Transcribed by Susan D. Young.

Crown Copyright, courtesy of www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.  Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1664, duplicate transmitted to the Exchequer 17 Aug 1664.  PRO:  E179/249/37A.  Also, centre for Kentish Studies call number Q/RTh.

The Hearth Tax was introduced in England and Wales by the government of Charles II in 1662 at a time of serious fiscal emergency and provided an account of the persons and number of hearths and stoves, in their respective possessions, both chargeable and non-chargeable.  The original Act of Parliament was revised in 1663 and again in 1664.  Collection of the Hearth Tax continued until the tax was finally repealed by William and Mary in 1689.  Under the terms of the original grant, each liable householder was to pay one shilling for each hearth within their property on each collection of the tax.  Payments were due twice annually, at Michaelmas (29 September) and Lady Day (25 March), commencing Michaelmas 1662.

Parish of Chart Sutton

Chargeable

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	NO. OF HEARTHS
Amhurst	Widdow	4
Barber	Thomas	6
Bennett	James	1
Blackbourne	Stephen	3
Blackbourne	Thomas	2
Boughton	William	2
Browne	Robert	2
Browne, Sr.	John	3
Clarke	George	2
Dourtnall	Christopher	1
Fells	Thomas	3
Gouldring	John	4
Huggins	William	2
Huggins	Thomas	4
Hunt	Robert	2
Hunt	John	1
In the vicarage house	.........	3
Lambe	James	2
Luck	Walter	2
Masters	Richard	5
Mathew	John	8
Mepham	Thomas	1
Miller	Richard	1
Morgan	Widdow	7
Moule	Widdow	8
Norton house more	.........	2
Owlett	John	1
Packham	Richard	7
Rich	James	6
Robbins	John	3
Scoone	Thomas	5
Simcox	John	7
Smyth, Esq.	John	10
Stace	Richard	4
Standly	Thomas	2
Standly	William	2
Steere	Peter	6
Turner	Allen	2
Waight	Thomas	4
Wood	Robert	2
Wood	William	2

Not Chargeable

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	NO. OF HEARTHS
Baker	Widdow	2
Bills	Richard	2
Blackbourne	Francis	1
Browne, Jr.	John	1
Chapman	Thomas	2
Cheesman	Robert	1
Cooke	John	3
Coulter	Widdow	1
Foord	Richard	1
Frayman	Edmund	1
George	John	2
Goldwire	George	1
Hilles	Widdow	1
Hoppar	James	1
Hunt	Thomas	1
Husher	Nicholas	1
Leaver	Thomas	1
Masters	Thomas	2
Masters	John	Borsholder
Osmer	Widdow	1
Pelham	Nicholas	1
Potman	Widdow	2
Read	Widdow	1
Smyth	John	2
Sponge	William	1
Tollherst	John	1
Watkins	John	2
Wilkinson	Robert	1