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hearth tax

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hearth tax

Unpopular national tax introduced in England in 1662 at two shillings for every fire hearth, with exemptions for the poor. It was part of the government's attempt to replace feudal dues with a more regular source of revenue but proved highly unpopular and it had to be abandoned 1689 (1690 in Scotland) in favour of a window tax.
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A rental made in 1678 and a Hearth Tax of 1675 allow an evaluation of the percentage of those owning a house in Earls Colne among each group in the village.
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