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DocRefNoCR1741/13/1-131
LevelItem
TitleIntroduction to the Warwickshire hearth tax records
Date1957
Description(Warwick County Records: Hearth Tax Returns Vol. 1 pp. XIXCVIII. 1957).

1. Administrative History of the Hearth Tax (1622-1689) by C.A.F.Meekings 1939 revised 1947. Typescript.
2. Records of the Sheriff's Administration 1662-1664 - notes and transcripts.
3. Hearth Tax Farm 1666-1669.
4. Transcript of 1663 Hearth Tax return for Knightlow hundred.
5. John Newsham's assessments 1670-1674.
6. Hearth Tax, General.
7. Barlichway Hundred.
8. Knightlow, Barlichway and Kineton hundred: folders marked Hearth Tax Ms.
9. Packet marked Knightlow hundred, Rugby and Southam divisions, miscellaneous notes.
10. Folder marked 'Exemption Certificates.'
11. Packet of various Hearth Tax notes.
12. Notebook containing extracts from 'Calendars of State Papers Domestic' and 'Calendars of Treasury Books', relating to the Hearth Tax. 58 ff.
13. Small ring binder containing similar notes.
14. Small notebook containing extracts from various records in the Public Record Office, British Museum and County Record Office Warwick.
15. Large packet marked 'John Newsham's Assessment Book, 1667-1691'.
16. Tabulations of the returns of the Free and Voluntary present 1661.
17. Large packet marked 'Receivers Assessment and Collection, 1665'.
18. Packet marked 'Kineton Hundred, Kineton Division - Final Text'; containing tabulations of the returns for Chesterton and Kingston, Avon Dassett, Farnborough, Lighthorne, Halford, Shotteswell, Priors Hardwick, Fenny Compton, Warmington, Mollington, and Ratley.
19. Packet marked 'Barlichway Final Text', for Wootton Wawen and Beaudesert.
20-25. Folder of notes etc. relating to Claverdon Hearth Tax, Court rolls etc. 5 notebooks containing extensive notes and transcripts of documents relating to the Hearth Tax including Statues and Commons Journals. Exemption certificate: 1670-1671, Assessment 1670, John Newsham's Assessments 1671, 1673, 1674.
26. Index cards containing the names of persons appearing in the Hearth Tax returns 1662-1674. The following parishes are covered: Alcester, Great Alne, Alveston and Tiddington, Arrow, Oversley, Ashow, Aston Cantlow, Baginton, Barcheston, Willington, Barford, Barton-on-the-Heath, Bearley, Beaudesert, Bidford, Bilton, Binton, Birdingbury, Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Brailes, Brownsover, Bubbenhall, Budbrooke, Burmington, Chadshunt, Charlecote, Cherington, Churchover, Claverdon, Clifton-on-Dunsmore, Newton and Biggin, Coughton, Fenny Compton, Long Compton, Compton Verney, Cubbington, Avon Dassett, Burton Dassett, Dunchurch, Thurlaston, Ettington, Farnborough, Frankton, Fulbrook, Gaydon, Temple Grafton, Grandborough, Halford, Hampton Lucy, Harbury, Priors Hardwick, Haseley, Haselor, Hatton, Beausale, Shrewley, Hillmorton, Honiley, Honington, Idlicote, Ilmington, Ipsley, Bishops Itchington, Long Itchington, Kenilworth, Kineton, Combrooke, Kinwarton, Ladbrook, Lapworth, Church Lawford, Leamington Hastings, Leamington Priors, Lighthorne, Lillington, Loxley, Butlers Marston, Priors Marston, Marton, Milverton and Emscote, Mollington, Moreton Morrell, Morton Bagot, Napton, Newbold-on-Avon, Gosford, Long Lawford, Newbold Pacey and Ashorne, Newnham Regis, Norton Lindsey, Offchurch, Oxhill, Packwood, Pillerton Hersey, Pillerton Priors, Radford Semele, Radway, Ratley, Rowington and Kingswood, Rugby, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Salford Priors, Sambourne, Sherbourne, Shotteswell, Shuckburgh, Snitterfield, Southam, Spernall, Stockton, Stourton, Old Stratford, Drayton, Luddington, Stratford-on-Avon, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Princethorpe, Stretton-on-the-Fosse, Studley, Bishops Tachbrooke, Tachbrook Mallory, Tamworth, Ullenhall, Tardebrigg, Tysoe, Ufton, Warmington, Warwick, Wasperton, Weethly, Wellesbourne Hastings, Wellesbourne, Mountford, Weston-under-Wetherley, Whatcote, Whichford, Wolfhampcote, Wolford, Wolston, Wolverton, Leek Wootton and Woodcote, Wootton Wawen, Henley-in-Arden, Aspley, Wormleighton, Wroxall. [NB These index cards are kept in the search room]

