Taxes to pay for military and other governmental initiatives have always been a tough sell. In February 1642 the government of the day decided to take a slightly different tack in raising funds to quell an uprising in Ireland – all churchwardens were directed to ask for voluntary “gifts” from all persons in their parish, and forward on the funds raised. The names and amounts of those contributing from Wing have survived and are reproduced below. The total collected from Wing was £14 12s 8d.
These have been extracted from the Buckinghamshire Record Society‘s publication no. 21 and appear here with the BRS’s kind permission. Where a name appears twice, this is because it appears twice in that publication. The list has been resorted alphabetically by surname.
Source: Wilson, John. Buckinghamshire Contributions For Ireland 1642 and Richard Grenville’s Military Accounts 1642-1645. Buckinghamshire Record Society vol no 21, 1983. Pp 52-32. (online: http://www.bucksrecsoc.org.uk/BRSpub021.html)
| Name | Contribution |
| Robert Adams | 5d |
| Robert Adams jun | 5s |
| William Adams | 2s |
| Mr John Alden curate | 10s |
| John Alden | 2s |
| Joan Arris | 6d |
| Nicholas Baker | 6d |
| Davie Baldwin | 6d |
| Richard Bate | 2s |
| Thomas Bate | 3s 4d |
| Henry Batler | 4d |
| Edward Blouke | 6d |
| Robert Brincklowe | 1s |
| Robert Brincklow | 1s |
| William Brocks | 1s |
| Mrs Eliause Bryars | 5s |
| John Buckmaster | 6d |
| William Buckmaster | 6d |
| William Chapman | 1s |
| Edmund Chappell | 2s 6d |
| John Chappell | 13s 4d |
| Francis Clarke | 1s |
| Thomas Coates | 1s 6d |
| John Collins | 1s |
| Robert Crawley | 1s |
| Gilbert Culverosse | 1s |
| Joan Cutler | 6d |
| Sarah Cutler | 6s |
| Thomas Crutch | 1s |
| Miles Dickenson | 6d |
| John Dimmack | 6d |
| Mr Thomas Dormer | 10s |
| Robert East | 2s |
| Stephen Emerton | 6d |
| Thomas Fenn | 2s |
| Annis Fowler | 6d |
| Another maid | 6d |
| Thomas Fowler | 1s |
| William Fowler | 1s |
| Mr Richard Floyd | 5s |
| George Fuller | 1s |
| Dennis Gerard | 1s |
| Josuah Gilpin | 1s |
| John Goodman | 1s |
| John Goodnich | 10s |
| Joan Goring | 6d |
| Jane Goslen | 6d |
| Edward Grace | 5s |
| John Greene | 1s |
| Joseph Greene | 6d |
| William Greene | 2s 6d |
| William Harding | 2s |
| Henry Hare | 6d |
| Radricke Hare | 6s |
| Ralph Heires | 2s 6d |
| Richard Hannell | 6d |
| George Haughton | 2s 6d |
| Margery Higgs | 6d |
| Thomas Higgs | 2s 6d |
| William Hore | 10s |
| Mr Richard Horne | 2s 6d |
| Humphrey Howse | 2s |
| Hugh Hurndale | 1s |
| John Hurndall | 1s |
| Thomas Hurndale | 1s 6d |
| William Hurndale | 2s |
| Francis Jeffs | 1s |
| Henry Joanes | 6d |
| Isaac Keare | 6d |
| Abraham Kilbee | 1s 6d |
| Grace Kilbee | 6d |
| William Knight | 1s |
| Thomas Lathwell | 3s |
| Thomas Lawrence | 5s |
| John Lea | 6d |
| John London | 1s |
| John Lyon | 2s 6d |
| Mr Thomas Maine | 10s |
| Ambrose March | 1s |
| Thomas Mayne | 3s |
| William Mayes | 2s 6d |
| John Meade | 6d |
| William Merridale | 3s |
| William Miller | 1s |
| Robert Milsop | 6d |
| Thomas Neale | 6d |
| Thomas Newland | 2s 6d |
| John Norcott | 6d |
| Richard Norcott | 3s |
| John North | 6d |
| Robert Oates | 1s 6d |
| Thomas Offelis | 1s |
| Mr John Osburstone | 10s |
| William Paine | 6d |
| Humphrey Pantlen | 6d |
| Richard Pedder | 6s 8d |
| Francis Peele | 5s |
| Bernard Pitkin | 1s |
| John Pitkin | 1s |
| Edward Plater | 2s |
| Mr Prickett | 5s |
| Thomas Pulford | 5s |
| Thomas Rickott | 2s 6d |
| Richard Robinson | 5s |
| Robert Russill | 1s 6d |
| Thomas Russill | 3s |
| Widow Saltmash | 1s |
| John Seare | 1s |
| John Sheaphard | 2s 6d |
| John Sheapard | 1s |
| Richard Sheapard | 1s |
| Randolph Smith | 5s |
| Edward Stevens | 2s |
| William Stevens | 1s 6d |
| Thomas Studum | 6d |
| John Tatnell | 2s 6d |
| Richard Tayler | 1s 6d |
| Thomas Tayler | 6s |
| Dorothy Theed | 1s |
| Bennett Tofield | 2s 6d |
| William Tomkins | 1s |
| John Tipping | 6d |
| Edward Topping | 1s |
| George Toppinge | 1s 6d |
| Richard Topping | 5s |
| William Toppinge | 1s |
| William Topping | 1s |
| John Townes | 1s |
| Thomas Turney | 6d |
| Timothy Trunley | 3s |
| Mr Francis Whitton | 2s 6d |
| John Woodman | 5s |