Poll Tax Act 1691

IV. Rates at which Persons already chargeable to find a Horse and Horsemen for Militia.

And be it further enacted that every person who by reason of his or her estate is charged or by any Law now in being is in any manner chargeable to find a Horse and Horseman with Arms to serve in the Militia of this Kingdom (over and above all other sum[m]s with which he or she is chargeable by this Act) shall for each and every horse he or she is so charged or chargeable with pay the sum[m]s hereafter menc[i]oed that is to say the sum[m] of twenty shillings on the third day of May in the said yeare One thousand six hundred ninety two the sum[m] of twenty shillings on the third day of August in the said yeare One thousand six hundred ninety two the sum[m] of twenty shillings on the third day of November in the said yeare One thousand six hundred ninety two And the sum[m] of twenty shillings on the third day of February in the said yeare One thousand six hundred ninety two and so proportionably every person contributing towards finding a Horse or Horses and Horsemen with Arms as aforesaid.