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- Simon Newton, of Westby, in the parish of Bassingthorpe, in 1524, paid fourpence, on an assessment of twenty shillings in wages, to a subsidy granted by the laity to the king. He was one of fourteen inhabitants who paid that amount. There were eight others who paid sums ranging from i2d. to 9s. 6d., while one, Thomas Ellis, (who is otherwise known to have been a person of importance), paid £16 13s. 4d. It is clear, therefore, that Simon’s place was low in the social scale. Twenty years later, in 1544, his place in the subsidy roll is taken by John Newton I senior, whose name is followed by that of John Newton II junior. This roll is the record of a benevolence granted by spiritual and temporal persons worth £5 a year in lands and £10 in goods or upwards, for the defence of the realm. The number of contributors in each village is small, and it is evident that it was only the wealthier inhabitants who contributed. Under Bassingthorpe, which included the hamlet of Westby, there are four names: Richard Cony £9, John Newton senior 40s., John Newton junior 13s.4d., and Robert Cony 10s. In February, 1545-6, John Newton (the ‘junior’ of 1544), of Bassingthorpe cum Westby, paid 10s. on an assessment of £10 in goods. At the same time, John Okeley paid 5s. on an assessment of £S in goods, and Joan, John, and Robert Cony were assessed on lands. John Newton senior, it seems, was dead. It is evident that the Newtons had improved their position in the world since 1524.
source: Foster, Charles Wilmer. "Sir Isaac Newton's Family," Reports and Papers of the Architectural and Archaeological Societies of the Counties of Lincoln and Northampton, Volume 39, Parts 1-2. Associated Architectural Societies, 1928.
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1465 - 1544 (~ 79 years)
