BRADWELL ON SEA  SUBSIDY ROLL FOR 1545

Tax records make an excellent source of data in that they record the names and comparative wealth of Districts.

  The tax listed below was called a one twentieth tax as the tax required was one twentieth of wealth in 1545 which was at the end of the reign of Henry VIII.

Name

Tax Value  in £

John Brok

30

John Paget

30

John Harris

30

John Perks

30

John Broke jnr

10

John Broke jnr

10

John Gale

10

Steven Baldwin

10

Richard Smythe

10

John Harvey

14

William Page

14

Thomas Reddeck

14

Thomas Cawsten

14

Elen Byes

10