Values given in inventories are estimates not actual transactions.
Local people were required by law to listed a deceased persons assets on death giving a value to their goods. Values listed in units of "Marks" (13/4d) or fractions of a "Mark" should be treated with caution.
Please refer to the section on English coinage.
Description: Subsidy men in Rowner, 1597
Reference: 19M59/8 Winchester Record Office refers to Subsidy Rolls PRO E107
R.Towner Jan. 1995
Note This is a 2/10 subsidy on land
and a 2/15 subsidy on goods.