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INGESTRE 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 It was repealed in 1689, although it was producing £170,000 a year, on account of its unpopularity, the tax being especially obnoxious because of its inquisitorial
character.
Ingestre Constablewick. Hearthes Chargeable.
Walter Chetwynd, Esquire Twenty, and decreased seven
Francis Smith One
John Asopp Two
Phillip Cooke One
John Shelley Two
John Hudson One
Jane Hudson One
Thomas Perkin One
Thomas Hudson One
Mr. Thornton Two
Sampson Robbinson One
William Shelley One
Thomas Wetton One
Richard Frodswall One
John Braddocke One
John Hill One
Walter Downes . One
Total 39
By: John Shelley Constable ibidem