Archive:E 114/412/45

we whose names are hereunder written, Comissioners of our Soveraigne Lord the kings Ma[ies]tie within the Cittye and Lib[er]ties of westminster, and the Dutchye of Lancaster, for the Taking Leavying and Collecting of the first paiement of one whole entire Subsedie granted to his Ma[ies]tie of the Layety in the Parliament holden at westminster in the Seaventh yeare of his highnes raigne. Doe Certifie to the Right hono[ra]ble the Lord Tre[a]s[ure]r and to the Barons of the Exchequer and all other his Ma[ies]t[i]e officers & Comissioners to whome it shall {applime} That Thomas Whitney of westminster ^ gent[lema]n was Taxed and assessed at the first paym[en]t of the said Subsedy in westminster aforesaid where he was most Conversannt and {reliannt} wh[ich] his family and househould at the tyme of the said Taxac[i]on and pr[e]sentm[en]t of the said Subsedie and for the most parte of the yeare next before, And hath made pay[m]ent accordingly as by the hand of the Collector hereunto Dothe appeare In witness whereof we the said Commissioners to this p[re]sent Certificate have sett o[u]r handes and Seales the last daie of November 1610. of the Eight yeare of his Ma[ies]t[i]e Raigne of England France and Ireland, and of Scotland the xliiij th./

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From the new Discovery search portal on The National Archives (U.K.) website is the following catalogue entry containing information not including in the folio: "Certificate of residence showing Thomas Whitney to be liable for taxation in Middlesex, and not in the hundred of Elthorne, etc, Middlesex, the previous area of tax liability.(Any information not given in this certificate comes from its old pouch, no 1971.)"

Obtained and transcribed by Adrian Benjamin Burke, Esq.