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Blymhill Hearth Tax 1666
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BLYMHILL 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 It was repealed in 1689, although it was producing £170,000 a year, on account of its unpopularity, the tax being especially obnoxious because of its inquisitorial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.
Blimehill and Brineton Constablewicke. Hearthes Chargeable.Mr John Nickens Three
William Blakemore One
Francis Taylor Two
William Blakemore, Junior Five
John Blakemore Two
Henry Addams Foure
Rich: Offley Two
Tho: Cotton Two
Walter Turner Two
George Cooper One
Edw: Fennyhouse Two
John Turner Two
John Cotton One
John Bagnall One
William Cowley Two
William Shutt One
Tho: Norris One
John Perrand Two
William Turner One
William Leeke One
John Fletcher One
Roger James Two
Tho: Warde One
George Deane One
William Pitt One
James Milles One
Francis Lockley One
John Farnell One
Joseph Jones One
William Peach One
Richard Bankes One
Widdow Adderley One
Tho: Mason One
Edward Addams One
John Floyd Seaven
Total 60
These following are certified for not to bee chargeable according to the Acte (vizt.).
Mary Blakemore , vidua Edw. Blakemore
Catherine Chandler George Wells
Henry Southall William Farnell
Widdow Farnell Rich: Bankes
Anthony Lockley John Bryan
Mary Meeson, vidua Eliz: Addams, vidua
Robert Crosse Anne Moores
William Huntbach John Bould
Eliz: Hughes, vidua
By John Nickens, Rector.
John Turner Churchwarden.
Allowed by :T. Wilbraham & E. Littleton Justices of the Peace
By John Cotton Constable