Hearth tax in england and wales genealogy familysearch wiki. Using the hearth tax returns from the city of london and middlesex as a starting point, jane presents the story of one thomas elwood. Hearth tax project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Bristol hearth tax 1662 1673, edited by roger leech, jonathan barry, alison brown, catherine ferguson and elizabeth parkinson. I have the book for hearth taxes lady day 1666 for norfolk and. Copied from the original rolls in the public record office richard holworthy harry galloway publishing, 1994 somerset england 239 pages.
Hearth tax, in analytical index to the series of records known as the remembrancia 15791664, ed. Buy derbyshire hearth tax assessments 1662 70 derbyshire record society by david g. This book was first issued in 1982 and is one of only two record society volumes for which sales have warranted a reprint. The hearth tax was a revolutionary policy in the 1600s and set the trend for tax collection and proper recording. Sussex hearth tax assessments, 1662 1980 edition open. The hearth tax returns collected in 166274 provide a most useful census of heads of families in. The hampshire hearth tax assessment, 1665, with the. The tax was collected by petty constables, with supervision and administration. Originally published by centre for metropolitan history, 2011. Derbyshire hearth tax assessments 166270 derbyshire. Its not just tax, governments have other revenue sources too.
The returns list all householders liable to pay, with the number of hearths taxed. In 1662 every occupier was required to pay a tax of two shillings a year for each hearth or stove in his property. A hearth tax was a property tax in certain countries during the medieval and early modern. This novel tax was granted to charles ii in 1662 as a permanent form of revenue assessed only indirectly on wealth. Sussex hearth tax assessments 1662, edited by m j burchall. In england, hearth tax, also known as hearth money, chimney tax, or chimney money, was a tax imposed by parliament in 1662, to support the royal household. The essex hearth tax of 1662 fists about 20,000 names ex paupers, while that. In england, hearth tax, also known as hearth money, chimney tax, or chimney money, was a tax imposed by parliament in 1662, to support the royal household of king charles ii. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Arranged by county, parish and, usually, townland, the hearth money rolls list the names of householders who were liable to pay tax at the rate of two shillings on every hearth or fireplace they had. The hampshire hearth tax assessment, 1665, with the southampton assessments for 1662 and 1670 hampshire record series paperback 1991. I have found some of my kent ancestors and families in the hearth tax records of the city of london, so it is alway worth a look.
Nottinghamshire hearth tax 16641674 in searchworks catalog. Sussex hearth tax assessments, 1662 by great britain. The hampshire hearth tax assessment, 1665, with the southampton assessments for 1662 and 1670 hampshire record series. While at the institutional level read more read more. The hampshire hearth tax assessment, 1665, with the southampton assessments for 1662 and 1670 hampshire record series hughes, elizabeth, white, philippa on. Databases compiled from seventeenthcentury census substitutes. The tax was to be collected halfyearly, at lady day 25 march and michaelmas 29 september, by the petty constables, high constables and sheriffs, the constables having a right of entry to check any query about the number of hearths. England hearth tax 1662 to 1689 national institute genealogy. Office apparently they produced a booklet the hearth tax 16621689 for an exhibit in 1962. The hearth tax was levied in england and wales from 1662 until 1689. Hearth tax was established in 1662, but it was verfy often evaded and was abolished in 1688.
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