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WESTMORLAND HEARTH TAX MICHAELMAS 1670 & SURVEYS 1674-5

Written by Colin Phillips, Catherine Ferguson, Andrew Wareham
Published by The British Record Society in 2008
ISBN: 9781873124468

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WESTMORLAND HEARTH TAX MICHAELMAS 1670 & SURVEYS 1674-5
Written by Colin Phillips, Catherine Ferguson, Andrew Wareham.
Stock no. 1825376
1st thus. 2008. Hardback. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The sixth in the series of Hearth Tax volumes to be produced by the British Academy Hearth Tax Research Project and the British Record Society, in association with county record societies where possible. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781873124468. A nice copy.

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Front cover

Cover of WESTMORLAND HEARTH TAX MICHAELMAS 1670 & SURVEYS 1674-5 by Colin Phillips; Catherine Ferguson; Andrew Wareham

Contents

  • LIST OF PLATES
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF MAPS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - Andrew Wareham
  • PREFACE: WEALTH AND POVERTY IN SIX COUNTIES - Catherine Ferguson
  • WESTMORLAND ABOUT 1670
  • Colin Phillips
  • Topography and climate
  • Government, society and economy
  • THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEARTH TAX IN WESTMORLAND
  • Elizabeth Parkinson
  • The sheriffs' administration Michaelmas 1662 to Lady Day 1664
  • The first receivers' administration Michaelmas 1664 to Michaelmas 1665
  • The first farm Michaelmas 1666 to Lady Day 1669
  • The second receivers' administration from Michaelmas 1669 to Lady Day 1674
  • The second and third farms Michaelmas 1674 to Lady Day 1679 and Michaelmas 1679 to Lady Day 1684 and the Commission Michaelmas 1684 to Lady Day
  • 1689
  • Exemption
  • The diversity of the lists
  • The yield of the tax
  • The administrators of the tax in Westmorland
  • WESTMORLAND IN THE HEARTH TAX DOCUMENTS
  • Colin Phillips
  • The surveys of 1674-5 of the county and the borough of Kendal
  • The impact of the 1674-5 survey
  • The hierarchy of society observed in the hearth tax documents
  • Households in Westmorland: fuel and some general considerations
  • Houses in the Westmorland Hearth Tax: households with one hearth
  • Households with two hearths
  • Households with three hearths
  • Households with four and five hearths
  • Households with more than five hearths
  • Households in the borough towns of Appleby and Kendal
  • Conclusions
  • DOCUMENTS
  • TOTAL OF HOUSEHOLDS AND HEARTHS MICHAELMAS 1670
  • TOTALS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND HEARTHS 1674-5
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • INDEXES