Oxfordshire Contributors to the Free & Voluntary Present to King Charles II, 1661, transcribed by Gwyn de Jong / Jeremy Gibson (ed). Oxfordshire Famiiy History Society in association with the Family History Partnership, 2012.

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Kings loved to demand 'free and voluntary presents' (with the emphasis on the word 'demand')! Their bureaucrats loved to list them. When Charles II returned from exile in 1660, he desperately needed money. This is a listing of some 6000 Oxfordshire men and women who made their contribution. Did anyone from your parish make a contribution? And was one of your ancestors amongst them? This is a valuable name list which will help you to trace the distribution of your family across Oxfordshire..