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
Rich CUBITT cler	vj
Willm HEWITT	iiij
Rich JOHNSON	ij
John TILLS	iij
Willm READ	vij
Thomas COOKE	ix
Francis ROGERSON	iiij
John DRAKE	v
Thomas JOHNSON	ij
Sam MIDDLETON	iij
John BREESE	ij
Willm KETHAM	iij
Joseph CASE	iij
Henry CRASKE	ij
Robt DRAKE	ij
Robt DOUGHTY	iiij
Henry MYHILL	ij
Riches BARNES	ij
Symon PIGION	iiij
Rich CAMPLIN	iiij
Eliz BURTON wid	iij
Thomas COSSEY	j
John SWORD	j
Thomas ANSELL	j
John MIHILL	j
Sam COSEN	iij
James MACHEN	ij
Thomas SPOONER	j
Thomas BARNEHAM	ij
Robt TODD	j
John WHITWOOD	j
Edward DAWSON	0
Thomas EMPSON	j
Edm BACKINGE	j
John DICKSON	j
Rich CURSTICK	ij
John ARNOLD	j
Willm HALES	j