Half year Land Tax for Beausale - 1838

Thomas Wise was an Overseer for the Poor and a Constable for Beausale (just north-west of Warwick)
in the mid-19th century. Some of his account books have been discovered recently

Among his duties was the collection of Land Tax.
The accounts of the Half-year's tax for 1838 are as follows:

Transcription kindly submitted by Warwick Wise

1838	The Half Ayers Land Tax for Beausell	�	s	d
Nov 27	Recived of Mr Wheeler Land Tax		19	4
Nov 27	Recived of Mr Eday for the Old Park	20	5	9
Nov 27	Recd of Mr Barnet the sum of	2	1	4
Nov 27	Recd of Mr May the sum of		13
Nov 27	Recd of Mr Barcley the sum of	2	1
Nov 27	Recd of Do for the Leat Mr Perkings		3	8
Nov 27	Recd of Mr Hicken the sum of	1	10	4 1/4
Do	Recived of Mr Bradford the sum of		10	11 3/4
Do	Recd of Mrs Dolphin the sum of			6
Do	Recd of Mr Steel the sum of		16
Do	Recd of Mr Gardner for the lete John Smith		3	3
Do	Mine one Tax is the sum of	1	15	4
Nov 27	Recd of Mr Elkin the sum of	1	8	6 1/2
Do	Recd of Mr Kyte the sum of		16	7 1/4
	The ale Half Ayers Tax-	33	5	7 3/4

	The Assessed Taxes for the half Ayer	�	s	d
27 Nov	Recd of Mr Horn the sum of		14
27	Do of Mr Gardner the sum of		14	4 1/2
27	Do of Mr Richerdson the sum of	1	2	4 1/2
27	Recd of Mr Cettell the sum of	1	15
28	Mr Hicken is 4s Not Recd pd		4
	The half Ayers Sum	4	9	9

November	The Land Tax of the parchment Dublick for One Ayer is the sum of	66	5	1 1/2
	The sum collected for the seme time is	66	11	3 1/2
23	Recd of Mr Grimet A 10� Bank of England Bill No 551 National provincial Bank	10
29	Pd the Land Tax At the Warwick Arms	33	2	3 3/4
	And Assess Tax to B Semore Esq	4	9	9

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Half year Land Tax for Beausale - 1838

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