Entries for the tag ‘Hearth tax’
Principally the property tax imposed by Charles II in 1662 and repealed in 1689 following the Glorious Revolution. 
- 14 July 1663: Leeds borough returns for the hearth tax, designed to pay for the household of Charles II
- 6 November 1667: Cottage smiths of cutlery, scissors, shears, sickles and swords around Sheffield lobby for the expansion of exemptions from the 1662 hearth tax
- 15 January 1685: John Reresby, governor of York, refuses to help exempt Sheffield cutlers from the hearth tax because of insufficient rewards for past favours
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