Catalogue

Title details

SN:	1341
Title:	Ship Tax for the Harwich Area, 1636
Persistent identifier:	10.5255/UKDA-SN-1341-1
Depositor(s):	Barker, R.R., University of Essex. Department of History
Principal investigator(s):	Barker, R.R., University of Essex. Department of History
Sponsor(s):	Economic and Social Research Council

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyse the 1636 Ship Tax returns for a group of parishes in the Tendring Hundred, Essex.

Main Topics: Ship Tax returns for 1636, in pounds, shillings and pence, for a group of parishes in the Tendring Hundred, Essex. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Coverage, universe, methodology

Time period:	01 January 1636
Dates of fieldwork:	May 1978
Country:	England
Geography:	Beaumont Beaumont-cum-Moze Dovercourt Great Oakley Harwich Harwich cum Dovercourt Little Oakley Moze Ramsey Tendring Wix Wrabness Essex
Spatial units:	Parishes (Ancient)
Observation units:	Geographic Units Events and processes
Universe:	Subnational The Ship Tax returns for a group of parishes in the area of Harwich, Tendring Hundred, Essex in 1636.
Time dimensions:	Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling procedures:	No sampling (total universe)
Method of data collection:	Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Weighting:	No information recorded
Data sources:	Ship Tax Returns

Keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS	BEAUMONT	BEAUMONT-CUM-MOZE
DOVERCOURT	ESSEX	GREAT OAKLEY
HARWICH	HARWICH CUM DOVERCOURT	LITTLE OAKLEY
MOZE	POPULATION	RAMSEY
SHIPS	TAXATION	TAXATION RECORDS
TENDRING	TENDRING HUNDRED	WIX
WRABNESS

Administrative and access information

Date of release:
First edition:	01 January 1981
Copyright:	Copyright No information recorded
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Documentation

Related studies and guides

Related studies:

Demographic History of a Group of Nine Parishes in the Tendring Hundred, Essex, 1533-1838 (SN 978)
Population Estimators for a Group of Contiguous Parishes in the Tendring Hundred, Essex, for the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries (SN 988)
Census Statistics for the Harwich Area, 1801-1841 (SN 1342)