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Norfolk, Guiltcross District, Bressingham, Hearth Taxes, 1664
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 04, 2000
Surname, Forename | Amount Taxed | Notes |
Edmund SALTER clerk | vj
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Henry MALLOWES | vij
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John FULCHER | j
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Willm EATON | j
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Ben PECKE | j
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Tho BROWNE | ij
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Robt BURROWE | iij
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Ann BROWNE wid | j
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Grace WARDE wid | j
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James ROUT sen | j
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Abigail HART | vij
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James ROUT jun | j
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Edward GLESTER | j
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Tho WELHAM | j
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Joshua BALDRY | ij
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Willm BARTROME | j
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Judith WADE wid | j
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Richard THORISBY gent | iiij
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Ann JEFFERYES wid | ij
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Andrew MALLOWES | iij
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Thomas ELLENOR | j
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Edmund LICENCE | j
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Peter LITTLESTON | j
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Tho WHAYTE sen | ij
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Nicholas BARROWE | j
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Ann GROOME wid | iij
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Tho WHAYTE jun | iij
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Tho WASE | iij
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Robt KENSEY | v
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Charles MUSKETT | iiij
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John HOBART sen | ij
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John HOBART jun | x
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Nich DEY | vj
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Robt HOBART | ij
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John WHAYTE | iij
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John LEVICKE | j
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Henry MALLOWES | v
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Willm FULLER | v
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Tho COOKE | iij
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Robt SALTER gent | vj
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Ann KEENE wid | ij
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Tho LANHAM | j
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Tho BUCKE | iij
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Edw FISHER | j
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Ann REEVE | ij
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Rebecca BACK | iiij
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Tho LICENCE | missing
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Joseph PECKETT | ij
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Ralph RUDDEROME | j
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Jeremy CARVER | j
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Robt ALDRID | iij
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Edm BAKER cler | vj
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Tho KENT | iiij
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