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Volume XIV  Lay Subsidy Rolls for Hertfordshire 1307-8 & 1334.

This transcript of the 1307-8 lay subsidy roll for Hertfordshire makes available information concerning all communities and classes of people in the county.

The comprehensive list of locative and occupational by names, supplies details about population mobility and occupations. As a tax listing, it allows a snapshot of wealth at the peak of medieval economic activity.

The Introduction provides a firm basis for understanding the document and offers an overview of the state of Hertfordshire’s economy in the early fourteenth century.

Hardcover: 206 pages (fully indexed)
Published By: Hertfordshire Record Society Publications
ISBN: 0-9523779-3-4
Dimensions: 24 x 16.5 x 2 cm