Quilty is an Irish family name which has spread throughout the English -speaking world.
60-704: The name "Quilty" is an Anglicized form of the ancient Gaelic name of "Caoilte" (pronounced: Kweelteh). There was a mythic Celtic warrior (c. 3rd Century A.D.) by the name of Caílte mac Rónáin , who was a member of the Fianna and the nephew of Fionn mac Cumhaill . According to legend he lived long enough to be baptized by St. Patrick (c.389-461). The book "If You're A Wee Bit Irish: a chart of old Irish families collected from folk tradition" by William Durning (1978) recounts an alleged ancestry of Caoilte back to Adam. James Joyce (1882–1941) in chapter twelve of his masterpiece, Ulysses , (1922) has "The tribe of Caolte" as one of
120-399: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hearth tax A hearth tax was a property tax in certain countries during the medieval and early modern period , levied on each hearth , thus by proxy on wealth. It was calculated based on the number of hearths , or fireplaces , within a municipal area and is considered among the first types of progressive tax . Hearth tax
180-803: A "Dionisius O'Quiltye" overseeing a transaction between a FitzMaurice and the Alderman of the City of Waterford on the 17th of September 1579. His occupation at this time is given as " cleric " within the Diocese of Ferns which is mostly located in the County Wexford . Denis is again mentioned in Fatsi Ecclesiæ Hibernicæ by Henry Cotton for the Province of Leinster, now with the surname spelt as "Quilty". It shows him being recorded at
240-655: A "house of almonds" is listed among various other transactions involving individuals responsible for different tasks related to the Earl’s estates in counties Kilkenny and Tipperary . The first documented instance of an approximate to the modern most common spelling is given in Wexfordiana, volume 8: Extracts from the Calendar of Memoranda Rolls of the Exchequer under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I . The writing describes
300-490: A more stationary subject for taxation than people. This form of taxation was new to England, but had precedents abroad. It generated considerable debate, but was supported by the economist Sir William Petty , and carried through the Commons by the influential West Country member Sir Courtenay Pole, 2nd Baronet (whose enemies nicknamed him "Sir Chimney Poll" as a result). The bill received royal assent on 19 May 1662, with
360-493: A national template and tested the divergences in wealth between counties, areas within counties, and parishes. Tom Arkell responded in The Local Historian , putting forward an alternative approach which drew upon an array of published and unpublished data. First, he argued for the aggregation of data from different returns in the mid-1660s and the early 1670s to produce more reliable statistics, thereby overcoming
420-513: A pre-arranged lump sum raised in any manner the locality chose to employ. It existed in certain French provinces, and became widespread in the 14th century when the royal finances were unable to bear the rising costs of war and state agents. In particular, fouages were levied in 1342 and 1349. The hearth-penny was an Anglo-Saxon term for Peter's pence . In England , hearth tax, also known as hearth money , chimney tax , or chimney money ,
480-534: A precentor for the Diocese of Ferns from 1587-1600. Cotton also emphasizes that the 1615 regal visitation book called him "an ancient minister". Thomas Laffan's publication of the 1665-67 Hearth Money Rolls for the County Tipperary list a Morrish (Maurice?) O'Quiltye as of having lived in "Bonnovoie" in the parish of Sallahode-more in the barony of Clanwilliam . As of 2014, the majority of people with
540-422: A wrong". The chief proposers of a radical change were Thomas Conolly and John O'Neill. In 1788, for example, they argued that for a substantial portion of those having to pay the tax, the yearly cash demand was an unreasonable burden. Henry Grattan developed the same point: "I am convinced, that the man who has but five pounds in the world, and pays thirty shillings for his house, ought not to pay hearth-money;
600-539: Is Elizabeth Parkinson's study of the establishment of the tax and the complexities of its administration in the period 1662–66. This work provides assistance with deciphering the technical details of hearth tax documents, which otherwise might appear to be little more than lists of names and numbers. A principal focus of interest in the hearth tax lies in its application for understanding the distribution of wealth among social ranks within geographical areas. The method of connecting bands of hearth numbers to social categories
660-633: Is a new platform for the publication and dissemination of research and analysis on hearth tax records and other associated documents. It provides a unique window into society and the social character of England in the late seventeenth century. It acts both as a portal through which the Hearth Tax Project & Centre can circulate data and findings, and also as a forum for other research centres, historical groups or individuals to publish work allied to hearth tax studies. Hearth Tax Digital provides free access to personal name data as well as analysis of
