TUDOR SUBSIDY ROLLS
LITTLE WINDSOR IN BROADWINDSOR & MOSTERTON TITHING
Extracted from “Dorset Tudor Subsidies Granted in 1523, 1543, 1593”, edited by T. L. STOATE available on CD-Rom at www.thebookshop.org.uk
In 1523 Parliament granted King Henry VIII a subsidy to finance the war in France, taxing everyone on lands, goods or wages down to a lower limit of £1, collected over a four-year period. In 1543 another widespread subsidy was granted to permit the King to assert his right to the title of ‘King of Scotland’, with a lower limit of £1 on land and £5 on goods, although this time wages were not taxed. Queen Elizabeth I’s subsidies tended to be constant as to amount, charging 4 shillings (/-) in the pound (£) on yearly income from land with a lower assessment limit of £1 and 2/8 in the £ on the capital value of goods with a lower limit of £3.
The assessments are expressed in pounds and fractions of pounds, with ‘L’ denoting land, ‘G’ denoting goods and ‘W’ denoting wages. People were taxed on one revenue stream only, being that which would yield the highest amount of tax to the Exchequer. The wealth of a married women formed part of her husband’s assessment, but widows and spinsters were taxed in their own right. Aliens and denizens (foreigners with the right of residence) were taxed double. They are usually denoted as “alien”, but occasionally their national origin is given (e.g. ‘Norman’, ‘Frensheman’, ‘Ducheman’, etc.).
Little Windsor in Broadwindsor and Mosterton appear to be a conjoint tithing in the Muster Rolls, so it is assumed this was the case for the Tudor Subsidy Rolls too.
1525 Lytell Wynsore
| Name | Type | Assessment Value (£) |
| John MILLER | G | 11 |
| John MODYFORDE | G | 14 |
| John WEBBER | G | 6 |
| William [illegible] | G | 6 |
| Thomas BARTLETT | G | 18 |
| John MILLER | G | 4 |
| Walter DOUCHE | G | 5 |
| John GOPY | G | 2 |
| William JUSTY | G | 6 |
| Alex WELMAN | W | 1 |
Total: £ 1.16.4
1545 Mostern
| Name | Type | Assessment Value (£) |
| Thomas WEBBE | G | 12 |
| Thomas MYLLAR | G | 10 |
| William JUSTY | G | 6 |
| John MYLLAR | G | 8 |
| Robert BAKER | G | 5 |
| John PAYRE | G | 8 |
| Saunder WELMAN | G | 2 |
| William BAKER | G | 2 |
| William DALY | G | 1 |
| Christopher DALY | G | 1 |
| Christopher COMBE | G | 1 |
| John WODDE | G | 1 |
| John HOODE | G | 1 |
| Robert CHANNING | G | 1 |
| John BYSHOPPE | G | 1 |
| George BAKER | G | - |
| Thomas SANDYFORD | L | - |
| John CLEMENT | G | - |
| Andrew HARRYS | G | - |
| Margaret HARRYS widow | G | 3 |
| William LANGLEY | G | 2 |
| John WEBBE | G | 2 |
| John BAGWELL | G | 2 |
| Richard GORDE | G | 1 |
| Thomas HALLETT | G | 2 |
| Roger HALLETT | G | 1 |
| John CAWSE | G | 1 |
| William BAK[illegible] | G | 1 |
| William STAYNTON | G | 1 |
| John WEBBE | G | 2 |
| John STEGGE | G | 1 |
| John BAKER | G | 1 |
Total: £ 0.15.5
1594 Mosterne
| Name | Type | Assessment Value (£) |
| Thomas JUSTIE | G | 6 |
| Richard EDGER | G | 4 |
| John BAKER | G | 4 |
| John SANDFORD | L | 1 |
| Alexander HOODE | L | 1 |
| Robert GREENWAIE | G | 3 |
| Richard BAGWELL | G | 3 |
| Robert BOWDIGE | G | 3 |
| Hugh PYNNEY | G | 3 |
| John MILLER | G | 4 |
Total: £ 4.8.0