Rents were paid to the Duke of Norfolk twice a year – at Pentecost and Martinmas. Pentecost was seven weeks after Easter (between 10 May and 13 June) and Martinmas was on 11 November. Rents payable were Chief Rents and Ground Rents.
Chief rents were annual sum payable on some freehold property, common in North West England, but found throughout the UK. Despite its name it was not a rent.
Ground rents were regular payment required under a lease from the owner of leasehold property, payable to the freeholder. A ground rent was created when a freehold piece of land or a building was sold on a long lease.
What follows is a transcript of the record held at Sheffield City Archives (R333/IM/RW)
Red text shows words or letters of which I am not convinced.
| *****in de* | |||
| Chriche | Martynmas 1584 | ||
| Georg Sellers for the manor house dekayed & ye domaynes p(er) di(midium) an(n)o | 0s.. 5d | Name of tax collector undecipherable | |
| The same for del*hi* ***** at wyll p di ano | 33s ..4d | Rap***sap | |
| The same for ye vicke*s close p di ano | 5s ..0d | ||
| John Ptynton for a farme p di ano | 25s ..6d | ||
| Robert Hill for a farme p di ano | 23s ..4d | ||
| John Smith carpenter for a farme p di ano | 6s ..4d | ||
| Henry Douglas for a cottage p d ano | 12d | ||
| Tho Grastne for a farme p di ano | 5s ..6d | ||
| Jerman norman a cottage | 2s ..6d | ||
| James Trewlove for a farme p di ano | 3s ..6d | ||
| Amos Ptantem for a cottage | 6d | ||
| John Ive for his farme p di ano | 31s ..8d | ||
| Vidua2 Shawrer for her farme p di ano | 20s | ||
| Tho Wollen for a house & ground ye chase p di ao | 1d | ||
| Jermin Radford for a cottage p di ao | 2s ..6d | ||
| Robert Arton his f*r* | 7s | ||
| Ellen Alsopp a cottage | 3s ..4d | ||
| The same for an ***in ye *ard** la*** p di ao | 3s ..2d | ||
| Uxor1 Graye a cottage | 3s ..4d | ||
| Henry Hally*ly a (shepp/shop) p di ano | 12d | ||
| John Wood ye smith a cottag p di ao | 12d | ||
| Wm Grexon for a farme p di ano | 30s | ||
| P**for Healawe for his farm | 20s | ||
| Jo. Smith junior for his farm p di ao | 21s ..8d | ||
| Wm. Radford his farm p di ao | 25s | ||
| James Cheatam for a farm p di ao | 21s ..8d | ||
| P**for Bagworth for the molde meadaw | 14s ..2d | ||
| The same for an *** in ye f**dy la*g* p di ao | 20d | ||
| Ed Burgon for a cottage p di ao | 12d | ||
| Richard Grane for his farme ** church p di ano | 5s ..6d | ||
| The same for his house wherein he dwelleth | 14d | ||
| Wm. Cardyn for a close p di ano | 13s ..4d | ||
| The * same for a house ** p di ao | 6s ..8d | ||
| Raffe Radford ye collyer his farme di ao | 10s | ||
| Isabell Jowles for a cottage p di ao 2d | 2d | ||
| Thomas Bagaley for a cottage p di ano 3.4. | 3s ..4d | ||
| Page | £20..5s..11d |
NOTE: p(er) di(midium) an(n)o: Means paid for the half-year.
1Uxor means wife
2Vidua means widow
'Sheffield City Council, Libraries Archives and Information: Sheffield Archives ACM/S/114. Reproduced with permission from His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, DL and the Director of Culture, Sheffield City Council'.
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