hearth money

hearth money. Hist.

1. A tax of two shillings levied on every fireplace in England (14 Car. 2, ch. 10). • This extremely unpopular tax was enacted in 1662 during the reign of Charles II and abolished in 1688. — Also termed chimney money.

2. PETER-PENCE.

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