MRP: Hearth tax
Hearth tax
Editorial history
19/08/11, CSG: Created page
This page provides a directory of external sources to relevant hearth tax records in Berkshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, and Middlesex for the study of the Oxenden family commercial ventures in the mid seventeenth century
Contents
- 1 Berkshire
- 2 Essex
- 3 Hertfordshire
- 4 Kent
- 4.1 Wingham hundred, 1662
- 4.2 Seavenokes Town
- 4.3 Parish of Seale
- 4.4 Parish of Farmborough
- 4.5 Parish of St Paul's Cray
- 4.6 Parish of St Mary Cray
- 4.7 Parish of North Cray
- 4.8 Parish of Bexley
- 4.9 Parish of Bromfield
- 4.10 Halling Borough
- 4.11 Shorne Southborough
- 4.12 The hundred of Little field In the Lath of Aylsford
- 4.13 Mereworth Parish
- 4.14 East Peckham Upper Borough
- 4.15 The Lowy of Tunbridge In the Lath of Aylesford Tunbridge Towne
- 4.16 The Hundred of Larkefeild In the Lath of Aylesford Parish of east Malling
- 4.17 Parish of Aylesford
- 4.18 The Borough of Oxinoth in the Hundred of Hoo in Aylesford lath
- 4.19 The Towne of Maidstone In the lath of Aylesford The High Towne
- 4.20 The Hundred of Chetham and Gillingham In the Lath of Aylesford The half hundred of Chetham
- 4.21 The lower half hundred of Totingtrough Gravesend Towne
- 4.22 The precinct of the Cathedral Church of Rochester
- 4.23 The City of Rochester Middle Borough
- 4.24 St Clement Borough (Rochester)
- 4.25 South Borough (Rochester)
- 4.26 Northgate Borough (Rochester)
- 4.27 Southgate Borough (Rochester)
- 4.28 Eastgate Borough
- 4.29 Borough of Sittingbourne
- 4.30 The towne of Ashford in the Lath of Scray
- 4.31 Pluckly Borough
- 4.32 Dane Borough
- 4.33 Borough of Socombe
- 4.34 The Hundred of Westgate in the Lath of St. Augustine Borough of Hackington
- 4.35 The Precinct of Christchurch Canterbury Within the lath of St. Augustine
- 4.36 The Hundred of Wingham In the Lath of St Augustine The Upper Halfe Hundred Borough of Wingham Street
- 4.37 Borough of Winghamwell
- 4.38 Borough of Goodnestone
- 4.39 Twitham Borough
- 4.40 The Hundred of Cornillo In the Lathe of St Augustine The Upper Halfe Hundred Borough of Northbourne
- 4.41 The Hundred of Eastry in the Lath of St Augustine The Upper Halfe Hundred Eastry & Street
- 4.42 Nonington
- 4.43 Borough of Hamwell
- 4.44 Parish of Denton
- 4.45 Borough of Bishopsbourne
- 4.46 Barton Borough
- 4.47 Waldersheire Borough
- 4.48 West Langdon Borough
- 4.49 Patrixbourne Borough
- 4.50 Nackington
- 4.51 Upper Hardres
- 5 London
- 6 Middlesex
Berkshire
Essex
Hertfordshire
Kent
Wingham hundred, 1662
CKS-U1107/9/1/16 Dering Manuscripts Part 2 sub-fonds OFFICIAL PAPERS series Taxation papers - Hearth Tax: 'Wingham lower half hundred Date 1662 Extent 2pp., 110 names'
CKS-U1107/9/1/17 Dering Manuscripts Part 2 sub-fonds OFFICIAL PAPERS series Taxation papers - Hearth Tax: 'Wingham upper half hundred Date 1662 Extent 6ff., 171 names'
- Kent Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1664: CKS: Q/RTh Transcribed and computerised by Duncan Harrington
(data of interest)
Seavenokes Town
Chargeable
Earle of Dorsett 85
Francis Farnaby gent: 18
Thomas Lamberd Esq(uire) 14
Parish of Seale
Chargeable
S(i)r Tho(mas) Pierce Barron(e)t 13
Daniel Newman gent 18
Henry Swaisland 9
Mr Richard Olliver 8
Mr Stowell 7
Widdow Cox 7
Nicholas Madox 6
Samuel Masters 6
