1 gen 1641 anni - penny town

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In 1641 the inhabitants of <i>Hampall cum Stubbs</i> complained at the court of Quarter Sessions that the rating system locally was not fair, since they were being <i>assessed after the rate of a two penny towne</i>, whereas <i>Langthwaite cum Tiltes nere adjoyneing</i> was not <i>assessed at all. </i>In a Solomon-like judgement the court decided that both territories would in future be <i>chardged </i>... <i>after the proporcon of a pennye towne</i> (YRS54/282-3). This order by the court is clear up to a point but the exact interpretation of the term penny town remains uncertain.

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