Noy was a Cornishman living in Brentford who was appointed, in September 1626, as a Commissioner to raise a forced loan for Charles I. Subsequently he discovered amongst records in the Tower of London documents that supported the imposition of a tax known as Ship Money which has been termed the most unpopular of Charles' exactions. It was collected between 1635 and 1640. Noy made a number of other contributions to the general disenchantment with the king. He was responsible for the enforcement of medieval forest laws. He was involved in the prosecution of William Prynne the writer of a puritanical attack on the staging of theatrical entertainments who, in Noy's presence, had his ears cut off. This was at a time when there was a popular perception that the Caroline court was intent on the reintroduction of all the supposed evils of Popery.

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Source(s):

A History of London

The County Books - Middlesex