Woodchester Hearth Tax

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'Gloucester Village Populations' by Alicia C Percival, 1972, has for Woodchester, Communicants in 1551 - 120, in 1603 - 130, in 1676 - 120, and in 1650 there are 60 families. If each house has an average of 2 adults, the Hearth figures of 67 houses appears to give a reasonable

B=E 178 247/14, for 1671, C=E 178 247/13, for 1672
E 178 247/14 dated 1671 has 114 hearths in 32 houses and another 34 houses have discharge certificates.
E 178 247/13 has 114 hearths in 32 houses, numbers I found match records, and another 35 houses have discharge certificates.

134 entries for 86 individuals (66 houses in 1671 and 67 houses in 1672)
This suggests a third of the population changed, in a year.
40 William Ducie replaces 66, William Morgan Senior in a 7 hearth house.

The numbers are only a counting aid.

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 Code YearForename Surname   Hearths Comment
B, C 1671, 2Richard Ball   Discharged 
B, C 1671, 2James Barnard   Discharged 
B, C 1671, 2Thomas Barnard   3 hearths
B, C 1671, 2Thomas Barnard   Discharged 
C 1672Thomas Barnett   Discharged 
B, C 1671, CSimon Barratt   Discharged 
C 1672James Bence   Discharged 
B, C 1671, 2Thomas Benett   Discharged Senior
B 1671Thomas Benett   Discharged 
10 B 1671James Bourn   Discharged 
11 C 1672John Box   2 hearths
12 B, C 1671, 2Mrs Bridges   12 hearths
13 B, C 1671, 2Abraham Browning   2 hearths

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14 B 1671Abraham Browning   Discharged 
15 B, C 1671, 2Edward Browning   Discharged 
16 B, C 1671, 2Jacob Browning   Discharged 
17 B, C 1671, 2John Browning   3 hearths
18 B, C 1671, 2John Browning   3 hearths
19 B, C 1671, 2John Browning   Discharged 
20 B, C 1671, 2Joseph/Josiah Browning   Discharged Senior
21 C 1672Mary Browning   Discharged 
22 B 1671Samuel Browning   Discharged 
23 B, C 1671, 2Thomas Browning   2 hearths
24 B, C 1671, 2Richard Cambridge   5 hearths
25 B, C 1671, 2Stephen Cambridge   5 hearths
26 C 1672George Carter   Discharged 
27 B, C 1671, 2John Church   2 hearths
28 B, C 1671, 2John Church   2 hearths Junior

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29 B, C 1671, 2Jonathan Churches   Discharged 
30 C 1672Thomas Churches   Discharged 
31 B, C 1671, 2Richard Clarke   Discharged 
32 C 1672William Clarke   Discharged 
33 B 1671Edward Clutterbuck   3 hearths
34 B, C 1671, 2Jasper Cole   Discharged 
35 C 1672Richard Cooke   Discharged 
36 B, C 1671, 2Elliot/Ellionor Davis   Discharged 
37 B, C 1671, 2John/Joane Davis   Discharged 
38 B, C 1671, 2John Dockett   3 hearths
39 C 1672William Dockett   Discharged 
40 C 1672William Ducie   7 hearths Senior
41 B, C 1671, 2Samuel Ford   Discharged 
42 B, C 1671, 2Thomas Gardner   Discharged 

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43 C 1672Henry Halling   3 hearths
44 B 1671Daniel Harison   Discharged 
45 B 1671Giles Harker   Discharged 
46 B 1671John Harkman   Discharged 
47 B, C 1671, 2Robert Harris   2 hearths
48 C 1672Anne Hawling   Discharged 
49 B, C 1671, 2Daniel Heaven   5 hearths
50 B, C 1671, 2John Heaven   3 hearths
51 B, C 1671, 2Walter Heaven   6 hearths
53 C 1672Giles Hicks   Discharged 
54 B 1671Joseph Hicks   Discharged 
55 B 1671Thomas Howes   Discharged 
56 B 1671Anne Hulings   Discharged 
57 B 1671Henry Hulings   3 hearths
58 C 1672John Jackman   Discharged 

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59 B, C 1671, 2Nathaniel Kinge   7 hearths
60 B, C 1671, 2Widow Kinge   3 hearths
61 B, C 1671, 2William Kinge   Discharged 
62 B, C 1671, 2John Loveday   3 hearths
63 B, C 1671, 2Allen Mathews   3 hearths
64 B 1671Richard Mooreman   Discharged 
65 B, C 1671, 2William Morgan   3 hearths
66 B 1671William Morgan   7 hearths Senior
67 B, C 1671, 2Giles Nash   3 hearths
68 B, C 1671, 2William Nash   2 hearths
69 B, C 1671, 2Abraham Rogers   2 hearths
70 B, C 1671, 2Widow Sims/Simms   3 hearths
71 B, C 1671, 2Michael Stanfield   4 hearths Vicar
72 B, C 1671, 2George Torkwell   1 hearth

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73 C 1672Richard Vicke   Discharged 
74 C 1672Richard Warman   Discharged 
75 B, C 1671, 2Thomas Webb   4 hearths
76 C 1672Thomas Webb   3 hearths Senior
77 B 1671John Welsted   Discharged 
78 B, C 1671, 2Robert Welsted   Discharged 
79 B 1671Richard Wick   Discharged 
80 C 1672Joseph Wicke   Discharged 
81 B 1671Richard Widgeret   Discharged 
82 B, C 1671, 2Hester Wilkins   Discharged 
83 B, C 1671, 2John Wilkins   3 hearths
84 C 1672Richard Wilkins   Discharged 
85 B, C 1671, 2John Willis   Discharged 
86 B, C 1671, 2Widow Yeates   2 hearths
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