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
Tho ROBBINS	ij
Tho BLITHE	ij
Willm DOVE	j
John SCARLETT	j
G..... LARROD	j
Henry MARCH	j
Willm SCOTTOW	j
John EARLE sen	iij
Rich DOVE	j
Rich BELL	ij
Tho BELL	ij
Robt BRAWNBURY	j
James HILL	ij
Robt AYRES	ij
John MORE	vj
Robt AYRES	v
Katherine TAYLOR	iij
Tho PURDY	ij
James RUSH	j
Tho BRIDGES	ij
Tho SCARFE	ij
The Lady SMYTH	xxij
Stephen ALLYSON	j
Rich KINGE	ij
Tho ROBBINS	ij