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 07, 2000

Surname, Forename	Amount Taxed	Notes
Josuah BALLESTON cler	ij
Peter CANDLER	vij
Robt DAWSON	ij
James JORDON	ij
Thomas MYHILL	ij
Riches HARMAN	ij
Paul GREENSMITH	iiij
Robt WRIGHT	vj
Willm JORDEN	j
Christofer GRAY	j
John SMITH	ij
John WALKER	j
Robt BARNARD	iij
George WELLS sen	ij
George WELLS jun	j
Jeffery HOMES	j
Henry BUCK	j
Willm WATSON	j
Thomas PIXTON	ij
Thomas TRIVETT	ij
John ARNOLD	j
Andrew MANN	j
John KETCHAM	j
Edm CROW	j
Nich LINSTEAD	iij
James SWALLOW	j
Wid JORDEN	j
Thomas MYHILL sen	ij
Willm MORLEY	j
Nich LINSTEAD sen	ij
Thomas COOKE	iij
John MYHILL	iij
Clem COOKE	ij
John BUNGAY	ij
Tho BARKER	ij
Robt LINSTEAD	j
John BIGNEY	j
George TESDALE	ij
Nath COOKE	ij
John BOLT sen	j
Firman GRAY	j
John HAARMAN	ij
Willm STEWARD	iij
Wid BROWNE	j
Nich PRUDENCE	ij
Christ GIBBS	ij
John HOLT jun	j
Willm LIMBERT	j
Christ WIGGER	j