Hearth less than 20 shillings a year and those who paid neither church nor poor rates. Also exempt were charitable institutions such as schools and almshouses, and industrial hearths with the exception of smiths' forges and bakers' ovens. The returns were lodged with the Clerk of the Peace between 1662 and 1688. A revision of the Act in 1664 made the tax payable by all who had more than two chimneys. The tax was abolished by William III in 1689 and the last collection was for Lady Day of that year. It was abolished in Scotland in 1690. Hearth tax records
Pierrepont House, Nottingham the start of the 19th century and replaced. Pierrepont House, Nottingham Pierrepont House was the home of the Pierrepont family located on what is now Stoney Street, Nottingham. The elevation on Stoney Street in Nottingham was constructed in the mid seventeenth century by Francis Pierrepont, third son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull. The Lay Subsidy Roll of 1674 lists those liable for the hearth tax. The largest in Nottingham was Thurland House with 47, and Pierrepont house was next with 23. The house was sold by 1797 to Thomas Curtis and James Bellamy and converted for use as