129101 'THE RUTLAND HEARTH TAX 1665' BY THE RUTLAND RECORD SOCIETY.

'THE RUTLAND HEARTH TAX 1665' BY THE RUTLAND RECORD SOCIETY. A fine copy of this 1991 paperback, 49 pages. Charles II inherited enormous debt and one of the tax's introduced in 1662 was the Hearth Tax, a tax of 2s on every household in England and Wales. Interesting resume of the implementation and results of this tax in Rutland. (Ref 129101).