MRP: Hearth tax

Hearth tax

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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

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

Esqr. Willm Meggs 15 hearths

↑ '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

[1] '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

[2] 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

[3] '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

[4] '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

[5] '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

[6] '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.

[7] '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

[8] '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

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