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
John FINSHAM gent	ij
Wilm GURLINGTON	ij
John BOND	ij
Willm ELLIS	ij
James NAYLER	iiij
Mary GILLS wid	v
Willm BAARTRUM	ij
Rich MORRIS	iiij
John CURSON	j
John BUNTINGE	ij
Dianah ROGERS wid	j
John NAYLER	j
Robt MILLS	ij
Tho BULLER	ij
Willm HENDRY	j
Symond GREEVES	j
Edm DENNY	j
Eliz CHAPELL	ij
Willm SEMONS	iij
George LAMBERT	ij
Isaack WALE	j
Robt FIDY	iij
Nich WALLESTONE	j
Tho RUST	ij
Amy PURVIS	j