† ˈchimney-ˌmoney Obs.
A tax of two shillings per annum on every fire-hearth in England and Wales, imposed by Act 13 & 14 Chas. II, repealed by 1 Wm. & Mary; any similar tax.
| 1664 Earl of Orrery State Lett. (1743) I. 155 The payments of hearth and chimney money. 1665 Surv. Aff. Netherl. 74 Chimney-money and Excise is imposed. 1666 Pepys Diary 15 Oct., One moved that the chimney-money might be taken from the King. 1689 Address fr. Northumbld. 17 July in Lond. Gaz. No. 2483/1 Your Majesties great Clemency and unexampled Favour in freeing and easing Your Subjects from the Burthen of Chimney-Money. a 1714 Burnet Own Time v. (1734) II. 13 The King, as he had come through the Western Countries..had been in many places moved to discharge the chimney money. |