Francis French 5
Margaret Bryant 5
Edward Cox 5
Richard Browne 5
Stephen Olliver 5
James Pelsett 5
Mrs Brett 4
Lawrence Fench 4
Parish of Cudham
Biggest house is only 5 hearths
(see document for data)
Parish of Farmborough
Chargeable
Thomas Broome serjt at Law? 16
Parish of St Paul's Cray
Chargeable
S(i)r Leonard Feerby Knt 15
Parish of St Mary Cray
Chargeable
Mr Edward Manning 12
Mr Thomas Felton 11
Parish of North Cray
Chargeable
Mr Cooke 17
Mr Buggin 16
Parish of Bexley
Chargeable
S(i)r Rob(er)t Austin barr(one)t 29
Henry Grimes gen(tleman) 10
Henry Carew 10
Parish of Bromfield
Chargeable
William Cage Esq(uire) in Leeds Castle 32
Halling Borough
Chargeable
William Clemence 17
Sir John Marsham 8
Thomas Hawes 8
Shorne Southborough
Chargeable
George Woodyer gent 13
Henry Parker gent 12
Gervaise Maplesden 7
Richard Balam cler(ke) 7
The hundred of Little field In the Lath of Aylsford
Mereworth Parish
Chargeable
In Mereworth Castle 23
Mr James Master 21
Mr George Love 8
East Peckham Upper Borough
Chargeable
S(i)r Roger Twisden Kt & Bart 30
The Lowy of Tunbridge In the Lath of Aylesford Tunbridge Towne
Chargeable
William Dike Esq(uire) 11
Doctor Amherst 11
The Hundred of Larkefeild In the Lath of Aylesford Parish of east Malling
Chargeable
S(i)r Thomas Twysden 23
Parish of Aylesford
Chargeable
Sir John Banks 25
George Duke Esq 15
John Taylor 10
The Borough of Oxinoth in the Hundred of Hoo in Aylesford lath
Chargeable
Sir Humphrey Miller 18
Max: Dalyson Esquire 10
The Towne of Maidstone In the lath of Aylesford The High Towne
Chargeable
Dame Ann Asteley 18
Mr William Bickford 17
Walter Giles 13
Mrs Dixon widdow 13
Mr Robert Brooke 10
Thomas Howting 9
Thomas Wood 9
John Downes 9
John Callant junior 8
Mr John Callant senior 8
Richard Duke Esquire 8
Mr Edward Maplisden 8
Mr Gervase Maplisden 8
Thomas Merriam 8
Robert Callant 8
Mr James Ruse 8
Mr George Ongley 7
William Charlton 7
John Goare 7
Dudly St Leager 7
Stephen Weekes 7
William Willard 7
Mr Gervase Maplesden junior 3
Edward Jury 7
George Maplesden 7
John Merriam 2
The Hundred of Chetham and Gillingham In the Lath of Aylesford The half hundred of Chetham
Chargeable
In ye King's pay house 14
Mr William Jenman 13
Mr Charles Boules 13
Peter Pett Esquire 12
Mr Henry Sheafe 12
Mr William Hempson 12
Captain John Brock 11
Mr Haward in 4 tenements 11
Captain John Crux 10
Nathaniel Holt 10
James Ansell 10
Mr Phillip Barrow 9
Mr Phineas Pett 9
Capt. Phineas Pett 8
John Knight 8
Capt. John Allen 8
Charles Smyth 8
Thomas Bensonn 8
Jihn Wood
Robert Castle 8
Thomas Stretton 7
Robert Fitzhugh 7
Thomas Fletcher 7
Walter Dyer 7
Richard Cooke 7
The lower half hundred of Totingtrough Gravesend Towne
Chargeable
John Reddall 15
Mr Samuel Harwar 12
Thomas Bonn 11
William Naylor 9
James Guildford 8
Mr John Morris 8
(more large ones in West Street southside)
Some very large ones in Milton next Gravesend
The precinct of the Cathedral Church of Rochester
Chargeable
Mr George Maplisden 5
(and some other larger ones)
The Bishop of Rochester 7
The City of Rochester Middle Borough
Chargeable
George Woodyer gent(leman) 18
George Allington 13
Mr Phillip Bartholomew 12
Robert Fowler Esq 11
St Clement Borough (Rochester)
Chargeable
John Gadge 16
John Cart 9
South Borough (Rochester)
Chargeable
Thomas Mott 19
William Bennett 13
John Plastow 8
Mr John Mabb 8
....
