Find out about the commissioner William Herring a prosperous Norwich merchant and manufacturer
Find what the history detectives found out about William Herring
View a letter from Horatio Nelson giving William Herring a gift of a spanish sword
View in this letter in which Herring referred to the House of Commons vote of thanks to the Nofolk Yoemanry and Volunteer Company
View documents from the scheme which enabled the history detectives to trace the location of property owned by Herring
View a document listing Herring as a subscriber to this scheme, for which he became the commissioner who executed it as an Act of Parliament
Learn more about the Land Tax commissioners
Find out how the Norwich history detectives followed the trail of 5 commissioners named on the Land Tax Roll of 1821.