[This is a tax record for August 1666. These people lived in Pudding Lane in London. The numbers show the amount of hearths (fireplaces) in each person's house.
People who owned a house had to pay a hearth tax to the king. They paid 1 shilling (5p) for each hearth.
This tax was collected twice a year. Some people might stop up their fireplaces for part of the year so they didn't have to pay the tax twice.]
Mary Whittacre widow 2 George Porter plasterer 3 Widdow Gander 1 Benjamin Burstow 1 Thomas Knight Glasier [glass maker] 4 Alice Spencer 4 Empty 3 John Bibie turner [person who works with a turning lathe, a tool for shaping and cutting wood, important in making barrels] 3 Thomas Farrinor baker
1 oven
5
1
William Ludford plasterer
1 stop up
3
1
Jones 2 Susanna Noest 3 Empty 3 Lanbe Yard William Burgis hook & eye maker 3 Joshua Sands plateworker 2 Empty 3 Nicolas Carter hook & eye maker 5 Widdow Grimes 1 John Wardley clothworker 4 William Walter smyth [blacksmith who worked with metal and made horseshoes] 3 John Wells porter 2 John Hasleby porter 2 Widdow Pawley 2 William Greene turner 2 68
