The case of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, and elsewhere within the county of York, and others of the cutlers and smiths in Warwickshire and Darbyshire
By: humbly offered to the consideration of the honourable knights, citizens and burgesses in Parliament assembled
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1680
Place of publication: London?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Cutlers; Early works to 1800; Hearth-money; Company of Cutlers (Sheffield, England)
Description: Illustrates one of the abuses of the hearth tax. Collectors of this tax demanded two shillings tax for every forge, though all such were exempted by the act if the rent paid was less than twenty shillings a year. The tax was repealed in 1687, mainly because of the resulting hardships and heartless conduct of the collectors.
Notes: Place and date of publication from Wing.

Imprint from Wing.

Rare Book copy: In mount measuring 56 x 41 cm.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), C1046

English short title catalogue (ESTC), R6187

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