Taxation (No. 4) Act 1640

III. Lord Mayor of London £40.

Sheriff or Alderman £20.; Deputy Alderman £15.; Masters of 12 first Companies £10.; Wardens £6. 13s 4d.; Common Council Man £5.; Liverymen of the 12 first Companies. £5.; Yeomen of such Companies £3.; Masters of the Company of Dyers and other Companies £6.; Wardens £5.; Liverymen £3.; Yeomen £1.; Masters of the Company of Barber Surgeons and other Companies, &c. £3.; Wardens £2.; Liverymen £1.; Masters of the Founders and other Companies £1.; Wardens 15s.; Liverymen 10s.; Liverymen of the Company of Bowyers and other Companies 5s.; Freeman of any Company IS.; Merchant Stranger being a Knight £40.; Below that and trading to Sea £10.; Merchant Stranger trading inland £5.; English Merchants of London not free £5.; English factor of London 40s.; Handicraftsman 5s.; Alderman of any City under a Knight or Esquire £5.

And Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all and every person and persons of the severall degrees and qualities hereafter menc[i]oned shall to the purpose aforesaid contribute and pay the severall su[m]ms of money hereafter menc[i]oned in this Bill and set downe that is to say the Lord Maior of London shall pay the sum of forty pound Every such person who is either now Sheriffe or Alderman of the said City of London or hath fined for Sheriffe or Alderman the Sum of twenty pounds Every person who hath beene or now is Deputy to any Alderman within the said City the sum of fifteen pound Every person who hath beene or now is Master of either of the twelve first Companies of the said City or hath fined for Master of either of the said twelve Companies the sum of tenn pound Every person who hath beene or now is Warden of either of the twelve first Companies of the said City or hath fined for Warden of either of the twelve first Companies six pound thirteene shilling four pence Every person whoe is of the Common Councell of the said City the Sum of five pound Every person who is of the Livery of either of the said twelve first Companies of the said City the sum of five pound Every person who is of the Yeomanry of either of the twelve first Companies three pound Every person who is or hath been Master of either of the Companyes of Dyers Brewers Leathersellers Girdlers Stationers Woodmongers [X1 Upholsters] Apothecaries Pewterers Tallow [X2 Chanlers] Armorers or Sadlers the sum of six pound Every person who is or hath beene Warden of either of the said Companies five pound Every person who is of the Livery of either of the said Companies three pounds Every person who is of the Yeomanry of either of the said Companyes one pound Every person who hath been or is Master of either of the Companies of Barber Chirurgions White Bakers Wax Chandlers Cutlers Butchers Carpenters Cordwainers Painters Coopers Scriveners Brown-Bakers Turners or Inholders the sum of three pound Every person who is or hath been Warden of either of the said Companies two pound Every person who is of the Livery of either of the said Companies one pound Every person who is or hath been Master of either of the Companies of Founders Curriers Masons Bricklayers Joyners Plasterers Weavers Fruiterers Marblers Imbroderers Poulterers Cookes or Plumbers the sum of one pound Every person who is or hath beene Warden of either of the said Companies fifteen shillings Every person who is of the Livery of either of the said Companies ten shillings Every person whoe is or hath beene of the [X3 Livory] of either of the Companies of Bowyers Fletchers Blacksmiths Bottlemakers Wooll packers Farriers Pavyers Lorriners Glasiers Clarkes or Watermen five shillings Every person who is a Freeman of any Company within the City of London the sum of one shilling, Every person who is a Merchant Stranger if he be of the degree of a Knight the sum of forty pound if below that degree and be a Merchant Stranger trading to Sea the sum of ten pound Every person who is a Merchant Stranger trading within the Land the sum of five pound every person who is an English Merchant inhabiting and residing within the said City of London and not free of the said City the sum of five pound Every English factor residing in the said City the sum of fourty shillings Every Handicrafts man or Artizan Stranger who is a Housekeeper (in any part of this Kingdome) the sum of five shillings Every person who is [X4 or] hath beene an Alderman of any City within this Kingdome if he be below the degree of a Knight or Esquire the sum of five pound

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Upholsterers O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X2 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Chaundelo's O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X3 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Livery O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X4 interlined on the Roll.