Essex hearth tax return
Subtitle: Michaelmas 1670
By: edited by Catherine Ferguson, Christopher Thornton and Andrew Wareham
Contributors: British Academy. Hearth Tax Project
Series: British Record Society index library -- v. 127; Hearth tax series -- v. 8; Index library (British Record Society) -- 127.; Hearth tax series -- v. 8.
Publisher: British Record Society
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780901505545
Subjects: Hearth-money; Registers; Taxation; Lists; Genealogy
Other titles: Essex hearth tax
Description: "The hearth tax was a graduated house tax based on the number of fireplaces within each household. Introduced in 1662 and abolished in 1689 the hearth tax surviving returns vary enormously between counties in terms of quality and quantity. This volume publishes the Essex return for Michaelmas 1670"--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.