Held at: | Private Collection |
Reference: | LD_rs_0001 |
Source: | Original document |
Title: | Land Tax [extract: assessments for Michaelchurch Mill] |
Place name: | Michaelchurch Escley |
Date: | 1776-1838 |
Description:
It appears from the records that the Land Tax for ‘The Mill lands’ in Michaelchurch remained fixed at 19 shillings and four pence throughout the period from 1776 to 1837. It is shown as 19s 6d in 1838, though this may have been a clerical error rather than a tax increase. There are occasional gaps of one or two years in the records, but they provide an essentially complete picture of who occupied the mill and therefore paid the tax and presumably was the miller. In most cases the name of the ‘proprietor’ or owner of the land is also shown. Where necessary, the relevant entries have been identified by the amount of tax paid (19s 4d) if not specifically shown as for ‘the mill’ in the written record. Where the name of the person paying the tax has changed from one year to the next, continuity has been established from verifying the name of the proprietor to ensure it is still the Mill land that is being referred to. The occupiers (millers) were as follows:
1776 Thomas Stanford | 1781 John Mathews |
1788 Thomas Robinson | 1789 Thomas Robinson |
1790 Thomas Robinson | 1791 Thomas Robinson |
1795 Benjamin Whistance | 1798 Benjamin Whistance |
1804 Benjamin Whistance | 1806 Benjamin Whistance |
1809 Howell Powell | 1810 Howell Powell |
1812 James Johnson | 1813 James Johnson |
1814 James Johnson | 1815 James Johnson |
1816 James Johnson | 1817 William Prosser |
1818 James Lewis | 1819 James Lewis |
1820 Sylvanus Watkins | 1821 Sylvanus Watkins |
1822 Sylvanus Watkins | 1823 Samuel Price |
1824 Sylvanus Watkins | 1825 Sylvanus Watkins |
1826 Sylvanus Watkins | 1827 John Walters |
1828 John Wistance | 1829 Richard Wistance |
1830 Joseph Beavan | 1831 Samuel Morgan |
1832 Barbara Trail (Mortgagee at Mch. Court) | 1834 Parsons |
1836 Thomas Gwillim | 1838 Thomas Gwilliam (sic) |
Observations:
Original Land Tax records are held at Herefordshire Record Office
Ref: rs_mic_0068