| Matlock & Matlock
Bath : Lists Through the Centuries |
| Gifts & Aid to the King, Fines, Licences,
Taxes, Land Owners, Hardship, School Charity, Police, Magistrates |
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The Seventeenth Century:
The Free and Voluntary Present, 1661*
David Clay's transcript*,
from PRO document reference E179. 245/6 Free and Voluntary Present,
Derbyshire, covers the whole county of Derbyshire. |
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Charles II had become King of Great Britain
immediately after the execution of his father, Charles I, in
1649 but he lived in exile in Europe in the aftermath of the
Civil War. It was to take a further twelve years for him to
be able to return to the country and be crowned.
His return, and subsequent coronation, marked the end of
the period known as The Commonwealth. It was the prospect
of the gift of money, known as The Free and Voluntary Present,
that enabled Charles II to return to London to be crowned
King. As he was without sufficient funds, Parliament gave
him an additional £70,000 to pay for his coronation
and Charles II was crowned on 23 April 1661, St. George's
Day.
There are 45 Matlock names on the list and the sum they individually
gave towards the gift to King Charles II is recorded against
their name.
| The subscription of the inhabitants
of the hundred of Wirksworth for a free present for his
Majesty, taken before us his Majesties Commissioners
whose names are subscribed the sixteenth day of December
in the thirteenth year of his Majesties Raigne. Anno
Dom. 1661 as followeth. |
Matlock
| Surname |
First Name |
Status |
Sum given |
| ADAMS |
George |
|
10/- |
| BADSLEY |
John |
|
8/- |
| BECKE |
John |
|
2/6d |
| BOLLINGTON |
Anthony |
|
2/- |
| BOWDEN |
John |
|
2/- |
| BOWN |
Henry |
|
8/- |
| BOWNE Snr |
Anthony |
|
2/- |
| BOWNE De Lyntree |
Anthony |
|
2/- |
| BOWNE Sen |
John |
|
2/- |
| BOWNE |
Ralph |
|
2/6d |
| BUNTING |
William |
|
2/- |
| CLIFFE |
Robert |
Gent |
10/- |
| COCKAINE |
John |
|
£1/-/- |
| COLLOMBELL |
Francis |
|
2/- |
| FLYNT |
Henry |
|
5/- |
| HASLAM |
Anthony |
|
2/- |
| HASLAM |
Edward |
|
2/- |
| HEATH |
William |
|
2/- |
| HENSTOCKE |
Edward |
|
2/6d |
| JOHNS |
Edmund |
|
5/- |
| JOHNS |
Thomas |
|
2/6d |
| JOHNS |
William |
|
5/- |
| KNOWLES |
Henry |
|
2/- |
| MARTEN |
John |
|
2/- |
| MOUMFORD |
Francis |
|
2/- |
| OGDEN |
George |
|
2/- |
| OXLEY |
Henry |
|
2/- |
| OXLEY |
John |
|
2/- |
| PIDCOCKE |
William |
|
2/- |
| RAGG |
Rowland |
|
2/- |
| SPENCER |
Thomas |
|
2/- |
| STEERE |
Thomas |
|
2/- |
| STEPHENSON |
William |
|
£1/10/- |
| TAYLOR |
Anthony |
|
2/- |
| TAYLOR |
George |
|
2/- |
| TAYLOR |
John |
|
2/- |
| WALKER |
John |
|
2/- |
| WARD Snr |
William |
|
2/6d |
| WIGLEY |
Henry |
Gent |
£1/10/- |
| WIGLEY |
John |
Gent |
10/- |
| WOOD |
Thomas |
|
2/- |
| WOODWARD |
Thomas |
|
4/- |
| WOOLLEY Sen |
John |
|
5/- |
| WOOLLEY Jun |
John |
|
10/- |
| WOOLLEY |
William |
Esq |
£10/-/- |
The collectors for the Wirksworth Hundred,
which included Matlock, were:
William Fitzherbert, Jo: Milward, Jo: Lowe.
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Transcribed by Clay, David (1992) "The Free and Voluntary
Present 1661 Derbyshire" © Derbyshire
Family History Society* - ISBN 0 947964 20 7
List typed by Ann Andrews, June 1999.
Extract reproduced here with David Clay's kind permission and
the permission of the publishers, Derbyshire Family History Society,
who have books of the full transcript for sale.
PRO document reference E179. 245/6 Free and Voluntary Present.
© Crown Copyright. See link to Copyright
at the National Archive |
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