Names of Sampford Peverell tax payers
The Devon Lay Subsidy Rolls 1524-1527 and 1545-1547
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. The Sampford Peverell residents listed in the rolls from 1524-27 and 1545-47 can be found here
An Excel spreadsheet of this data can be found here: The 1524-7 and 1545-7 Devon Subsidy Rolls
An Excel spreadsheet of this data can be found here: The 1524-7 and 1545-7 Devon Subsidy Rolls
The 1674 Hearth Tax
This was a property tax based on the number of hearths, or fireplaces, in a property. Poorer people would have had just one hearth, and the more hearths were listed the bigger the property was likely to have been. There is a lot of information about the hearth tax on Wikipedia here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearth_tax
The names and numbers of hearths for Sampford Peverell, with a list of 'paupers', is in this PDF list
The book page showing it can be seen on the password-protected Taxation Originals page by society members here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearth_tax
The names and numbers of hearths for Sampford Peverell, with a list of 'paupers', is in this PDF list
The book page showing it can be seen on the password-protected Taxation Originals page by society members here
1844 Tithes
The Tithe Assessments for Sampford Peverell Parish were carried out from 1843 to 1845.
Devon County Council has a web page where you can a detailed map of Sampford Peverell with the properties numbered, and the list of who paid tithes on which property - the Tithe apportionment. It shows both the original documents and a PDF transcription. The map is very clear - you can zoom in and out of it. This is a link to the DCC web page
For ease of looking up people and properties we have done our own transcriptions sorted in three ways:
Tithe apportionment - as published
Tithe apportionment - sorted by property number
Tithe apportionment - sorted by occupier name
You can also download this data as an excel spreadsheet here
Devon County Council has a web page where you can a detailed map of Sampford Peverell with the properties numbered, and the list of who paid tithes on which property - the Tithe apportionment. It shows both the original documents and a PDF transcription. The map is very clear - you can zoom in and out of it. This is a link to the DCC web page
For ease of looking up people and properties we have done our own transcriptions sorted in three ways:
Tithe apportionment - as published
Tithe apportionment - sorted by property number
Tithe apportionment - sorted by occupier name
You can also download this data as an excel spreadsheet here
Glebe Terriers
A Glebe Terrier was a document describing land and property in the parish owned by the Church of England. Three seventeenth century glebe terriers for Sampford Peverell survive. The document here includes a fuller explanation of the documents, and transcriptions of all three.
The Sampford Peverell Glebe Terriers
The Sampford Peverell Glebe Terriers
Land Tax Returns
The land tax was introduced in 1692, and was a tax paid by the owners of property, or in some cases by those leasing property. There is much more about it on this National Archives web page: https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/the-land-tax-1692-1963.pdf
The records for most years for Sampford Peverell are held in the Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter, but we have transcribed many of them. They give the names of landowners, and/or leaseholders, the name of the property, and its value.
Colin Passey has kindly, and patiently, transcribed the Land Tax Returns from 1780 to 1834 for us. They have not yet been checked, but the Excel spreadsheets can be downloaded here (note, they will download onto your computer, not open on a web page):
Land Tax 1780 to 1789
Land Tax 1790 to 1797
Land Tax 1798 to 1802
Land Tax 1803 to 1808
Land Tax 1809 to 1814
Land Tax 1815 to 1819
Land Tax 1820 to 1824
Land Tax 1825 to 1829
Land Tax 1830 to 1834
We also have PDF format transcriptions of some of the Land Tax Returns, linked below:
1770 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1780 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1790 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1827 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1861 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1871 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1881 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1891 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1900 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
Society members can see some original images of land tax returns on this password-protected page
The records for most years for Sampford Peverell are held in the Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter, but we have transcribed many of them. They give the names of landowners, and/or leaseholders, the name of the property, and its value.
Colin Passey has kindly, and patiently, transcribed the Land Tax Returns from 1780 to 1834 for us. They have not yet been checked, but the Excel spreadsheets can be downloaded here (note, they will download onto your computer, not open on a web page):
Land Tax 1780 to 1789
Land Tax 1790 to 1797
Land Tax 1798 to 1802
Land Tax 1803 to 1808
Land Tax 1809 to 1814
Land Tax 1815 to 1819
Land Tax 1820 to 1824
Land Tax 1825 to 1829
Land Tax 1830 to 1834
We also have PDF format transcriptions of some of the Land Tax Returns, linked below:
1770 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1780 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1790 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1827 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1861 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1871 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1881 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1891 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
1900 Land Tax Returns transcription as PDF
Society members can see some original images of land tax returns on this password-protected page
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The content of this website, including the transcriptions, can be freely accessed, printed and downloaded in an unaltered form with copyright acknowledged to The Sampford Peverell Society, for any non-commercial use. It may not be sold, licensed, transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner to any other person without prior written consent. Individuals and organisations wishing to make the content available through their websites may do so by means of hyperlinks to this site.