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Shareshill Hearth Tax 1666
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SHARESHALL 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 It was repealed in 1689, although it was producing £170,000 a year, on account of its unpopularity, the tax being especially obnoxious because of its inquisitorial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.
Shareshall Constablewick. Hearthes Chargeable.Nicholas Beckett, Three
John Russell, Three
Richard Budle, Sixe
Stephen Pratt, One
Widow Thrustans, Two
Henry Wollaston, One
Thomas Fletcher, Three
Henry Wood, One
Thomas Walker, Two
Nicholas Thrustans, Two
William Gilbott, One
Henry Hawkins, One
William Mason, One
Peter Minshall, One
Thomas Bowman, One
William Sanders, Three
James Beckett, One
Nicholas Beckett, Two
Henry Kendricke, One
Humfrey Thrustans, One
Henry Horton, One
William Watley, One
Thomas Kendricke, One
Total 40
These following are certified for not to bee Chargeable according to the Acte (vizt.).
John Ardin Thomas Cheere
John Durns Widdow Bromley
Thomas Durns John Bull
Widow Parker William Cooper
Thomas Nocke John Grateley
Thomas Doodey Widdow Rathbone
Widow Wollaston
By John Morrall, Minister.
Henry Wollaston, Churchwarden.
Allowed by :
H. Vernon & Ric: Congreve, Justices of the peace.
By Tho: Kendricke, Constable.