A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2002.
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T D Atkinson, Ethel M Hampson, E T Long, C A F Meekings, Edward Miller, H B Wells, G M G Woodgate, 'Analysis of Hearth Tax Assessments, Isle of Ely: 1666 Lady Day', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds, ed. R B Pugh( London, 2002), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol4/pp275-277 [accessed 2 November 2024].
T D Atkinson, Ethel M Hampson, E T Long, C A F Meekings, Edward Miller, H B Wells, G M G Woodgate, 'Analysis of Hearth Tax Assessments, Isle of Ely: 1666 Lady Day', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds. Edited by R B Pugh( London, 2002), British History Online, accessed November 2, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol4/pp275-277.
T D Atkinson, Ethel M Hampson, E T Long, C A F Meekings, Edward Miller, H B Wells, G M G Woodgate. "Analysis of Hearth Tax Assessments, Isle of Ely: 1666 Lady Day". A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds. Ed. R B Pugh(London, 2002), , British History Online. Web. 2 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol4/pp275-277.
ANALYSIS OF HEARTH TAX ASSESSMENTS
1666 Lady Day | |||||||||||||||
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Totals of entries, with hearths | Totals | ||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | over 12 | Entries | Hearths | |
ELY | |||||||||||||||
Trinity, paid | 221 | 122 | 50 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | {1 of 15}{1 of 13} | 476 | 1,101 |
Stuntney, paid | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 of 15 | 20 | 55 |
both, unpaid | 77 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 108 | 159 |
both, total (fn. 1) | 302 | 151 | 59 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 604 | 1,315 |
St. Mary, paid | 92 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 173 | 346 |
Chettisham, paid | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 43 |
both, unpaid | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 | 66 |
both, total | 138 | 61 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 243 | 455 |
Total | 440 | 212 | 79 | 45 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 847 | 1,770 |
ELY HUNDRED | |||||||||||||||
Downham, paid | 56 | 51 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 113 | 187 |
unpaid | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 40 |
total | 71 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 139 | 227 |
Littleport, paid | 81 | 65 | 9 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 159 | 256 |
unpaid | 38 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 47 | 58 |
total | 119 | 72 | 11 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 206 | 314 |
Total | 190 | 132 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 345 | 541 |
THORNEY (fn. 2) | |||||||||||||||
paid | 116 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 169 | 263 |
unpaid | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 42 |
Total | 135 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 196 | 305 |
WHITTLESEY (fn. 2) | |||||||||||||||
Whittlesey, paid | 216 | 119 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | {1 of 16}{1 of 13} | 371 | 614 |
unpaid | 65 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 96 | 151 |
total | 281 | 137 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 467 | 765 |
Coates, paid | 40 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 | 62 |
unpaid | 21 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | 28 | |
total | 61 | 9 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 73 | 90 |
Eastrea, paid | 28 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | 88 |
unpaid | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 23 |
total | 35 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 67 | 111 |
Pondsbridge, paid | 55 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 63 | 71 |
unpaid | 13 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 31 |
total | 68 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 85 | 102 |
Total | 445 | 188 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 692 | 1,068 |
WISBECH HUNDRED | |||||||||||||||
Elm, paid | 21 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 of 13 | 75 | 197 |
unpaid | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 26 |
total | 26 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 87 | 223 |
Leverington, paid | 15 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 71 | 178 |
unpaid | 9 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 30 |
total | 24 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 89 | 208 |
Parson Drove, paid | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 47 | 83 |
unpaid | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 10 |
total | 22 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 | 93 |
Newton, paid | 8 | 12 | 6 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 31 | 82 |
unpaid | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 16 |
total | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 39 | 98 |
Outwell, paid | 23 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 48 | 98 |
unpaid | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 17 | |
total | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 54 | 115 |
Tydd St. Giles, paid | 33 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 60 | 105 |
unpaid | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 26 |
total | 40 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 74 | 131 |
Upwell, paid | 44 | 17 | 3 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 72 | 135 |
unpaid | 5 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 25 |
total | 49 | 20 | 6 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 84 | 160 |
Welney, paid | 10 | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 35 |
unpaid | 7 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 18 |
total | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 53 |
Guyhirn, paid | 26 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 37 |
unpaid | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 |
total | 27 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 35 | 45 |
Murrow, paid | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 44 |
unpaid | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 9 |
total | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 53 |
Tholomas Drove, paid | 4 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 20 |
unpaid | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
total | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 24 |
Wisbech High Fen, | |||||||||||||||
paid | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 16 |
Guyhirn, &c., total | 59 | 28 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 94 | 138 |
Wisbech St. Mary, | |||||||||||||||
paid | 28 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 82 | 194 |
unpaid | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 36 |
total | 34 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 98 | 230 |
Wisbech St. Peter, | |||||||||||||||
paid | 181 | 84 | 34 | 42 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 of 24 | 402 | 1,048 |
unpaid | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 45 | 92 |
Total | 510 | 344 | 100 | 84 | 43 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1,149 | 2,589 (fn. 3) |
WITCHFORD HUNDRED (fn. 4) | |||||||||||||||
Coveney, paid | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 40 |
unpaid | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 |
Wardy Hill, paid | 14 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 28 |
unpaid | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 8 |
both, total | 35 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 53 | 82 |
Manea, paid | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 | 68 |
unpaid | 9 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 19 |
total | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 64 | 87 |
Haddenham, paid | 89 | 82 | 10 | 6 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 194 | 363 |
unpaid | 27 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 | 88 |
total | 116 | 95 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 243 | 451 |
Mepal, paid | 12 | 17 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 60 | |
unpaid | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 |
total | 14 | 18 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 | 67 |
Stretham, paid | 47 | 27 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 84 | 140 |
unpaid | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 70 |
total | 67 | 35 | 12 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 121 | 210 |
Thetford, paid | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 64 |
unpaid | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 15 |
total | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 79 |
Sutton, paid | 67 | 55 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 134 | 225 | |
unpaid | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 47 |
total | 85 | 64 | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 164 | 272 |
Wentworth, paid | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 43 |
unpaid | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 14 |
total | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 57 |
Wilburton, paid | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 of 18 | 49 | 131 |
unpaid | 2 | 8 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 31 |
total | 22 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 62 | 162 |
Witcham, paid | 30 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 60 | 124 |
unpaid | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 16 |
total | 33 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 | 140 |
Witchford, paid | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 45 | 75 |
unpaid | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 24 |
total | 31 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 | 99 |
Chatteris, paid | 132 | 64 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 of 18 | 204 | 312 (fn. 5) |
unpaid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 28 |
total | 138 | 67 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 217 | 340 |
Doddington, paid | 49 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 76 | 136 (fn. 6) |
unpaid | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 20 |
total | 55 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 87 | 156 |
Benwick, paid | 19 | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 45 |
unpaid | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 10 |
total | 25 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | 55 |
March, paid | 220 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 292 | 412 |
unpaid | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 43 |
total | 232 | 56 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 315 | 455 |
Wimblington, paid | 40 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 57 | 83 |
unpaid | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 24 |
total | 47 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 71 | 107 |
Total | 971 | 498 | 90 | 56 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1,662 | 2,819 |