The Protestation Returns or Rolls of 1641 were an attempt by Parliament to list all males over 18 years of age who would declare themselves to be Protestants. This is a transcription of the returns for the Holmfirth area held in the Parliamentary archives.
The Protestation Returns transcription as a CSV file. The CSV file can be read into a spreadsheet. This allows you to process it, for example sort by surname or township.
Hearth Tax, Lady Day 1672. This was, as the name implies, a tax on the number of hearths in a property. It not only lists householders but gives some indication of their wealth.
The Hearth Tax returns as a CSV file. The CSV file can be read into a spreadsheet. This allows you to process it, for example sort by surname or number of hearths.