Tax lists

Throughout this period, heavy taxes were levied and Catholic recusants were taxed doubly. From the 'Free and cheerful gift' levied in 1625, to Ship Money, Collections in Aid of Distressed Protestants in Ireland, Subsidies, Poll Taxes and the Hearth Tax, we have lists of those persons who paid tax. Information on who was eligible for tax and the amount they paid were drawn from the records of the Protestation Returns. There are two excellent guides to these listings:

• The Protestation Returns 1641-42 and Other Contemporary Listings by Jeremy Gibson and Alan Dell (Federation of Family History Societies, 1995)
• The Hearth Tax and other later Stuart Tax Lists and the Association Oath Rolls by Jeremy Gibson (Federation of Family History Societies, 1996)

The taxes are generally to be found at the National Archives or in county record offices and the Protestation Returns are at the House of Lords Record Office. The National Archives website has a database that list the taxes that survive for towns and parishes in the E179 series of exhchequer/tax records.

Next page »« Previous page

---

Print entire article

Published: 2006-08-23