1706 02 21 : A receipt for noutgeld & serjeant oats

Update on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:05PM by Petra Mitchinson

21 Feb 1705/6. A RECEIPT FOR NOUTGELD & SERJEANT OATS. An account with a small pin hole in centre. 5” x 7”. Noutgeld was originally a cattle tax to the crown. Serjeant Oats were a tithe of oats paid by the tenant to the bailiff of the lord of the manor. febreuary the 21th day 1705 Recd then of Sir Christopher MUSGRAVE by the } Hands of John TEBAY for Notgeld and Sargant } £ – s – d Ots the some of one pound Six Shillings & foure } 01 – 06 – 04 pence being in full his part for Little } Musgrave and Soulby being due Snt Andermas } Last to the Right Honebl the Earle of Thanett } I Say Recd per me [signed] Richard WALLER More then Recd for Notgeld and Sargant Ots } £ – s – d being in part for Calvarts Estate the some } 00 – 01 – 04 of one Shilling & foure pence by me [signed] Richard WALLER