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#1732800787747720-456: Is also used in the Records page, which means as readers scan their eyes down the returns they are able to follow in the footsteps of the collectors and consider local geographies of population distribution and the divide between rich and poor on a street-by-street basis. All searches are linked to a data basket function whereby groups of entries from the search enquiries are brought together which
780-601: Is described as being able to run at remarkable speed and communicate with animals, and was a great storyteller. Some poems of the Fenian Cycle are attributed to Caílte. In the short Middle Irish tale Finn and Gráinne , his ancestry is given as "son of Oisgen or Conscen, the son of the Smith of Múscraige Dobrut; a son he of Cumall's daughter." Caílte's most celebrated fellow survivor was Oisín : according to Cath Gabhra ( The Battle of Gabhra ), Caílte and Oisín are
840-486: Is mentioned as a servant of a Nobleman named John Harold. Where in Mowan, Lymerick when they were robbed of "two affers worth 20 s ". Richard O'Kilte is mentioned in the Calendar of Ormond Deeds, Volume 2, in an entry dated November 1405 during the 7th year of Henry IV . He is recorded as receiving payment for guarding a house of almonds, a duty assigned by warrant of James le Botiller , Earl of Ormond . His role, guarding
900-473: Is provided by Jeremy Gibson, which offers a comprehensive summary of hearth tax returns and assessments, whether in TNA, county record offices, or other libraries and archives. Each digest includes a brief commentary on the date, geographical coverage, state of the manuscript, approximate number of names included, and details of complete or partially published editions. An additional resource for hearth tax research
960-448: Is that it goes beyond the traditional database functions to provide historical information rooted in the documents in terms of the original order in which they were written. Searches by place to reveal the lists of the names of all the householders in the parish or township, and searches for individual householders return the name of that householder in the context of the names of other householders who were their neighbours. The same approach
1020-558: Is the son of the Dagda had a daughter called Scathniamh. She and Cailte loved each other. But they were forced to part from one another, and they never met again till the time Caoilte was old and withered, and one of the last that was left of the Fianna. Caolte is characterized in the poem by W.B. Yeats, "The Hosting of the Sidhe." This article relating to a Celtic myth or legend is
1080-581: The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) made awards to fund a London and Middlesex Hearth Tax Project and a research and outreach programme which assisted with the organization of an exhibition on landscapes of poverty at the Essex Record Office which was visited by c. 1,875 people. In 2019, the centre launched a new website "Hearth Tax Digital". This replaced Hearth Tax Online, established in 2010 and taken down in 2017. Hearth Tax Digital
1140-452: The 7th century AD. Kapnikon was a tax levied on households without exceptions for the poor. In the 1340s especially, the King of France 's personal expenditure on dowries , gratuities, the upkeep of the palace , his travels and his wardrobe, consumed the entirety of the royal income. The fouage ( Latin : focagium ) was assessed on the basis of households and was usually paid by towns in
1200-521: The Cave of Cruachan every year around Samhain and destroy sheep. The she-wolves liked music, so he aided in their slaying by playing a harp to attract and distract them and by persuading them to change to human form, while Caoilte cast a spear that penetrated all three, thereby killing them. He had the sword Cruadh-Chosgarach, the Hard Destroying One. The 'Bodb Dearg', god in fianna time who
1260-482: The Earl of Exeter had to pay for 70 hearths at Burghley House. In contrast, most householders who were liable to pay tax had only one or two hearths and a significant proportion of householders were not liable to pay at all. The hearth tax was much resented because it often entailed inspection of the interior of dwellings by the sub-collectors and petty constables, who had legal authority to enter every property to check on
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#17328007877471320-520: The GAMS. The ongoing work of the Hearth Tax Project & Centre means that new transcripts and analyses are being continually produced and, consequently, Hearth Tax will be updated as new counties are completed The centre also operates a blog, Hearth Tax Online "Hearth Tax Online" . . This is a forum by which to publish activities, analysis of the Hearth Tax, and guest blogs by those engaging with
