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Hearth Tax exemption certificates and related documents for Sussex. 121 items comprising...

Catalogue reference: E 179/191/424

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This record is about the Hearth Tax exemption certificates and related documents for Sussex. 121 items comprising... dating from 1662-1664 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Particulars of Account and other records relating.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
E 179/191/424
Date
1662-1664
Description

Hearth Tax exemption certificates and related documents for Sussex. 121 items comprising 97 documents. These documents are mainly Hearth Tax exemption certificates, but also include a parchment cover, certificates recording non-payment, certificates concerning numbers of hearths payable, a certificate alleging negligence, and notes of decrease of hearths. Described and dated at item level. The certificates were originally in two bundles, each having string passing through the top of the documents. Some documents had come loose. 'Bundle 1' contained documents relating to the Hearth Tax collection of Lady Day 1663, and its cover was the present item 31. 'Bundle 2' contained documents relating to the Hearth Tax collection of Michaelmas 1663, and its cover was the present item 1. The descriptions show where each item was found in the original arrangement.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
papers and parchment membranes
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13306550/

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