1663 Hearth Tax

In 1663 the Hearth Tax on each chimney was two shillings [E 179 255/4]. Hearths were only taxed if the occupiers leased land. Six years later a surviving tithe account gave the names of those tenants who had land and the amount they farmed [MS.dd Par Cropredy c25 f13].

Site	Name	Hearths	Name	Yardlands
[21]	Mr Bernard Maunder	3
[8]	Mrs Mary Willmore	7	Thomas Wyatt	6
[31]	Mr John Wyatt Senr.	5	Widow Wyatt	3
[26]	Mr John Blagrave	4	George Blagrave	3
[3]	George Devotion	1	George Dyer	1
[4]	Widow ffrench	1	Widow French	0.5
[4]	Thomas Wright	2	Thomas Wright	2.5
[6]	John Allen	5	John Allen	2.5
[9]	Solomon Howse	1	Solomon Howse	2.5
[12]	Thomas Gorstelow	2	Thomas Gorstelow	1.5
[13]	Richard Denzey	3
[14]	Nehemiah Haslewood	2	Nehemiah Haslewood	3
[15]	Widow Tomes	2	William Tomms	2.5
[16]	Thomas Hunt	2	Thomas Hunt	1.75+
[24]	Edmond Pratt	2	Edward Pratt	2
[23]	Thomas Vaughan	1	John Warren	0.5
[60]	William Wyatt	3	William Wyatt	0.75
[25]	Nicholas Tompkins	2	Nicholas Tompkins	2
[29]	Henery Jeffery	1	Christopher Bourman	1.25
[28]	Richard Howse	1	Richard Howes	1.5
[30]	Thomas Wyatt	3	Nicolas Brigg	1
[32]	William Reade	1	Richard Read	1.25
[34]	Richard Watts	1	Richard Watts	2.5
[35]	Nehemiah Mansell	1	Nehemiah Mansell	2
[50]	John Wyatt Junr.	6	John Wyatt	0.5
[52/53]	Robert Wyatt	2	Robert Wyatt	1
[58]	Roger Orton	3	Roger orton	0.25
[51]	William Shirley	1	William Shirley	?
[42]	William Langley	1	William Langley	0.25
	Widow Langley	1
[44]	John Sabin	1	Richard Smith	0.12
[1a]	Thomas Parsons	1	William Shotswell	0.5
[1]	Samuel Lord	2

The Smithy [13] had land. Widow Langley's site unknown. Lord [1] had at least half a yardland at the mill. The total hearth tax collected by Solomon Howse [9], constable for that year, was £3-15s.