Linkinhorne Parish

 Hearth Tax  1662/1664

 

The Hearth Tax was an attempt to tax people according to their wealth, working on the principle that the wealthier they were the more hearth’s they would have in their home. The tax and variants were in existence for several decades but records for Linkinhorne only exist for 1662 and 1664. It was often found that people had stopped up hearths after the first taxation in order to reduce their tax.  As all the names have been put in alphabetical order this is not an exact transcription. Notes that refer to the differences between the two collections are only mentioned where they involve named people.
Andrew William sen 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Barrett John 3 ex
Bate Degory 1 ret one short & now Nicholas Bate
Bate Richard 1ex  now Walter Vigo
Beare John 4  pulled down one
Bennicke Joan 1 ret one short
Bennicke John 2
Bradlake Thomas 4 ex
Budge Emanuel 5 ret one short
Budge John 4  ret one short
Budge Richard 4 ret one short & now  Wm Budge
Budge Thomas 3  ret one short
Budge William 1 ex
Budge John or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Budge Thomas of Darley 5 ret one short
Budge Thomas of Sutton 4  ret one short
Büdge Edward of Meason 3 ret one short
Caunter Sampson 4 stopt up one
Charke Elizabeth 1ex now Joseph Ellis
Combe Degory 1ex
Combe Thomas 3 ret one short
Comons Humphry 2 ret one short
Congdon William and John his son 4 ex  but now Rich Gartred has 2 of them
Coram Thomas 2  ret one short
Counter William 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Courtes Thomas 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Crabb John 2  ret one short
Crabb Richard 2  ret one short
Davey Thomas 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Davy Edward 1 ex now Alce Davy
Davy William 3 ret one short
Davy Edward for his tenement 3 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Dawe Richard 2 blockt up one
Dill John 3 ret one short
Dingell Sampson 1 1 ret one short
Dingley John gent 4 ex  now Tho Harvy of Hall
Dingley John of Darley 4 ex
Doney Thomas 3 blockt up one
Ellis Joseph 2 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Flenton (Fenton) Andrew 7 stopt up four
Foote George 1 no such person to be found in the parish
Foote John 3 ret two short
Foote Nicholas 7 ret one short
Goodman William 6 ex
Grills Francis 6 ex
Grills Henry 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Grills Sampson 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Harper John 2  ret one short
Harper Samuel and William Davy 4  ret one short
Harvy Thomas of Upton 1 ex
Hatch Tristram 1ex
Hatch Tristram or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Hender Thomas 2  ret one short
Hooper Radigune  wid 7 ret two short & now Win Hooper gent
Hooper Mr or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Horwill William 2 blockt up one
Jackman Mary 3 ret one short
John Edward 1 ex ret one short
John Richard 1 ex
John Robert 3 ret One short
John Richard of Curredon & his mother  5 ret one short
Jope Mathew 1 ret one short & now Sampson Laundry
Kneebone John  gent 11 ret one short
Knight Richard 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Knipe (Kimpe) Joan  wid. 6 pulled down one
Lakes Temporance 2 ex  now Wm Band Esq
Lampen Wilmot  wid 5 ret one short stopt up 3 and 1 John Lampen Esq
Lampen John Esq 11 ex
Laundry Degory 3 ret one short
Laundry Richard 2  ret one short
Leane Peter 1  ret one short
Martyn Anne 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Nicholls Richard 1 ex
Nicholls Thomas  gent 6 ret 3 short which are walled up
Nicholls, Davy Rich,Thos or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Noise John 1 ex
Olliver Elizabeth 1 ex
Olliver John  of Milcombe 4 ret one short
Olliver Faith & John her son 3 ex now John Olliver for the whole
Olliver John of Churchtowne 2 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Olliver John sen of Henwood 1 ex
Ollver Peter 1 ex
Penley John 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Rawlinge Richard 2ex now Edw Roberts hath one of them
Rawlinge John or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Rawlings John 6 stopt up 2 of them
Roberts John 3 ret one short
Roberts John  at Pengelly 2  ret one short
Roberts John  or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Roberts Jonathan 3 ex
Roberts Nicholas 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Roberts Thomas 4 ex
Roberts Thomas 1 ex
Roberts William 1  ret one short
Roberts William 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Roberts Edward gent 5 ex  now Hen Roberts gent
Roberts John of Churchtowne 2 ret one too many by mistake
Roberts John of Kellaton 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Roberts John or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Sheere William or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Sheire William 3  ret one short
Smith Stephen 1  ret one short
Stanton William 3 ret one short
Stephen Elizabeth 1 ex
Stephens Cyprian 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Streeke Mary 2 ret one short & now Stephen Streeke
Streeke Stephen 1 ex
Symons Nicholas 3 ret one short
Tawley Stephen 3 pulled down one and now George Foot
Tregonian Walter 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Trehane John 2 ret one short
Treise William 3 ex
Trelodars Thomas 1 ex
Venton Andrew or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Vine Thomas 1 ex
Warne Henry 2 ret one short
Warne Henry of Notter 2 ret one short
Warne Henry or the occupant 1 Hearths not mentioned in the former returns of 1662
Whale John 1 ex not rated etc by r.o.p.
Woodnett Theophilus 5 ret one short and now Edw Bynes clerk

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