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The Hearth Tax
In England, the Hearth Tax was imposed from 1662 - 1689. The records provide the name of every head of household, the place where he/she lived, and the number of fireplaces in the house. The tax was imposed twice a year. Those people who were too poor to pay were recorded as "certified for". The records which follow refer to the year 1674, which is the only one for which complete records are available for the Cleley Hundred. |
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PASSENHAM & DEANSHANGER HEARTH TAX 1674
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PASSENHAM
(Paseingham) |
DENSHANGER
(Dunshanger) |
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| These people paid the hearth tax | These people paid the hearth tax | |||
| Mr Willughby |
9
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Richard Bands |
2
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| Robert Paine |
7
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Georg [sic] Bands |
2
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| John West |
4
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Clement Clarke |
1
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| George Tossell |
1
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Richard Greene |
1
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| Thomas Potter |
1
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Mr. Thomas |
7
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| Arthur Cooper |
1
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William West |
2
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| William Bud |
1
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Thomas Pery |
1
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| William Dickens |
3
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[Richard?] Turkin |
3
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| William Baly |
1
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John Jenkins |
1
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| Ralph Tomson |
2
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[James?] Durell |
1
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| John Mortemore |
1
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Richard Hancock |
1
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| Mr Tery |
11
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John Lidgate |
1
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| Richard Stretton |
5
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John Swanell |
1
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| John Joseph |
2
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Richard Stretton |
4
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| Richard Pery |
3
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Richard Pearson |
1
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| John Miller |
1
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Henry Conn |
1
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| Robert Howes |
2
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Richard Turvey |
3
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| Mt Harison [sic] |
9
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Thomas Watts |
2
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| William Gilkes |
4
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William Joseph |
1
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Total
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68
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John Turvey |
1
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| John Teagle |
1
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| William Potter |
1
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| Thomas French |
1
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| These people were certified for |
John Parsons |
1
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| [presumably at Passenham & Denshanger] | James Eleans | |||
| John Harris sen |
1
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George Fowkes |
1
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| William Teagle |
1
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Thomas Case |
1
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| Widdow Teagle |
1
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Thomas Browne |
3
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| Widdow Wells |
1
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& a forge |
1
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| William Perkins |
1
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Widdow Jewitt |
2
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| Richard Reeve |
1
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Daniell Allen |
1
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| William Jenkins |
1
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Henry Gibbs |
1
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| William Wheatly |
1
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Thomas Ashton |
2
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| Widdow Wheatly |
1
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Mathew Smith |
1
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| John Briant |
1
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Widdow Clarke |
1
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| Edward Banester |
1
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Thomas Mann |
1
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| Thomas Rawbone |
1
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Richard Barnes |
1
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| Edward Harris sen |
1
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Richard Fody |
1
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| Edward Harris jun |
1
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William Gardiner |
1
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| John Fewly |
1
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Thomas Ash |
2
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| Richard Banister |
1
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William Potter |
1
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| Widdow Ward |
1
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Esah Steere |
7
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| Robert Perkins |
1
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Mathew Smith |
1
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| Thomas Brampton |
1
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William Mason |
1
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| Richard Robinson |
1
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William Wheston sen |
1
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| William Whetstone jun |
1
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& a forge |
1
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| Elizabeth Lord |
1
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Total |
77
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| John Lord sen |
1
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| Widdow Cooper |
1
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| Thomas Ward |
1
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| Thomas Teagle |
1
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| Widdow Hughs |
1
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| John Lord jun |
1
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| William Shrewsbery |
1
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| Widdow Band |
1
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| Widdow Cocken |
1
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| Richard Winmill |
1
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| Lettis Snill |
1
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| Francis Clarke |
1
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| Robert Turvey |
1
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| John Masum |
1
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| John Masum jun |
1
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| John Masum sen |
1
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| John Danford |
1
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| Widdow Clarke sen |
1
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| Widdow Clarke jun |
1
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| Widdow Turvey |
1
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| Widdow Bignell |
1
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| John Hancocke |
1
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| Arthur Persee |
1
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| Widow Hughes jun |
1
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| Widdow Harris |
1
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| Lawrence Dewene |
1
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| Robert Foukes |
1
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| Widdow Cartewright |
1
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| Richard Turvey jun |
1
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| Widdow Tappin |
1
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| Thomas Hughes & Susannah Tweedy |
2
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| John Hamon |
1
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| William Bignell |
1
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| Francis Persons |
1
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| Widdow Godfry |
1
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| Widdow Webb |
1
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| John Clarke |
1
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| William Varney |
1
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| Widdow Winmill |
1
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| Thomas Clarke |
1
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| Thomas Conquest |
1
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| John Berson [sic] |
1
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| Francis Welch |
1
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| Thomas Barnes |
1
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| Hugh Brice |
1
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| John Gibbs |
1
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| Randolph Meakins |
1
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| Micheall Browne |
1
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| Widdow Ward |
1
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| Widdow Jackson |
1
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