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 06, 2000

Surname, Forename	Amount Taxed	Notes
Ann WARREN	iiij
John STONHAM	ij
Rich ROYALL	iij
Robt COWELL	j
John BLAKE	ij
Ursula PARKER	ij
John COOKE	j
Franc WELLS cler	iij
Tho GAY	j
John HERRINGE	j
Willm CALLOW	j
Willm SMYTH	iij
Joshua ROBINSON	ij
Tho MILLER	iiij
Tymothy TRACIE	j
John MOY	iiij
George COOKE	j
John RICHMAN	j
Willm DOWNINGE	j
Stephen TAYLOR	ij
Joseph MONEY	j
Willm PECKE	ij
Clement DRAPER	j
Tho PESCOD	ij
Edmund COOKE	j
Tho MORE	j
Robt ELDER	j
John ALLEN	missing
Rich GOLDINGE	missing
Willm THIRKLE	missing
Widow PESCOD	ij
John GOOSE	j
Nich PESCODD	missing
Robt PESCOD	missing