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Little Onn & Befcott Hearth Tax 1666
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LITTLE ONN & BEFCOTT CONSTABLEWICK HEARTH TAX 1666
The Hearth Tax or chimney-money was a payment to the king of 2s. on every hearth " in all houses paying to church and poor," first levied in 1662. It was repealed in 1689, although it was producing £170,000 a year, on account of its unpopularity, the tax being especially obnoxious because of its inquisitorial
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Little Onne & Befcott Constablewick. Hearthes Chargeable.John James Two
John Blake Two
Edw: Blakemore One
Mathias Talbott One
John Ponder One
Henry Talbott One
John Addams One
Margrett Hawkine (sic)
BEFCOTT
John Astley Three
John Collier Three
Tho: and Widdow Salt Two
Rich: Smart Two
John Leese Foure
Thomas Pitt One
John Taylor One
Total 25
By John Blake, Constable.