St Just in Roseland Hearth Tax 1664
© Bill O'Reilly 2009
This is a transcription of a transcription of the Hearth Tax returns for St Just in Roseland.
The hearth tax was introduced in England and Wales in 1662 to provide a regular source of income for the newly restored monarch, King Charles II. Parliament had accepted in 1662 that the King required an annual income of £1.2 million to run the country. Sometimes referred to as chimney money, the hearth tax was essentially a property tax on dwellings graded according to the number of their fireplaces. The 1662 Act introducing the tax stated that 'every dwelling and other House and Edifice …shall be chargeable ….for every firehearth and stove….the sum of twoe shillings by the yeare'. The money was to be paid in two equal instalments at Michaelmas (29 September) and Lady Day (25 March) by the occupier or, if the house was empty, by the owner. If you would like to know more about the Hearth Tax then take a look at http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/hearthtax/hearthtax/history/index.html
| Forename | Surname | Entry |
|---|---|---|
| Collan | BLUETT | 4 ex ye house void & Mr Cock & others owners |
| Peter | LUKE | 2 ex ye house void & Wm HEGO owner |
| Richard | PYLL | 1 ex |
| William | FENNY | 2 ex |
| Thomazen | HENDY | 1 ex |
| Anne | FRAZY | 2 ex |
| John | VINCENT | 1 ex very poor not rated etc by r.o.p. |
| Wm | HANCOCKE | 3 ex |
| Wm | NEPTUNE | 3 ex |
| Henry | CLARKE | 2 ex |
| John | GIDLY | 8 ex ye house void & Humph THOMAS Owner |
| Ambrose | COCKE | 3 ex now John GIDDY |
| Michael | BOSKENN | 2 ex |
| John | THOMAS | 3 ex |
| John | THORNE | 2 ex |
| Jane | HEWGOE | 1 ex |
| Hugh | ANDREW | 1 ex |
| Nicholas | PEARCE | 1 ex |
| Richard | WILLOWES | 3 ex now Tho WINSTOW |
| John | PENHALLOW | 2 ex |
| John | RISE | 2 ex |
| Walter | CREGOE | 3 ex now Joan CREGOE |
| Grace | JANE | 1 ret one short |
| Michael | VINCENT | 4 ex now Mich VOYSEY & Peter CUNDY |
| Martin | ROW | 1 ex |
| Nicholas | THOMAS | 3 ret one short |
| Nicholas | GREETE | 1 ret one short |
| John | HICKES | 4 ex |
| John | ELAND | 4 ex |
| Degory | BLAKE | 1 ex now Hen BLAKE |
| Jane | VEASIE | 2 ex |
| John | LUKE | 2 ex |
| Anne | COOKE | 4 ex |
| John | HUGOE | 4 ex |
| Haniball | RANDALL | 4 ex now Jn RUNDELL |
| William | JENNINS | 1 ex |
| Stephen | HICKES | 6 ex |
| Nicholas | JENKYN | 3 ex |
| Thomas | COOKE | 3 now Margery COOKE & stopt up one |
| Humphry | THOMAS | 2 ex |
| Robert | TREDENHAM | 1 ex |
| Richard | DAVY | 2 ex |
| Walter | COLLENS | 1 ex |
| Anthony | PARROW | 1 ex |
| Henry | WOOLLOCKE | 1 ex |
| Elizabeth | SARAH | 1 ex |
| Bestian | JACKE | 3 ex |
| Thomas | JACKE | 2 ex |
| George | BLAMY | 1 ex now Eliz BLAMY |
| Edward | SHEFFELL | 5 now Jn DAY & ret 4 too many by mistake |
| Nicholas | HEUGOE | 4 ex |
| Thomas | JAMES | 2 ret one short |
| Edward | JENNING | 2 (Hearths not mentioned in the previous returns) |
| Richard | JENKYN | 1 (Hearths not mentioned in the previous returns) |
| Edward | SHETFEILD | 2 (Hearths not mentioned in the previous returns) |
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