The hearth tax consisted of a half-yearly payment of one shilling for each hearth in the occupation of each person whose house was worth more than 20s a year, and who was a local ratepayer of church and poor rates. It was introduced at a time of serious fiscal emergency by Charles II. The surviving hearth tax returns and assessments of 1662-1674 relate to the levy of two shillings on every hearth: as such, they are one of the obvious sources for family, local and social history. The hearth tax actually continued until 1688, but only the assessments for 1662-1666 and 1669-1674 were delivered into the Exchequer. Outside these periods, the collection of the tax was 'farmed out' to private tax collectors who paid a fixed sum to the government in return for the privilege of collecting the tax. They were not required to send their assessments into the Exchequer"
For more information and the full text please visit the Public Record Office Leaflet online version concerning Hearth Tax 1662-1688.
Castle Campes
| Notes (Possible) | Notes (Possible) | ||
| Francis COOTE - 2 | bur 1687 | William FLACK - 4 | |
| Matthew SEARE - 3 | Richard LOATES - 1 | ||
| Mathew SIMPSON - 2 | Roger HART - 1 | ||
| John KEMMENT - 3 | John PRYOR - 1 | ||
| John AUSTIN - 4 | bur 1683 | Michael BORDEN - 4 | |
| Edward WEBB - 1 | William GRIGGS - 1 | ||
| John WHITING - 3 | John WASDELL - 2 | ||
| John LUCAS - 2 | bur 1704 | Robert FREAKE - 2 | |
| William FREEMAN - 1 | bur 1687 | Richard FLACK - 2 | bu 1684 or 1676 |
| Edward PURCHASSE - 2 | bur 1691 | Richard FLACK - 3 | bu 1676 or 1684 |
| Thomas ALLISON - 2 | bur 1694 | Widdow BROWNE - 1 | bur 1695 |
| Joseph OLDE - 2 | John PETTITT - 3 | ||
| Mordecai MIDDLEDITCH - 1 | bur 1690 | George RUST - 2 | |
| Richard HAY -1 | bur 1699 | Edward WILLIAMS - 2 | bu 1720 |
| Widow SMEE - 2 | bur 1681 | Daniell WODD - 1 | |
| William IMPEY - 2 | George TREDGETT - 2 | bu 1702 | |
| Thomas BROWNE - 1 | bur 1670 or 1692 | John WAYLEY - 1 | |
| James MILLER - 1 | William FLACK - 4 | ||
| George WHITEN - 3 | John LORD - 1 | bur 1710 or 1713 | |
| Robert CARTER - 3 | bur 1686 | William LINSDELL - 1 | |
| Widdow ALLENSON - 2 | Arthur CATES - 6 | ||
| Sr. Francis DORRELL - 20 | bur 1675 | Mr Thomas HALL - 5 | |
| Mr NOTT - 15 | William SMITH - 1 | ||
| Mr Poole - 10 | |||
| A total of 139 | |||
Discharged by legall Certificates (all 1)
| Notes (possible) | Notes (possible) | ||
| Thomas SHELFORD | bur 1675 | John BRASIER | bur 1700 |
| William GREENE | bur 1697 | John HARRISON | bur 1696 or 1703 |
| Giles STUBBIN | Allice PURCHASSE | bur 1681 or 1695 | |
| Thomas PUCHASSE | Richard CHALLIS | bur 1685 an antient man | |
| Widdow HOY | Margery bu 1689 | Thomas LOTT | |
| Nicholas KEELER | the elder bu 1693 | Widdow DAY | bur 1680 wid an antient woman |
| Henry HARRISON | bu 1678 | Thomas COLE | |
| Widdow ALLEN | Barbara bu 1690 | Widdow OVERALL | |
| John FREEMAN | bu 1682 or 1710 | John HOCKLEY | bur 1712 |
| Thomas FARROWE | bur 1710 | Robert CARTER | bur 1686 |
| Deborah CARTER | bur 1678 | John CHALLIS | |
| Samuel CHAPLIN | bur 1705 | Widdow ALLEN | |
| William COOTE | bur 1691 | Ann PURCHASSE | wife of William Priors Farm bur 1678 |
| A total of 26 | |||