In 1662 the house was assessed for hearth tax as having 15 hearths.
The elders declared a financial crisis and imposed a hearth tax.
When assessed for the hearth tax it had 7 hearths.
In 1673 it is recorded that 39 people paid Hearth Tax.
"How can we pay the hearth tax and the head tax, let alone that on our profits?"
In 1664 he became joint receiver of hearth tax for Cornwall until 1666.
By 1665 the Rectory was a large house, assessed at six hearths for hearth tax.
The hearth tax was therefore much resented by those upon whom it fell, typically the middle classes and businessmen.
No single study has done more to illuminate the archival mysteries of the hearth tax over the last thirty years.
When it comes to the hearth tax, it is vital to be able to see the names within the original order of the lists.
