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Pudding Lane Hearth Tax : August 1666 : (E 179/252)
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This is a tax record for August 1666. These people lived in Pudding Lane in London. The numbers show the amount of hearths (fireplaces) in each person's house.
People who owned a house had to pay a hearth tax to the king. They paid 1 shilling (5p) for each hearth.
This tax was collected twice a year. Some people might stop up their fireplaces for part of the year so they didn't have to pay the tax twice.
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| Mary Whittacre widow | 2 |
| George Porter plasterer | 3 |
| Widdow Gander | 1 |
| Benjamin Burstow | 1 |
| Thomas Knight Glasier [glass maker] | 4 |
| Alice Spencer | 4 |
| Empty | 3 |
| John Bibie turner [person who works with a turning lathe, a tool for shaping and cutting wood, important in making barrels] | 3 |
|
Thomas Farrinor baker 1 oven |
5 1 |
|
William Ludford plasterer 1 stop up |
3 1 |
| Jones | 2 |
| Susanna Noest | 3 |
| Empty | 3 |
| Lanbe Yard | |
| William Burgis hook & eye maker | 3 |
| Joshua Sands plateworker | 2 |
| Empty | 3 |
| Nicolas Carter hook & eye maker | 5 |
| Widdow Grimes | 1 |
| John Wardley clothworker | 4 |
| William Walter smyth [blacksmith who worked with metal and made horseshoes] | 3 |
| John Wells porter | 2 |
| John Hasleby porter | 2 |
| Widdow Pawley | 2 |
| William Greene turner | 2 |
| 68 |