Parish Registers Tax

In the Parish Register of Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, are the following entries against several dates in the Baptisms and Burials:— 1784.Septr. 5th (Burials), "P'd Tax to y's Day." ——Novr. 28th (Baptisms), "p'd Tax." 1785.Octr. 14th (Baptisms), "p'd Tax to this Day." 1786.Septr. 12th (Christenings), "p'd tax to this Day." 1786.Septr. 1st (Burials), "p'd tax to this Day." 1787.July 31st (Baptisms), "P'd Tax to this Day." ——Septr. 27th (Burials), "P'd Tax to this Day." I should be glad to be informed what tax is here referred to. These are all the entries of the kind.