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The Shropshire Record Series
3 The lay subsidy for Shropshire 1524–7.
The 'Great Subsidy' was a tax
granted to Henry VIII in 1523 to pay for war with France.
Taxpayers' names were listed under the names of their townships,
with the value of each person's taxable assets. For Shropshire
the records were the most complete since the 14th century; those
that survive name more than 3,800 people and 640 places. With
this edition Shropshire becomes the first West Midland or Marcher
county to have its 'Great Subsidy' in print.
Edited by M.
A. Faraday (1999). 204 pages, including introduction and index.
Paperback.
ISBN 0 9536020 0 1. Standard price: £15 in UK, £20
overseas (both post free).