52 Sporting and Rural Records of the Cheveley Estate. 



Cheveley. 



Obtains a Free 

 Pardon. 



Kingdom of Ireland and of this our Kingdom of England, also to put 

 and bring us to final distruction and death on the ist day of August in the 

 first year of our reign out of this our Kingdom of England, namely, in our 

 said Kingdom of Ireland by force and arms, namely, with \as indtctt?ient, 

 antel traitorously formed in battle array themselves, the aforesaid Lord 

 Dover and others, named in the aforesaid indictment, and then and there 

 waged a cruel war against us with fire and sword &c. And thereupon a 

 prosecution instituted against the said Henry Lord Dover convicted of the 

 high treason mentioned in the said indictment, from thenceforth he was 

 outlawed and still is as by the record thereof remaining in our Court at 

 Westminster is more fully set out. KNOW ye now that We by our pity of 

 our special grace &c. have pardoned, released and remitted and by these 

 presents for Us our heirs and successors do pardon release and remit to the 

 aforesaid Henry Lord Dover, or by whatsoever other name he may be 

 known, all and all manner of treasons crimes and offences &c. &c. with 

 which he is not to be again charged or impeached &c. &c. molested or 

 disturbed, &c. &c. In Witness whereof &c. Witness the King and Queen 

 at Westminster the 6th day of November in the third year of our reign. 



Hearth Tax. 



Inhabited 



Houses in 



1662. 



In the assessment of the Hearth Tax* granted to the King in 

 the Parhament Session began at Westminster anno 13 Charles II., 

 we obtain the following information giving the householders in 

 Cheveley and the number of hearths upon which they were taxed 

 in 1662, viz. : — 



Lady Carleton, widdow, is occupier of 



one house in which are 

 Folks, gent... 

 Deacon, clerke 

 Wright, clerke 



fire hearths 31 



6 

 5 



* This tax was instituted in 1662, because the revenue from all sources proved 

 insufficient to make up the amount settled as " necessary to support the King's 

 crown and dignity," that is to say, ^^i, 200, 000. In order to make up the required 

 amount Parliament granted to the King, in 1662, a house tax, extending to all houses 

 except cottages. .\ charge of 2s. for every hearth or stove in every dwelling-house 

 was levied pursuant to the Act 13 and 14 Charles II., c. 10. E.xtremely unpopular, 

 and at first collected with difficulty, the tax proved subsequently, when farmed, pro- 

 ductive of /"i 70,000 a year. 



