIS     William          junior
86   WOODIWIS     William          Senior & his wife
198  WOODIWIS     William
19   WOODIWIS     William
175  WOODWISSE    Henry            & his wife
95   WORTHY       David
134  WORTHY       Francis
94   WORTHY       George
161  WORTHY       John
27   WORTHY       Thomas
147  WRIGHT       Richard
204  YOUNG        William          & his wife

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