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Exeter in the Seventeenth Century

Tax and Rate Assessments 1602–1699

Ed. WG Hoskins
From the Queen’s subsidy of 1602, through the Poll Tax of 1660 and the Hearth Tax of 1671 to the Poor Rate of 1699, this volume transcribes the records of taxes and rates paid in Exeter, providing economic and social historians with a picture of the comparative wealth among the 19 parishes, and a valuable directory of inhabitants (as everyone over seven was taxed) for genealogists.
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  • Publisher: Devon & Cornwall Record Society
  • Year: 1973
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 240x152mm
  • ISBN: 9780901853059
  • Condition: New - Very Good
  • Weight: 0.3kg
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517862
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Exeter's tax assessments from the seventeenth century give an important insight into the population and economy of one of England's principal cities in this period. They tell us about housing, population density, the distributionof wealth across the city, and the incomes of Exeter's citizens. They also show the ways in which the wealth of Exeter's citizens changed during the course of the century. These accounts, edited with an introduction by the well-known Devon historian W. G. Hoskins, will interest historians of early modern towns and society, as well as local historians.
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