1380-598: The Hearth Tax in 1689, it continued in the Kingdom of Ireland till the early 19th century although it underwent major reform at end of the 18th century. It was levied half yearly by the sheriff of each county on the basis of lists of the names of householders compiled by local justices of the peace. The list of the households required to pay the Hearth Tax became known as the Hearth Money Rolls , which were arranged by county, barony , parish, and townland . The tax
1440-537: The Irish word coillte or caol , which some sources have said. However, Edward MacLysaght writes in his 1964 book Supplement to Irish Families , that Quilty is a Munster name that has been mistakenly translated from the Irish word caol ( slender) or coillte —plural of Irish word coill (wood). Coillte is the namesake of a town named Quilty located in the County Clare . Sources from the 14th and 15th century have
1500-459: The Rolls have survived. The comprehensiveness and near-national coverage of hearth tax returns differentiates this historical evidence from other pre-modern surveys and tax records. Unlike other taxation surveys, the hearth tax recorded the names of those who were not liable to pay the tax, and hence provides a means of looking at a full range of social groups. The work of C. A. F. Meekings during
1560-422: The data for 1662–1666 and 1669–1674, and to test the extent of the coverage of each record. This led him to conclude that 'the proportions of different hearth tax categories remained remarkably stable for the hundred's six best assessments'. A decade later, Margaret Spufford cleared a path for local historians interested in studying local variations in wealth and poverty at county and parish levels, and set out
1620-421: The de facto chairmanship of Mr G. P. Bushe who successfully proposed that one-hearth householders should be divided into two groups: those above and those below £5 in annual valuation. Subsequently, in 1795, freedom from hearth tax was extended to all one-hearth householders, as the opposition had earlier demanded; at the same time, the tax on multiple-hearth houses was raised. The number of persons exempted from
1680-485: The distribution of both population and wealth in urban and rural communities in England. The advanced search function allows historians to combine searches for personal names, place names and other words occurring in the texts (e.g. blind, Mrs, seaman) with searches by hearth numbers. This function operates in the manner of database technology. The great advantage of the website developed by Professor Vogeler and Dr Wareham
1740-665: The end of the Glorious Revolution in 1688, William III and Mary II also agreed to and signed the English Bill of Rights 1689 marking a new level of co-operation and power sharing between Parliament and the English monarchs. The cancellation of the hearth tax and the signing of the Bill of Rights, etc. led to a greater measure of legal protection for life, liberty, and property in England that encouraged and empowered
1800-442: The first payment due on 29 September 1662, Michaelmas . One shilling was liable to be paid for every fire hearth or stove , in all dwellings, houses, edifices or lodgings, and was payable at Michaelmas , 29 September and on Lady Day , 25 March. The tax thus amounted to two shillings per hearth or stove per year. The original bill contained a practical shortcoming in that it did not distinguish between owners and occupiers and
1860-463: The gaps for some areas where the exempt are under-recorded in the returns and assessments; and in the East Riding of Yorkshire volume the data from 55 selected exemption certificates in compared to a series of returns between 1670 and 1674 to check completeness of coverage. This research facilitates further understanding of those people who were beneath the tax threshold and the terminology which
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1920-735: The hearth tax was estimated at between a million and a half to two million. The original Hearth Money Rolls are not extant. The records were housed in the Four Courts in Dublin, the repository for the Public Records Office, but during the Irish Civil War in 1922 the building was destroyed by fire, which also destroyed the Rolls (along with the Ireland census records for 1821, 1831, 1841, and 1851), but copies of some of
1980-490: The loss of tax revenue, due to the cancellation of the hearth tax, uniform property taxes were imposed with few exclusions. In 1690 the Parliament of Scotland granted a tax of 14 shillings on every hearth, payable by both landowners and tenants, to raise money for the army with only hospitals and the poor living on parish charity being exempt, the tax being collected from 1691 to 1695. Unlike in England, which abolished
2040-553: The mid-twentieth century is an important resource for hearth tax research. It provides useful commentaries on hearth tax manuscripts in The National Archives (TNA), and arranges the hearth tax files in order according to the different systems of administration. Meekings' compilation of hearth tax accounts, which was published posthumously, is a useful resource for economic historians. Further information on hearth taxes, as well as other Stuart taxes and loyalty lists,
