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 09, 2000

Surname, Forename	Amount Taxed	Notes
Robt TIRRELL esqr	vj
John TUCK esqr	iiij
Willm COAKE ? their were creases through the name	j
Tho MANINGE	iiij
John MIDDLETON	j
John POOLY	ij
Franc HUNS	vij
Franc HOBRUM Cl	iij
John CORNE	ij
Robt MOPTN or HOPTN	ij
John SPINKE	iij
Tho WAYMAN	ij
Sym WINDWOOD	ij
John KINGE	j
John COCK	ij
Tho ARMIGER	ij
Robt RAYNES	j
Willm MILLER	iij
John COOPER	j
Hen OLLETT	ij
Wid BURLY	j
John TAYLOR	ij
Will MILLER for fishers howse and shepherds howse	ij
Sam WRIGHT	j
Tho TOMPSON	j
Hen CADICE	ij
Wid HANDALL	iij
Edm WRIGHT	j
John Maninge	j
Sam WRIGHT	j
Tho BUTTEN	iij
Abrah FISHER gent	iiij
Tho BOWLES	iij
Willm SELLS	ij
Mr MILLER	vj
Fran HUNNS jun	ij
Tho LEA	j
Wid YOUNGS	j
Wid MEAD	v
Mr JACOB	v
Willm ARMINGER	j
Wid LEVERINGTON	ij
Joseph VARNE	j
Franc .......	missing
Wid B.....	missing