The tax was collected twice a year from the year 1662, on Lady Day, March
25 (the official start of the New Year until 1752) and on Michaelmas, September
29th. The tax was 2 shillings on each hearth in a household, but those who
were too poor to pay were exempt. It was a very unpopular method of taxation
and was abolished in 1688.
Scotton
Taxpayer
Hearths
Notes
Taxpayer
Hearths
Notes
Richard Bainbridge
4
.
Peter Dearstone
1
William Preston
1
William Buckle
3
Marmaduke Buckle
2
George Watkinson
8
Peter Blakey
1
Robert Howard
2
William Wilson
1
William Lingard
3
James Lingard
1
Thomas Dally
2
William Clementshaw
2
Henry Linke
1
Walter Buckle
1
John Hill
1
Peter Dearstone
1
Walter Buckle
1
George Pinner
1
William Attyeat
1
Francis Clementshaw
1
John Winder
1
John Slater
1
William Wilson
1
.
John Wilson
1
Henry Spence
1
Mathew Brown
1
John Cooper
1
forge
William Lingwood
1
William Pond
1
empty no distress
William Crosby
1
empty no distress
Omitted for poverty 7. Robert Corner, collector; Henry Spinke, constable.
