Norfolk: Illington

Land Tax: 1800-14

This tax was based on the value of property etc. and paid by the owner or (sometimes) occupier according to their agreement. It started in 1692 and valuations are based on those done at this date.

For more information on these records see the Land Tax Assessments page.

These Norfolk Record Office documents [with the references C/SCD 2/28/7 1800 to C/SCD 2/28/20 1813 and also on microform] are part of the Norfolk Quarter Sessions Land Tax Assessments which are arranged by divisions this one being in Shropham Hundred.

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[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

From 1798 a printed form was used which contained the following.

The original document had the following headings spelt out in full. They have been contracted to allow for a clearer display.

• Names of Proprietors = "Names of Proprietors -- Listed Alphabetically"
• Value = "Valuation"
• Exon = "Sums assessed & exonerated"
• Not Exon = "Sums assessed & not exonerated"
• Estate = "Sums assessed of PERSONAL ESTATES STOCK"
• OFF = "Sums assessed of OFFICES ANNUAL AMOUNT"
• YEAR PAY = "TOTAL of YEARLY PAYMENTS"
• QTR PAY = "QUARTERLY PAYMENTS"

1800 Land Tax.

Norfolk to Wit
For the Parish of Illington

An Assessment for one Year, from the 5th April, 1800, to the 5th April, 1801, made in pursuance of an Act passed in the 38th Year of the Reign of his Majesty George the Third, for granting an Aid to His Majesty, by a LAND TAX to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1798, and made perpetual by another Act passed in the 38th Year of the Reign of his said Majesty and also in pursuance of another Act passed in the 39th Year of the Reign of his said Majesty's Reign, for continuing and granting to his Majesty a Duty on Pensions, Offices, and Personal Estate, &c. for the Service of the Year 1800.

The original had all the following columns:-

Columns C, D, G & H were blank so have not been included.

This Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference C/SCD 2/28/7 1800 and also on microform] is one of the Norfolk Quarter Sessions Land Tax Assessments which are arranged by divisions this one being in Shropham Hundred.

Rate was at 4s/£1 (of valuation) for the service of the year 1800.

[Signed] Geo Wells Assessor

Norfolk 10th June 1800
Seen and allowed by us
[Signed] Tho^s Beevor Jun^r       ___? Francklin       ___ Gooch

1801 - [5th/April/1801 to 5th/April/1802].

[Signed] Geo Wells Assessor

1802 - [5th/April/1802 to 5th/April/1803]

1803 - No changes from 1802.

1804 - [5th/April/1804 to 5th/April/1805].

The main change above is the "Exoneration of the Land" by paying 15 times the yearly rate. This means no further tax is payable.

1805/06/07/08/09/10/11/12/13 Land Tax - No changes from 1804

[End of Document]

Notes

• In other documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
  Killett/Kellett.
• William CHURCHMAN of Mangreen, Norfolk had a daughter Ann or Anna who married Robert Cowan KELLETT on 2nd/Nov/1758 at Swardeston. She was buried 18/May/1802 aged 69 years as a widow at Illington.
• Robert Churchman KELLETT (the Rector of Illington - installed 15th October 1787 - Anna Kellett, widow holding the patronage at that time) assumed the surname of LONG in 1797. This was when a "Sarah LONG" (died 1797) left him the Norfolk estates at Dunston. Robert (born c.1761/2) was buried at Dunston on 17/Feb/1841 aged 79 years at which time a new Rector was appointed.
• The abbreviation "Fr^s" = "Francis".

See also the Illington parish page.

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December 2015