Northgate Borough (Rochester)
Chargeable
Mrs (Blank) Juett widdow 10
Southgate Borough (Rochester)
Chargeable
Sir Francis Clarke knight 15
Thomas Manly gentleman 12
George Newman Esquire 10
Robert Faunce gentleman 9
Richard Manly gentleman 9
Steeven Pine 8
Thomas Bennett 8
Eastgate Borough
Chargeable
includes
Samuell Walsall 6
Mr Edward Booth 9
Mr Henry Wriothsley 11
Edward Fisher 8
Borough of Sittingbourne
Deane Borough
Chargeable
James Greenstreet 1
The towne of Ashford in the Lath of Scray
Chargeable
Ralph Clare 14
Samuell Wood 13
Mr Osmanton in an empty house 11
John Nower gent 9
Mr John Nowell 8
Robert Gibbs 8
Mr James Bate 7
Mr Edward Woodward 7
Joy Starr 7
Mr Hilkiah Reader 7
Ralph Dayton 7
Pluckly Borough
Chargeable
Sir Edward Dering Baronet at Surrenden 34
Dane Borough
Chargeable
Robert Sprackling 8
Borough of Socombe
Chargeable
Thomas Godfrey Esq 14
The Hundred of Westgate in the Lath of St. Augustine Borough of Hackington
Chargeable
Coll(onel Thomas Colpepper 40
The Lady Harfleet 14
The Precinct of Christchurch Canterbury Within the lath of St. Augustine
Chargeable
Dr. Thomas Turner Deane 27
(and lots of ecclesiastical doctors in quite large houses)
The Hundred of Wingham In the Lath of St Augustine The Upper Halfe Hundred Borough of Wingham Street
Chargeable
Sir Henry Palmer Bart 28
Thomas Denn 4
Mrs Oxenden 1
Borough of Winghamwell
Chargeable
Sir Henry Oxenden 17
Mrs Harfleet widd(ow) 14
Borough of Goodnestone
Chargeable
Sir Thomas Engham 20
Sir John Boys 10
Twitham Borough
Chargeable
Henry Oxenden gent 11 (presumably this is Brooks?)
The Hundred of Cornillo In the Lathe of St Augustine The Upper Halfe Hundred Borough of Northbourne
Chargeable
Sir Richard Sandys 28
The Hundred of Eastry in the Lath of St Augustine The Upper Halfe Hundred Eastry & Street
Chargeable
Sir George Sondes Knt. of ye Bath for ye parsonage 7
Nonington
Chargeable
John Boys Esq 18
Borough of Hamwell
Chargeable
Sr Thomas Peyton 21
Parish of Denton
Chargeable
John Andrewes gent 19
Thomas Marsh 7
Henry Oxenden gt. 5 (sic)
Borough of Bishopsbourne
Charegable
Sr. Anthony Aucher 20
Sr. Richard Hatton 5
Barton Borough
Chargeable
Sr. Bazell (sic) Dixwell 20
Waldersheire Borough
Chargeable
Sr. Edward Monins Bart. 19
West Langdon Borough
Richard Masters Esq. 13
Patrixbourne Borough
Chargeable
Sr. Arthur Slingsby 15
Nackington
Charegable
Sr. Thomas Godfrey 16
Upper Hardres
Chargeable
Sr. Richard Hardres Bart 22
Mr. Christop(her) Hardres 7
London
Coleman Street ward: Sixth precinct
"Coleman Street Ward: The Sixth precinct
Thomas Tyte 12 hearths"[1]
St. Andrew Undershaft
Ax Yard
Richard Goodlad 5 hearths
ye Lady Jane Micoe 16 hearths
Ald. Charles Thorold 14 hearths
Sr. Will Thomson 19 hearths
Leadenhall Street south
Isaac Delillers 9 hearths
Mr. Tho. Mothwaight 10 hearths
Sr Thomas Chamberlin 16 hearths
ye East India Comp howse 18 hearths
Lime Street East
John Vandermarsh 10 hearths
St Mary Ax East
Ald. Will Love 15 hearths
James Clouthrow 13 hearths [Probably James Clitherow/Clitheroe]
Sr. John Jacob 15 hearths
St Mary Ax west
Ald Love 6 hearths
St George Botolph Lane
Butolph Lane west
Arnoll Beake 9 hearths
Elias Beake 7 hearths
Nathanell Letton 12 hearths
Wm Moyer 13 hearths
St. Giles without Cripplegate
Nathaniel Withers was living in the parish of St. Giles (without) Cripplegate at his death in 1669, his dwelling in Goat Alley having been rated at a relatively modest eight hearths three years earlier.[2]
