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PARKHAM LAND TAX 1780
Transcribed by Elizabeth Glover Howard
County of Devon to wit for the parish of Parkham in the said County: An Assessment Made in Pursuance of an Act of Parliament passed in the Twentieth year of his Majestys Reign for granting and aid to his Majesty by a Land Tax to be Raised in Great Brittain for the service of the year 1780
| Names of | Proprietors | Names of Occupiers | £ | S | D | |
| The Revd Mr Swindale | for the Rectory and Glebe | Himself | 17 | 18 | 5 | |
| The Revd Mr Morrison | for Part of Yeo | Himself | 5 | 13 | 11 | |
| John Davie Esq | for Halsbury | Samuel Norman | 14 | 14 | 7 | |
| Do | for Worden | Do | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Do | for late Snows | Do | 0 | 4 | 3 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Little Bulland | Do | 0 | 10 | 7 | |
| Do | for South Yeo | Do | 2 | 15 | 1 | |
| Mr Thomas Saltern | for Stone | John Trott | 5 | 18 | 2 | |
| Richard Trimble | for Bocomb | Himself | 5 | 9 | 10 | halfpenny |
| Mr Carder | for Hoopers Bocomb | Richard Trimble | 0 | 15 | 9 | three farthings |
| Do | for adjustment | Do | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jone Hamlin | for spares Bocomb | Joseph Broom | 5 | 5 | halfpenny | |
| Grace Shortridge | for her cottage | Do | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mr John Iron | for Bableigh | John Shutt | 7 | 16 | 3 | three farthings |
| Do | for Venn | Do | 0 | 8 | 4 | one farthing |
| Do | for Pearses Broad Parkham | William Nancekivell junr | 3 | 3 | 6 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Harrises Parkham Town | John Bate | 1 | 8 | 1 | halfpenny |
| Do | for part of Bears | Do | 0 | 8 | 6 | |
| Do | for Palmers Ash | Mary Pickerd | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
| Do | for Hunnacotts Stone | Abraham Clement | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Do | for Smiths Cabbacott | Do | 2 | 17 | 11 | |
| Do | for Whitefields Broad Parkham | Thomas Nancekivell | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Do | for Linches | John Squance | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Do | for the North Lawford | Do | 0 | 10 | 9 | |
| Do | for the South Lawford | Do | 0 | 12 | 9 | one farthing |
| Do | for Hore hill | John Hortop | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Do | for Stabledons | James Veal | 0 | 12 | 10 | |
| Do | for Galsworthys | Do | 0 | 12 | 10 | |
| Do | for Waytown | Richard Shortridge | 2 | 16 | 2 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Heynes Cabbacott | Dinnis Buckinham | 2 | 2 | 3 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Bears Down | John Hortop | 14 | 1 | ||
| Richard Coffin Esq | for Hawkes Holwill | John Glover | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| Do | for Bears | Do | 1 | 0 | 7 | halfpenny |
| Do | for late Prestons | Do | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Do | for late Glovers Wordgate | John Prance | 1 | 18 | 3 | |
| Do | for late Brittans Wordgate | William Pickerd senr | 1 | 10 | 9 | |
| Do | for late Hortops Goldworthy | William Lee | 1 | 11 | 10 | |
| Do | for late Brittans | Do | 1 | 16 | 1 | one farthing |
| Do | for late Shaplyes Goldworthy | John Peard | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Do | for Drews Goldworthy | Samuel Dark | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Mr Thomas Downing | for West Goldworthy | Himself | 7 | 11 | 9 | |
| John Hortop | for Rices Northway | Robert Nancekivell | 1 | 13 | 10 | |
| Do | for Broad Parkham | John Nancekivell | 0 | 5 | 7 | halfpenny |
| Mr John Husbands | for Hordiland | Mary Pickerd | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
| Do | for Southcotts | Do | 2 | 2 | 4 | halfpenny |
| Mary Pickerd | for Fortiscues Ash | Do | 2 | 10 | 8 | |
| Do | for Gilberts | Do | 1 | 7 | 5 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Bonds | Do | 0 | 11 | 9 | |
| Do | for Welkamoor | Do | 0 | 12 | 9 | |
| Do | for Weeks | Do | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
| Do | for Kings Land | Do | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
| Do | for Steart | Thomas Hortop | 3 | 8 | 8 | |
| Mrs Grace Hatherly | for Stone | Edward George | 2 | 17 | 6 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Cabbacott | Do | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Do | for Dundridge | Do | 0 | 8 | 5 | halfpenny |
| Danyel Pridham | for Hawkes Stone | George Austin | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Philip Sanders | for Parkham Town | John Bate | 1 | 19 | 10 | |
