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Norfolk, Tunstead & Happing District, Catfield, 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 07, 2000
Surname, Forename | Amount Taxed | Notes |
Josuah BALLESTON cler | ij
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Peter CANDLER | vij
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Robt DAWSON | ij
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James JORDON | ij
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Thomas MYHILL | ij
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Riches HARMAN | ij
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Paul GREENSMITH | iiij
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Robt WRIGHT | vj
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Willm JORDEN | j
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Christofer GRAY | j
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John SMITH | ij
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John WALKER | j
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Robt BARNARD | iij
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George WELLS sen | ij
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George WELLS jun | j
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Jeffery HOMES | j
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Henry BUCK | j
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Willm WATSON | j
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Thomas PIXTON | ij
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Thomas TRIVETT | ij
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John ARNOLD | j
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Andrew MANN | j
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John KETCHAM | j
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Edm CROW | j
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Nich LINSTEAD | iij
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James SWALLOW | j
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Wid JORDEN | j
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Thomas MYHILL sen | ij
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Willm MORLEY | j
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Nich LINSTEAD sen | ij
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Thomas COOKE | iij
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John MYHILL | iij
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Clem COOKE | ij
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John BUNGAY | ij
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Tho BARKER | ij
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Robt LINSTEAD | j
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John BIGNEY | j
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George TESDALE | ij
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Nath COOKE | ij
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John BOLT sen | j
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Firman GRAY | j
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John HAARMAN | ij
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Willm STEWARD | iij
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Wid BROWNE | j
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Nich PRUDENCE | ij
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Christ GIBBS | ij
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John HOLT jun | j
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Willm LIMBERT | j
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Christ WIGGER | j
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