HIGH COLLECTORS CERTIFICATES OF SUBSIDIES GRANTED BY PARLIAMENT TO THE SOVEREIGN

indenture certificate between Commissioners appointed by Parliament and High Collectors appointed by the Commissioners to collect the subsidy with list of names and amounts to be paid by each individual; the indenture includes the names of the Commissioners and Collectors, date of contract and details of the Parliament and subsidy, and total amounts to be gathered; taxpayers are listed by ward [by parish in 1664], no further details except names and amounts owing; annotated with crosses by each name presumably indicating receipt/payment of moneys; the first part of the indenture was signed and sealed by both the Commissioners and High Collectors for the Lord Treasurer and Barons of the Court of Exchequer; the second part was signed by the Commissioners and retained by the High Collectors to be used for collection; some indentures have attached sheets with additional names of members of the University