St Dominic Parish
HEARTH TAX 1662/1664
The Hearth Tax was an attempt to tax people according to their wealth, working on the principle that the wealthier they were the more hearth’s they would have in their home. The tax and variants were in existence for several decades but records for Pillaton only exist for 1662 and 1664. It was often found that people had stopped up hearths after the first taxation in order to reduce their tax. Notes may refer to the differences between the two collections.
Anthony ROUS Esq. 17 ret one short
William BRENDON sen. gent 3 ex
William BRENDON jun. gent 5 ret one short
Nicholas SHARSER rector 6 ret one short
Samuel HORNDON 3 ret one short
John HORRELL 3 ex
William JANE of Escott 4 ret
Anthony DYMOND 2 ret one short
Henry AUGER 2 ret one short now Jane Aunger
Thomas BOND 3 ret one short
Nicholas JANE 2 ex
John CRAPP & his son 4 ret one short
Francis TIBB 3 ret one short
Francis BOND 1 ret two short
William DINGLE and Richard Hoskyn 2 two short
John JEFFORD 1 ret one short
Margaret JEFFORD 1 ret one short
John SLADE 1 ex
Robert SLADE 1 ex
Anthony RUNDELL 1 ex
John WILLIS 2 ret one short
Francis JANE 1 ex
George BOND 1 the house pulled down
George HOSKYN 1 ex
Elizabeth FITZJEFFERY 2 ret one short
Mary PEPERELL 1 ret one short
Andrew JEELES 1 ex
Richard WALTER 2 ret one short
William ARUNDELL the holder 1 ret one short & now Ezekiel Dymond
Wilnot RICH 2 ex
Thomas STEPHENS 3 ret one short
Elizabeth TIBB 2 ret one short
John DYMOND miller 2 ex
Thomas PEARCE 1 ex
Thomas WILLIAMS 2 ex now Phillip Williams
Mathew HOWE 1 ret one short
Robert KEMPE 1 ret one short
John BLEIGH 1 ret one short
John HARRY 1 ex
Nicholas STRIPP 2 ret one short
John STEERE 2 ret one short
Thomas JORY and Susan Collyn 1 ex
William BRENT 2 ex
Richard JOSLYN 1 ret on short
Robert SKYNNER 1 ret one short
Christopher SERPLE 3 ret two short
Mary SERPLE 2 ret one short
Alexander MOONE 3 ex
Ralph HITCHEN 1 ex
Richard BOWHAY 2 ex poor not rated by reason of poverty
Nicholas SCOWEN 1 ex
Anthony BULLER 1 ex
John HARRYE 1 no such person to be found
John JOPE 1 ex
William JANE of Aston 1 ret one short
Thomas EDGCUMBE 1 ex
Bernard NUTE 1 ex
Parnell JANE 1 ex
Ex 121
Hearths not mentioned in the previous returns 7
Peter Dymond 1, William Slade 1, the occupants of Trethill 1 32
Mr Charles Rous for tenement at Burrington 3 Parnell Jane 1 39