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Norfolk, Henstead District, Kirby Bedon, 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 |
Rich STEVENSON gent | xj
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Robt MORSE | ij
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Thomas HARRY gent | iiij
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Nich HOWES | j
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Rich SEAMAN | j
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Charles OSBORNE gent | ix
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Henry WOODS | viij
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John WADE | iij
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Mr Is DUSSEN | vij
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Robt SPOONER | ij
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Nich ROOKEWOOD esq | xxj
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Willm STOUTE | j
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Willm FOSTER | j
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Tho CODLINGE | j
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Robt TAYLOR | ij
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Willm SPARROW | j
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Nich SHEPPARD | v
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Tho GREENE | iiij
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Mary HACON | j
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John SABBERTON | iiij
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Roger ALLEXANDER | j
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Tho SPOONER | j
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Francis HAMOND | x
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