By an Act of 7 & 8 Will. III, c.18, for the purpose of meeting the expense of recoining clipped money, the king for the next seven years was granted a tax of 2s. on every house; if it had ten windows or more, the tax was 6s; if 20 windows or more, 10s. The money was chargeable on the occupier only. By a subsequent Act the tax was continued to 1706.
Below is a list of the 87 entries for people who paid Window Tax in Holywell parish, Oxford in 1696, followed by the number of windows in their property:
Mr Allmond (15) Mrs Banister (6) Dr Bernard (17) Mr Bird (6) Mr Boreton (7) Mr Boxley senior (6) Mr Boxley (3) Mr Boxley (7) Mr Brincklee (9) Mr Budworth (6) Mr Buttler (15) Mr Coignand (12) Mr Coll (6) Mr Collison senior (7) Mr Collison junior (7) Mr Cooper (20) Mr Cox (2) Mr Cox (17) Mrs Crook (7) Mr Cull (8) Mr Dandridge (8) Mr Day (6) Mr Devalpergen (12) Mr Eldridge (7) Mr Ellice (20) Mr Evens (6) Mr Field (9) Mr Franklin (6) Mr Goslin (5) |
Mr Griffin (7) Mr Hans (4) Mr Harding (20) Mr Harper (17) Mr Hatton (9) Mr Hearne (4) Mr Hearne (8) Mr Heyward (6) Mr Heywood (20) Mr Holtham (4) Mr Hopkins (8) Mr Howse (9) Mr Keates (6) Mr Kibblewhite (8) Mr Kimber (7) Mr Kimber (8) Mr Knibb (14) Mr Law (9) Mr Robert Leech (8) Mrs Long (6) Mr Needs (6) Mr New (2) Mr Osbaldeston (6) Mr Osmint (12) Mrs Painter (7) Mr Parker (15) Mrs Pearce (17) William Pearpoynt (20) Mr Phillips (7) |
Mr Pidington (9) Mr Potter (20) Mr Rance (8) Mr Ricketts (6) Mrs Roe (6) Mr Sawyer (6) Mr Seacole (7) Mr Seely (5) Mr Shelfox (5) Mr Sims (7) Mr Slatford (8) Mr Slatter (7) Mr Smith (4) Mr Smith (9) Mr Strickland (8) Mr Stubbs (8) Mr Tipping (18) Madam Venn (20) Mr Vickers (4) Mrs Ward (6) Mrs Warnford (19) Mr Weaver (20) Mr Weedon (6) Mrs Wells (8) Mrs White (16) Dr Willis (12) Mrs Woods (15) Mr Woodward (8) Mr Wythers (9) |