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Land Tax: 1814-33
This tax was based on the value of property etc. and paid by the owner or (sometimes) occupier according to their agreement. It started in 1692 and valuations are based on those done at this date.
For more information on these records see the Land Tax Assessments page.
These Norfolk Record Office documents [with the references C/SCD 2/28/21 1814 to C/SCD 2/28/39 1832 and also on microform] are part of the Norfolk Quarter Sessions Land Tax Assessments which are arranged by divisions this one being in Shropham Hundred.
Other accounts available
| - Land Tax Accounts - | |||||
| Payments | 1767-68 | 1781-82 | 1782-83 | 1784-85 | 1796-97 |
| 1797-98 | 1800-14 | 1814-33 | |||
[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
From 1798 a printed form was used which contained the following.
The original document had the following headings spelt out in full. They have been contracted to allow for a clearer display.
- Names of Proprietors = "Names of Proprietors
Listed Alphabetically" - Value = "Valuation"
- Exon = "Sums assessed & exonerated"
- Not Exon = "Sums assessed & not exonerated"
- Estate = "Sums assessed of PERSONAL ESTATES STOCK"
- OFF = "Sums assessed of OFFICES ANNUAL AMOUNT"
- YEAR PAY = "TOTAL of YEARLY PAYMENTS"
- QTR PAY = "QUARTERLY PAYMENTS"
Norfolk to Wit
For the Parish of Illington
An Assessment for one Year, from the 5th April, 1814, to the 5th April, 1815, made in pursuance of an Act passed in the 38th Year of the Reign of his Majesty George the Third, for granting an Aid to His Majesty, by a LAND TAX to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1798, and made perpetual by another Act passed in the 38th Year of the Reign of his said Majesty and also in pursuance of another Act passed in the 39th Year of the Reign of his said Majesty's Reign, for continuing and granting to his Majesty a Duty on Pensions, Offices, and Personal Estate, &c. for the Service of the Year 1815.
The original had all the following columns:-
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exon | Not Exon | ||||||||
| Names of Proprietors | Occupiers | Value £ Rent | £.s.d | Value £ Rent | £.s.d | Est ate £.s.d | OFF £.s.d | YEAR PAY £.s.d | QTR PAY £.s.d |
Columns C, D, G & H were blank so have not been included.
1814 - [5th/April/1814 to 5th/April/1815].
| Exon | |||||
| Names of Proprietors | Occupiers | Value £ Rent | £.s.d | YEAR PAY £.s.d | QTR PAY £.s.d |
| Revnd R C Long | Wells Geo | 79 10 0 | 15 18 0 | 15 18 0 | 3 19 6 |
| Revnd R C Long | Gates Susan | 142 0 0 | 35 10 0 | 35 10 0 | 8 17 6 |
| £ | 257 0 0 | 51 8 0 | 51 8 0 | 12 17 0 | |
Note that there was nothing to pay as the land had been "exonerated" before the tax for 1804 was due. Assessors (often the same people year after year) sometimes filled in more columns than were actually necessary.
1815 - No change from 1814.
1816 - [5th/April/1816 to 5th/April/1817].
"Susan Gates" changed to "Susanna Gates".
1817/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25/26 Land Tax - No changes from 1816.
1827 - [5th/April/1827 to 5th/April/1828].
| Ren tals | Names of Proprietors | Names of Occupiers | Names of Description of Estates or Property | Exon £.s.d | Not Exon YEAR PAY £.s.d |
| 79 10 0 | Revnd R C Long | Wells Geo | House & Land | 15 18 0 | |
| 142 0 0 | Revnd R C Long | Gates Susan | Do | 35 10 0 | |
| 257 0 0 | £ | 51 8 0 |
1828/29/30/31 Land Tax - No changes from 1827.
1832 - [5th/April/1832 to 5th/April/1833].
| Ren tals | Names of Proprietors | Names of Occupiers | Names or Description of Estates or Property | Exon £.s.d | Not Exon YEAR PAY £.s.d |
| 79 10 0 | Revnd R C Long | John Gates | Farm | 15 18 0 | |
| 142 0 0 | Revnd R C Long | Francis Gates | Farm | 35 10 0 | |
| 257 0 0 | £ | 51 8 0 |
John Gates - Assessor
[End of Document]
Notes
- In the "1832 Register of Electors" the following are present as being qualified because of "Land, as occupier" :-
Gates, Francis Hamond of Illington at West Hall farm
Gates, John Anthony of Illington at East Hall farm
See also the Illington parish page.
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December 2015