27-131. Warwick County Records. Hearth Tax returns Vol. I. Hemlingford Hundred: Tamworth and Atherstone Divisions. Edited by Margaret Walker,with an introduction to the Warwickshire Hearth Tax records by Philip Styles.
Warwick 1957, CXVIII. 433 p. XI pl.

Folders containing transcripts and notes from the Hearth Tax records for the following parishes:
27. Alcester; 28. Great Alne; 29. Arrow and Oversley; 30. Aston Cantlow; 31. Ashow; 32. Alveston and Tiddington; 33. Baginton; 34. Barcheston and Willington; 35. Barford; 36. Barton on the Heath; 37. Bearley; 38. Beaudesert; 39. Bidford; 40. Binton; 41. Brailes; 42. Bubbenhall; 43. Budbrooke; 44. Burmington; 45. Chadshunt; 46. Charlecote; 47. Cherington; 48. Chesterton and Kingston; 49. Claverdon; 50. Combrooke with Compton Verney; 51. Fenny Compton; 52. Long Compton; 53. Coughton and Sambourne; 54. Cubbington; 55. Avon Dassett; 56. Burton Dassett; 57. Ettington; 58. Exhall; 59. Farnborough; 60. Gaydon; 61. Grafton and Kings Broom; 62. Halford; 63. Hampton Lucy; 64. Harbury; 65. Priors Hardwick; 66. Haseley; 67. Haselor; 68. Hatton; 69. Henley-in-Arden; 70. Honiley; 71. Honington; 72. Idlicote; 73. Ilmington; 74. Ipsley; 75. Kenilworth; 76. Kineton; 77. Kinwarton; 78. Kingswood; 79. Lapworth; 80. Leamington Priors; 81. Lighthorne; 82. Lillington; 83. Loxley; 84. Butlers Marston; 85. Priors Marston; 86. Milverton and Emscote; 87. Mollington; 88. Morton Bagot; 89. Moreton Morrell; 90. Newbold Pacey and Ashorne; 91. Norton Lindsey; 92. Offchurch; 93. Oxhill; 94. Packwood; 95. Pillerton Hersey and Priors; 96. Radford; 97. Radway; 98. Ratley; 99. Rowington; 100. Salford; 101. Sherbourne; 102. Shotteswell; 103. Shuckburgh; 104. Snitterfield; 105. Spernall; 106. Studley; 107. Stratford (Borough); 108. Old Stratford; 109. Stretton-on-the-Fosse; 110. Bishops Tachbrooke; 111. Tanworth-in-Arden; 112. Tutnell and Cobley; 113. Tysoe; 114. Ufton; 115. Ullenhall; 116. Warmington; 117. Warwick; 118. Wasperton; 119. Weethley; 120. Wellesbourne; 121. Whatcote; 122. Whichford and Stourton; 123. Whitchurch; 124. Whitnash; 125. Wixford; 126. Wolford; 127. Wolverton; 128. Leek Wootton; 129. Wootton Wawen; 130. Wormleighton; 131. Wroxall.
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