| Do | for late Frys | John Broom | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| John Allin | for Waytown | nothing entered | 2 | 15 | 1 | |
| Mr John Saltern | for Blindlake | John Shutt | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mr John Caddy | for Bowden | Himself | 6 | 4 | 6 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Parkham Town | John Hortop | 6 | 2 | 6 | |
| Thomas Jenn | for Old Mill | Himself | 1 | 5 | 6 | halfpenny |
| Charles Jenn | for Jewills Goldworthy | Ambros Pennington Tennet | 0 | 12 | 7 | three farthings |
| Mr Thomas Pridham | for Tuckinmill | Him Self | 2 | 10 | 7 | one farthing |
| John Prance | for Strouds Wordgate | Him Self | 1 | 16 | 5 | halfpenny |
| Mr Wm H Haywood | for Higher Fox Down | Him Self | 1 | 5 | 3 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Lower Fox Down | Do | 0 | 18 | 8 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Pains Clift | Do | 0 | 8 | 6 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Hooper Holwill | Do | 2 | 10 | 11 | |
| Do | for Henhouse | Do | 1 | 5 | 4 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Hanger Wood | Do | 0 | 4 | 3 | halfpenny |
| Do | for late Benjn Ellises | John Baglhole | 0 | 4 | 3 | halfpenny |
| Do | for late Pickerds Steart | John Lannell | 0 | 9 | 6 | farthing |
| Mr Hughish | for Water Shutt | Joseph Haywood | 3 | 9 | 9 | |
| Do | for Elstons | Do | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Do | for Lendons | Do | 0 | 12 | 1 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Lowerd Wordgate | William Pickerd senior | 3 | 19 | 9 | |
| Do | for Perrins | Do | 0 | 13 | 11 | |
| The Revd Mr Merrivell | for Hametts | Do | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
| William Pickerd | for the two slews | Do | 2 | 19 | 8 | |
| Do | for Moles Hill | Do | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| William Nancekivell | for Walters | Him Self | 2 | 2 | 3 | farthing |
| Mr Thomas Cann | for East Goldworthy | Him Self | 3 | 9 | 7 | halfpenny |
| Do | for the Poor Close adjustments | Do | 0 | 4 | 2 | halfpenny |
| William Bayly | for Water Shutt | Him Self | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| John Bayly | for Water Shutt | Him Self | 1 | 7 | 11 | farthing |
| Do | for the Poors land | John Bayly | 0 | 8 | 6 | fathing |
| John Hortop | for Northway | Him Self | 1 | 18 | 4 | |
| Grace Shutt | for Broom Hill | Philip Tar Drew | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Philip Tar Drew | for Part of Bears | Do | 0 | 4 | 3 | halfpenny |
| Elizabeth Lee | for Robins | nothing entered | 0 | 11 | 10 | |
| Do | for Bankhall | John Wellsford | 0 | 7 | 4 | halfpenny |
| John Prance | for Kerswell | Himself | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
| Do | for the adjustment | Do | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| Do | for the Moor | Antorny Prance | 1 | 13 | 8 | |
| William Pickerd | for Mulbury and Down | HimSelf | 7 | 14 | 0 | |
| Do | for Hollomoor | Do | 1 | 0 | 1 | halfpenny |
| George Buck Esq | for Sedborough | Thomas Webster | 19 | 1 | 3 | |
| Do | for the adjustments | Do | 0 | 8 | 5 | halfpenny |
| Do | for late Deans Steart | Richard Veal | 0 | 8 | 4 | |
| Thomas Jewell | for Peppercomb | John Harris | 1 | 5 | 10 | halfpenny |
| Do | for late Glovers | Do | 1 | 5 | 10 | halfpenny |
| Do | for Nicholls | Do | 0 | 19 | 1 | halfpenny |
| James Downing | for Flaxmans | John Squance | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
| Charles Cully Esq | for Nethercott | John Nancekivell | 2 | 10 | 9 | |
| Do | for Nethercotts Parks | Do | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Do | for Dannells Bocombs | Do | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| Ann Smith | for Broad Parkham | Do | 2 | 11 | 6 | |
| John Nancekivell | for his Broad Parkham | Do | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Thomas Short | for his cottage | Himself | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| John Shutt | for his cottage | Richard Shutt | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| James Veal | for Chanters park | Himself | 0 | 0 | 3 | halfpenny |
| John Dunn | for Arnolds moor | nothing entered | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | £255 | 1 | 5 | |||
| We Return for Collectors | Samuel Norman | 20 June 1780 | ||||
| John Peard | Seen and Approved by | |||||
| John Davie | ||||||
| Thos Saltren | ||||||
| Wm Cradock |
Brian Randell, 19 Dec 1999