DEVON WILLS
(Ref 066)
by C. Worthy
You will probably be aware that most of the wills
belonging to the West Country were destroyed in an air
raid on Exeter during the Second World War. Whilst
copies are being found genealogists and local historians
have to rely heavily of transcriptions and extractions
made prior to this loss.
Of these useful works Devonshire Wills by C. Worthy is
one of the most important. This massive work of 516
pages is divided between 309 pages of will and
administrations and 206 pages of the genealogies of 31
Devonshire families.
As well as the usual index at the back of the book, this
CD version can also be searched by using the search
facility in Adobe Acrobat, making this a most useful CD to
anyone whose interests lie in the county of Devon .
£6.00 including U.K. P&P
DEVON LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS 1524 - 1527
Edited
by T. L. Stoate
(Ref: 045)
The
Subsidy
rolls
of
1524
-
27
are,
with
a
few
exceptions,
the
first
taxation
lists
giving
the
names
of
the
inhabitants
since
the
subsidy
of
1332.
This
transcript
was
edited
and
published
by
T.
L.
Stoate.
It
names
all
of
those
on
the
Roll
along
with
their
class
of taxation
£7.50 including U.K. P & P
DEVON LAY SUBSIDIES 1543 - 1545
by T. L. Stoate
(Ref 042)
This
is
a
CD
of
the
surviving
Subsidy
Rolls
of
Devon
but
does
not
include
Exeter,
because
its
1544
roll
has
been
transcribed
by
Mrs.
Rowe
in
"Tudor
Exeter”
(Devon
and
Cornwall
Record
Society,
Volume
22.
1977).
There
are
many
thousands
of
people
listed
usually
giving
their
parish
and
the
value
that
the
person
is
assessed
at.
Fully indexed and searchable.
£7.50 including U.K. P & P
DEVON TAXES 1581 to 1660
Edited byT.L. Stoate
(Ref 041)
Throughout
history
monarchs
and
governments
have
needed
to
raise
money
for
various
causes.
This
is
usually
done
by
way
of
subsidies
or
taxes
and
of
course
lists
had
to
be
made
of
those
who
paid
or
were
liable
to
these
taxes.
This
CD
contains
the
lists
of
those,
in
Devon
,
who
were
eligible
for
a
number
of
taxes
between
the
years
of
1581 and 1660.
£7.50 including U.K. P & P
DEVON HEARTH TAX RETURNS 1674
Edited by T. L. Stoate
(Ref 039)
The
Hearth
Tax
is
one
of
the
most
well-known
taxes
when
each
hearth
in
a
house
was
liable
to
be
taxed.
This
publication
contains
those
surviving
lists
for
the
county
of
Devon
for
the
year of 1674.
£7.50 including U.K. P & P
