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
Tho ACRES sen	iij
Bennett HENBOROUGH	j
Robt WATERS gent	xvij
Willm WATERS gent	vij
empty house	iiij
Edm LYNN	viij
Allen LAMKIN	iiij
Chr MOLL	iij
Willm WATSON	iiij
Robt DERWICKE	v
Tho LAMPKIN	iij
Nich THISTLE	ij
John WALES	ij
Robt HOWTON	iiij
Robt LYNGY	iiij
Chr HOWES	j
Willm CRISPE	ij
Willm WATSON	j
Willm SYMONNS	iiij
John HOUGHTON	v
Edm CLEMENS	ij
Nich RAYNER sen	vj
Nich RAYNER jun	ij
Willm FYNNE	ij
Robt RAYNER	j
Henry SCOTT	ij
Robt REDINGE	iiij
Tho CLARKE	j
Matt BELL	vij
James HENNON	ij
John NEALE	ij
Willm SUTTON	iij