Devon Parish Taxpayers, 1500-1650: Volume Three

TODD GRAY MBE is Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and the author or editor of a number of volumes on Exeter and Devon including William Birchynshaw's Map of Exeter, 1743 and The Chronicle of Exeter, 1205-1722.

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction- Local parish administration and variations- Three urban areas - Editorial Conventions The ListsChurchstow, Military Rate, c1592; Church Rate, 1616Churston Ferrers, Poor Rates, 1599, 1602 & 1607; Church Rates, 1612 & 1613; Poor Rates, 1629, 1633, 1639, 1645 & 1650Clayhanger, Easter Books, c1573-82; Church Rate, 1603Clayhidon, Church Rates, c1613 & 1615 (3)Clovelly, Eight Men Rate, 1613Coldridge, Church Rates, early 1600s & 1613; Poor Rate, 1619; Church Rate, 1621; Poor Rate, 1632; Ship Money Rate, 1639Colebrooke, Church Rates, 1623 & 1625Colyton, Church Rates, 1579 & 1618; Poor Rate, 1639Combe Martin, Church Rates, 1583 (2)Combe Raleigh, Church Rate, 1596Combe-in-Teignhead, Church Rate, 1600Cookbury, Church Rates, 1613 & early 1600sCornwood, Church Rate, 1628Cornworthy, Military Rate, c1592Coryton, Militia Rates (2), 1643Crediton, some including Sandford, Church Rate, 1549; Easter Books, 1574, 1582 & 1594; Church Rate, 1619; Tithe Accounts, 1630, 1636 & 1644Cruwys Morchard, Church Rate, 1604Dartington, Military Rate, c1592; Church Rate, 1593; Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor Rate, 1642Dartmouth, St Petrox (Southtown), Poor Rates, 1604, 1609, 1611, 1613 & 1619; Hospital Rates, 1627 (2); Poor Rate, 1649; Poor Rate Account, 1649Dartmouth, St Saviour (Northtown), Poor Rates, 1601, 1603, 1605, 1609, 1615, 1618, 1619, 1622, 1624, 1625, 1632, 1638 & 1649 (2)Dartmouth, Townstal, Military Rate, c1592; Poor Rates, 1610, 1611, 1617, 1620 & 1649 (2)Dartmouth, Militia Rate, 1601Dean Prior, Sidemen Rate, 1580; Highway Rate, 1586; Poor & Church Rate, 1590; Military Rate, c1592; Highway & Sidemen Rates, 1598; Highway Rate, 1602; Poor Rates, 1616, 1629, 1631, 1634, 1640, 1644 & 1649Diptford, Military Rate, c1592Dittisham, Military Rate, c1592Dodbrooke, Poor Rate, 1613Doddiscombsleigh, Church Rate, 1612Dolton, Church Rate, 1613; Churchyard Rate, 1623Dunkeswell, Church Rate, 1610AppendicesAppendix 1. Letter regarding financing church repairs at Colyton, 1 June 1606Appendix 2. Letter from to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of St Saviour, Dartmouth, 6 March 1610Appendix 3. Dartmouth electors, 1626Appendix 4. Account of the head wardens of Dean Prior, 1580 NotesIndex

These lists will be of great interest and use to local historians of various parishes.