What were they: They were a way of obtaining revenue to make up a shortfall in the Crown's revenue.

Time period: 1662-1689

Exemptions: persons who didn't pay church or poor rates ie paupers did not pay this tax. Persons living in a house worth under 20s a yer. Charitable institutions with an annual income under 100 pounds a year. Industrial hearths eg kilns, furnaces etc but smiths and bakers do not seem to have been exempt.

Who paid it: The occupier of the house. If a leaseholder was absent the landlord paid it.

How much: The Tax of a shilling per hearth was payable twice a year.

Therefore a Hearth Tax assessment is a list of persons, arranged by townships or parishes, which shows against each name the number of hearths in that person's occupation.

Initially only taxable persons were listed in the assessments. This was changed in 1663 and from then on both chargeable and non chargeable persons were shown.

Transcribed by: Marg Keable
Date Added: July 05, 2000

Surname, Forename	Amount Taxed	Notes
Edward BULWER esq	xvij
Charles KEMPE gent	ix
Mr HILYARD cler	iiij
John GALLANT gent	xj
Edward GAYE	vj
Willm GAYE	vij
Tho SWALLOW	xiiij
Willm BALDWYN	j
Antony BRETT	v
Zachary FULLER	iiij
John POOLY	iij
Cutberd DYE	v
John BALDINGE	j
Chr BRAY	iij
Robt STARLINGE	ij
Henry WHITAKER	iiij
Richard BELL	vj
Ann BRAY wid	j
John SQUIRE	ij
Edward BARTRAM	iij
Joseph SMITH	j
Willm PURDY	iij
John GRIX	ij
Willm SELFE	ij
Robt SELFE	iij
Willm SELFE empty	ij
Edmund WILSON gent empty	j
Ann GILL wid	iij
Daniell WAKEFEILD	j
Simon WAKEFEILD	ij
Willm MONEY	j
John BELL	iij
Franc HILL	j
Roger GOSSE	v
Robert BARTRAM	j