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Stowe-by-Chartley Hearth Tax 1666
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CHARTLEY 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 It was repealed in 1689, although it was producing £170,000 a year, on account of its unpopularity, the tax being especially obnoxious because of its inquisitorial
character.Chartley Constablewicke. Hearthes Chargeable.
The Lady Shirley Twenty, and Tenne decreased by fire
Mr. Pudsey Eight
John Croxton Two
Grindley.
William Giller One
Edward Tomkinson One
Edward Hoult One
Thomas Cooke One
Thomas Greene One
Humfrey Tomkinson One
Edward Harvey One
Widdow Wattkins One
Humfrey Pott One
William Martin and John Copestate Two
George Egerton One
Thomas Degge One
Edward Plymmer One
These following are certified for not to bee Chargeable according to the Acte, as aforesaid (vizt.).
In Grindley.
Mary Wettwood Jacob Micocks
Widdow Alsopp William Beeland
John Hawkins John Wright
Draynton and Lea. Hearthes Chargeable.
William Band One
Henry Harding Two
Richard Mason Two
George Tooth One
John Band One
Thomas Griffen One
Ralph Walker One
Humfrey Mott One
Richard Keene One
Widdow Austen One
Nicholas Snowe One
Persons vnchargeable.
Draynton and Lea.
John Doncaster Widdow Hawley
Thomas Harrison
Little Hawood. Hearthes Chargeable.
William Wotton One
John Wotton Two
William Woodcocke, Senior Two
William Woodcocke, Junior One
Humfrey Woodcocke One
Haywood Magna.
Mr. Thorley Sixe
Walter Fisher Sixe
William Picken Two
William Cooke One
George Allen One
Richard Scarratt One
Widdow Baker One
John Bradbury Two
John Wilkes One
Francis Hunt One
William Hill One
Persons vnchargeable.
In Haywood.
Robert Reynolds Margrett Clayton
Widdow Fynley Joseph Tarbox
Stowe and Amerton. Hearthes Chargeable.
Mr. Norwood Three
John Swanne One
John Asbury One
John Cliffe One
Richard Webbe One
Thomas Baxter One
John Proctor, Junior One
James Ancell One
John Tomkinson One
George Felkin One
Widdow Johnson One
Sampson Bould One
Thomas Key One
John Proctor, Senior One
William Robbinson . One
Widdow Walthoe One
Thomas Smalman Two
Walter Smith, formerly Mrs. Pyatt Two
John Hall Two
John Whittell One
Persons unchargeable.
Stowe and Amerton.
Symon Robinson Thomas Dodsworth
James Hawkins Margrett Cope
John Smith
Hixon. Hearthes Chargeable.
William Langley One
George Gretton One
James Gryme Two
Edward Wood One
Richard Bryndley One
Sampson Tooth One
George Bott One
Thomas Whyley One
George Hawley One
George Leese One
George Tooth One
William Gretton One
Robert Willington One
William Shelly, formerly Thomas One
Anne Webbe One
Abraham Speare One
Widdow Keene One
John Collier One
Thomas Marrott One
John Tooth One
Thomas Smith One
William Smalman One
George Tomkinson One
Total 137
Persons vnchargeable.
In Hixon.
William Swalam Widdow Smith
John Bould Widdow Ryle
Widdow Webbe Widdow Wright
Widdow Egerton Widdow Tunniclifie
By Robert Dorwin, Curate de Stowe.
Ralph Walker and John Tomkinson, Churchwardens.
Rich. Webb and Rich. Giller, Overseers of the poore.
Allowed by : E. Bagot and Wal Chetwynd Justices of the Peace
: Humfrey Mott Constable