HEARTH TAX was levied at a rate of 2 shillings per hearth. Those eligible for the tax was drawn up by the parish constable, together with the number of hearths per property. The tax was collected twice a year – first on Lady Day (25 March) and also at Michaelmas (29 September). The tax was repealed in 1689.

Householders with three or more hearths:

Mr Atkinson - 3 hearths
Mr Brocklin - 4
William Boxholme Esq - 7
Brian Coverdale - 3
Charles Dandison - 3
John Hardy  - 3
Charles Hudson - 3
Richard Hudson - 3
Thomas Hudson - 3
William Kirkhouse - 3
Fithion Lamb Esq - 4
Michael Mitchell - 3
John Sergeant - 3
Edward Wilkins- 3
William Sergeant sen - 3
William Sergeant jun - 3
Martin Stevenson - 5
Thomas Uppleby - 3
John Wakefield - 3
John Wilkin - 3