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Norfolk, Aylsham District, Aylsham, 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 05, 2000
Surname, Forename | Amount Taxed | Notes |
Mr Chr TAYLOR | iij
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Math FAIRECHILDE | ij
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Lawrance PORTER | j
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Edm RYALL | j
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John ALDRIDGE | j
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Widow JEX | j
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John PEACOCK | j
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Willm GURNELL | j
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Nich DISLEY | iij
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Eliz LUBBOCKE | v
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John CROW | iiij
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Tho BARKER | vij
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Nath GILL cler | v
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Margarett ANDERSON | iij
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John ISAAC | j
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Alexander GILL | ij
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Dorothy HARROOD | j
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Willm SMITHSON | ij
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Mr John DURRANT | iiij
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Willm SMITHSON | ij
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Mr John DURRANT | iiij
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John CHOWELL | iiij
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....t ALLEN | ij
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..... GREGORY | ij
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Arden GILL | j
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Willm TURNER | iij
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Mr Willm DOUGHTY | iij
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Tho EMPSON | iij
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Rich GREENWOOD | vj
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Robt RUSSELL | v
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Tho LAWES | vj
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Joseph HARMER | ij
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Mr John TRUE | v
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Marie HALL | ij
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Lancelot SEXTON | v
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Tho HACKFOR | iij
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Tho KNIGHTS | viij
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John GOOLE | viij
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Major DOUGHTY | ix
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Major DOUGHTYES farmor | missing
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Edward BELL | ij
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John TIBBENHAM | missing
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John PORTER | j
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John TOMPSON | vj
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John BRIDAY | missing
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Widd COWELL | missing
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Patt LEVERINGTON | ij
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Samuell SALTER | ij
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John SUPRELL | j
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Nath SMYTH | iiij
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Widd REEVE | j
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John POTTER | j
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Margerum ASHWELL | j
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Willm THORNE | j
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Peter GILL | iij
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Tho MASH | j
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John SOAME | j
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Tho WARD | j
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Robt WOOLSEY | j
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Willm HOCKINGS | ij
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Widow JEFFERY | j
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Willm GILBERT | iij
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John SAM...... | iij
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Elizabeth ...... | v
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Mr Robert BU...... | vj
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John SOME........ | v
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Joseph MAKEFEILD | ij
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Robt VOUTE | v
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Wilm EMPSON | iiij
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John ABRAHAM | v
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Edm BARRON | ij
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George P..... | ij
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John PESCODD | ij
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Tho PESCODD | missing
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Willm WILSON | missing
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Stephen FISHER | missing
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Farefax ELOTH | missing
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Edmd BARKER | missing
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2 lines | missing
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James HARROD | ij
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Jeffrey FLAXMAN | iij
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Margarett BERRY | ij
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Gregory BERRY | j
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Willm BULLEN | ij
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Philip HART | ij
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Margaret BODDAY | j
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Willm MUNSON | ij
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Chr TOMPSON | iij
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John HEWITT | iiij
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John ELLIS | ij
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Willm GREENE | ij
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Willm PINCHIN | iij
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Widow THORY | ij
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Francis SUFFLINGE | ij
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Katherine EXHAM | iij
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Tho BOOTE | ij
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Willm HOWSE | iij
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George BARRICKE | j
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Edward POTTER | ij
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Willm CARR | ij
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Willm PURDY | iij
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Franc CURTIS cler | vij
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GOSSE his howse | ij
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Edm RUMBALL | j
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Matt BARKER | v
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Mr Edward CURTIS | vj
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John WITHERBY | ij
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Willm LACYE | iiij
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Henry SOAME | ij
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The same | iiij
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Tho LUBBOCKE | iiij
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Robt HALL | vij
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Willm TURNER | ij
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Tho RUMPE | ij
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Giles LUSHER | ij
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Mr BROWNE | vj
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Willm BULLEN | iiij
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John SOAME | ij
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Good BATEMAN | j
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Henry SOAME | iij
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the same | ij
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Willm BOWINGE | ij
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Tho BRIGGS | iij
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John COULSHALL | ij
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Wm HOWES | ij
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Willm TIRRELL | iij
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Tho RISEBURGH | iij
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Tho FLAXMAN | ij
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Tho SMYTH | ij
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James ALLEN | iiij
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Robt VOUTE jun | j
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John BUNETT | iiij
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Edmund HARROOD | ij
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Humfrey ALLYSON | v
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Willm EMPSON | iij
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