St. Helen's, Bishopsgate
Bishop gat Street the East side
Chamberlin 10 hearths
Sr John Langham 30 hearths
In Great St Hellens
Beniamine Skitt (sic) 12 hearths
John Fenn 5 hearths
Sr John Lawrence 26 hearths
William Finch 10 hearths
Little St Hellens
Barnidisston 11 hearths
Henry Spurstoe 10 hearths
Edward Bushell 11 hearths"[3]
St. Leonard Shoreditch: Katherine Wheele Ally,
"halfe way to Islington
John Hodges Total hearths 4
Katherine Wheele Ally
Wm. Howgrave Total hearths 3
Kings head Yard
Joseph Hatley Total hearths 4
John Holley Total hearths 2"[4]
Vintry ward: Sixth precinct
"...Richard Batson 20 hearths..."[5]
Middlesex
Hackney
Church Streete
Thomas Viner 20 hearths
William Spurstow 16 hearths
Growe and Well Streete
Nathaniell Barnardistone 12 hearths
Hackney Hommerton
William Bird 18 hearths
Henry Cloubery 20 hearths
Henry Chittey 13 hearths
St. Andrews, Holborn
Robert Raworth is recorded in the 1666 Hearth Tax returns in a property with eleven hearths, close to Lincoln's Inn.[6]
St. Giles-in-the-fields, King Street
The uper end of King Streat goeing to Tattnam Cort North Sid
"Sr Charlis Siddley 11 hearths
Esqr Henery Semor 22 hearths
Esqr Robert Spencer 19 hearths
The Rt. Honrb the Earle of Southampton 50 hearths"[7]
St. James, Clerkenwell
The Lord Cheife Justice 20 hearths
Lord Barckley 32 hearths
Earle of Carlile 23 hearths
Sr Nicholas Strowd 15 hearths
The Lady Jane Crafts 11 hearths
The Lady Thornhill 13 hearths
The Earle of Essex 19 hearths
The Earle of Alisbury 30 hearths
Doctr. Wm. Goddard 9 hearths
Sr Edward Banister 13 hearths..."[8]
Stepney : Bednall Green
Sr. Wm. Ryder 16 hearths
Whitechapel hamlet
Whitechapel hamlet
- ↑ 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1662: Coleman Street ward: Sixth Precinct', London Hearth Tax: City of London, 1662 (2011). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118416 Date accessed: 26 December 2011
- ↑ PROB 11/331 Coke 108–166 Will of Nathanaell Withers, Merchant Tailor of London 15 September 1669; 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Giles (without) Cripplegate : Goat Alley', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118686 Date accessed: 07 December 2011
- ↑ 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Helen Bishopsgate ', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118780 Date accessed: 21 January 2012
- ↑ 'Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: St Leonard Shoreditch : Islington, Katharines Wheel Alley and Kings Head Yard', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119025 Date accessed: 05 January 2012
- ↑ 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1662: Vintry ward: Sixth Precinct', London Hearth Tax: City of London, 1662 (2011). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118442 Date accessed: 20 December 2011
- ↑ 'Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: St Andrew Holborn (1 of 2)', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118895 Date accessed: 06 October 2011.
- ↑ 'Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: St Giles in the Fields : King Street', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118953 Date accessed: 23 January 2012
- ↑ 'Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: Clerkenwell (1 of 2)', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118828 Date accessed: 22 January 2012