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 190 THE WAR FINANCES OF HENRY V April the hearth, ' le fort portant le fieble bien et raisonablement t. 1 The treasurer-general, director of the collection, immediately sent orders to his subordinates. 2 He informed each ' vicomte ' of the sum expected from his * vicomte '. Within that district apportionment by ' sergencies ' and parishes was made at a meeting of the ' vicomte ' or his lieutenant, the * procureur ', and the ' sergents 3 The men of each parish made the actual assessment and collection, apportioning the tax to the individual's ability to pay, reporting the same to the royal agents, and paying over the sums received. Reports of this sort are numerous, and the following will serve as a good example : Cest le roulle de la taille et impost nouvellement miz sus et octroye du Eoy notre seigneur par les iij estas de normendie cest assavoir sur chacun feu de la paroisse de cronysville en la sergenterie de la bonneville la somme de XX s.t. le fort portant le fieble assiz cuilly et apporte par Jehan Vence et Robin Belloc et autres de la dicte paroisse. Premierment Robin Belloc vij s. vj d.t. Pierrez Bertin xl s.t. Jehan Vence vij s. vj d.t. Perrot Sene xl s.t. Perrot Eremvetre xl s.t. Chardot Sene xs.t. Jehan Eremvetre xvij s. vj. d.t. Jehan Eremvetre vij s. vj d.t. Roy Sene XX s.t. Jehan Sene xs.t. Somme de ce present Roulle X l.t. certiffie devant moy Colin Mareschal tabellion — par le dit Sene (sic) et Belloc — estre loyaument assiz a leur ames et consciences et que plus de feux navoit en la dicte paroisse. Tes- moin mon signe manuel cy miz le mercredy xij jour de mars Ian mil iiii c et xx. C. Mareschal. 4 On 14 April 1421 the bishops or their vicars were directed to collect within two weeks the ' dime ' which was the clergy's share of this first levy, 5 and on 2 June the treasurer-general and the ' baillis ' were commanded to make collection from such of the clergy as remained stubborn. 6 Meanwhile, in May, the second 1 Roles de Brequigny, 925. 2 Bib. Nat., Fonds Francais, 25907, no. 1263 fo's. 3 Shown by an ' assiette ' for the vicomte of Auge of December 1422 (Arch, du Calvados F, Fonds Danquin, Serie Auge). 4 Bib. Nat., Fonds Francais, 25907, no. 986. See also nos. 992, 994, 998, 1002, 1006. On the back of another such document are eleven names labelled ' ensi les mendiants' (British Museum, Add. Charter 11468). 6 Rymer, x. 101. There is probably a misreading of ' mars ' for May in Roles de Brequigny, 1022. See also Exchequer Accts. 188/7, fo. 17 6 Col. of Norm. Rolls, 42. 429. Fecamp had to borrow to pay this ( Arch, de la Sewe-Inf., Extraits et Notes Hist. iv. 4592, citing Abbey of Fecamp, Dossier 386, fo. 187 v ).