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ˈhearth-money Hist.
†1. Used by Coke for the ancient church-scot.
1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 175 Let the Hearth-money be first paid to the Church by every Freeman. [Cnut's Laws i. c. 11 §1 (Schmid) And ga ælc cyric-sceat into þam ealdan mynstre be ælcon friᵹan heorðe ‘and let each church-scot go to the mother church for each free hearth’.]
2. A tax upon hearths or fireplaces; esp. a tax of two shillings per annum on every fire-hearth in England and Wales, imposed by Act 13 & 14 Chas. II, repealed by 1 Wm. and M.; = chimney-money.
1663Act 15 Chas. II, c. 13 Title, An Additionall Act for the better ordering and collecting the Revenue ariseing by Hearth Money. 1664Earl of Orrery State Lett. (1743) I. 155 The payments of hearth and chimney money. 1689Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 506 The king sent a message to the commons, signifyeing that the duty of hearth⁓money becomeing a greivance to the people, he left it to their consideration. 1733Berkeley Let. to T. Prior 19 Apr. Wks. 1871 IV. 206 The number..had been lately and accurately taken by the collectors of hearth-money. 1780A. Young Tour Irel. II. 66 The number of people at Corke mustered by the clergy, by hearth-money, and by the number of houses. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xi. III. 36 Importuned by the common people to relieve them from the intolerable burden of the hearth money. |