2100-654: The middle class at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution . This action both signalled the end of several centuries of tension and conflict between the Crown and Parliament, and the end of the idea that English kings had any divine rights and that England would be restored to Roman Catholicism. The new King William III and his wife Mary II were Protestant leaders from the Dutch Republic who were invited by Parliament to rule England. To make up for
2160-588: The name of "Quilty" in the United States alone, almost half them in the northeast, with the highest concentrations in the states of Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Illinois, and California. Ca%C3%ADlte mac R%C3%B3n%C3%A1in Caílte ( Modern Irish : Caoilte ) mac Rónáin was a nephew of Fionn mac Cumhaill , a warrior and a member of the fianna in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology . He
2220-522: The number of hearths. Some people stopped up their chimneys so that the tax was not due on them, but where this was discovered by the assessors the tax was doubled. On 31 July 1684, a fire in Churchill, Oxfordshire , destroyed 20 houses and many other buildings, and killed four people. It was apparently caused by a baker who, to avoid chimney tax, had knocked through the wall from her oven to her neighbour's chimney. Sir Courtenay Pole, its principal author,
2280-462: The oldest referenced Quilty is in the Annals of Ulster in the year 1169. Where a "Muiredach Ua Cellaig" is referenced. However the last name "Ua Cellaig" is an old form of the last name Kelly or Kelley rather than Quilty. The first documented reference of a Quilty is given in a 1313 Justiciary Roll under the reign of Edward II (also known as Edward of Caernarfon). In this record an unnamed O'Kilte
2340-483: The only members of the fianna to survive that final battle. They are both central figures in the tale Acallam na Senórach ( Colloquy of the Ancients ), in which they survive into Christian times and recount tales of the Fianna to a recently arrived Saint Patrick . In Irish mythology, Cas Corach was a hero who helped Caílte mac Rónáin kill three werewolf-like creatures, the daughters of Airitech who would come out of
2400-534: The peace . From 1664, everybody whose home had more than two hearths was liable to pay the tax, even if otherwise exempt, and changes were made to reduce the scope for tax avoidance . Revenue generated in the first year was less than expected, so from 1663, the names and number of hearths were required to be listed even if non-liable. This additional detail has made the relevant hearth tax documents particularly useful to modern historians and other researchers. However, details of householders who were not liable to pay
2460-516: The problems of damaged or incomplete records. Second, he suggested that the percentage of households with three hearths and above provided a clear way of identifying regional variations in wealth, especially when groups of parishes with broadly similar percentages were grouped together into sub-regions. Third, he provided a national table of sub-regions graded by the proportion of dwellings with three hearths and over. Both Arkell and Spufford used statistics and maps to enable readers to quickly appreciate
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2520-627: The relative position of a parish, or groups of parishes, in relation to counterparts in a county, and to extrapolate to the national level by making comparisons between case studies. Since 2010 the Centre for Hearth Tax Research has turned its attention to the digital humanities as a way of researching and publishing the Restoration hearth tax. In 2019, the centre launched a new website "Hearth Tax Digital". This replaced Hearth Tax Online, established in 2010 and taken down in 2017. Hearth Tax Digital
2580-416: The relevance of the hearth tax to architectural history and genealogy. She developed Hoskins' argument that the numbers of hearths in a household could be equated with levels of personal wealth, and that by organising the properties into groups determined by the number of hearths, historians could assess patterns of wealth and poverty which distinguished between social categories. She placed this system within
2640-567: The spelling as O'Kilte but ones from the 16th century onwards have spellings as Quilty, O'Quiltye, or other variants. While according to MacLysaght other alternatives for the names such as Kielty are found in the County Offaly , Roscommon , Galway , and Tyrone ; while MacQuilty in the County Antrim . According to MacLysaght "I have not discovered its origin, but it is presumably unconnected with O'Quilty." Some sources say that
2700-497: The strongest argument for his relief is the bare statement of his condition….The wretchedness of their living, and the misery of their consumption, is the reason why they scarcely pay any tax but the hearth-money, and is likewise a reason why they should not even pay hearth-money." Major reform of the hearth tax was finally carried out in 1793 whereby one-hearth households with less than £10 in personal property, or with houses and land worth £5 or less, were henceforth deemed exempt from
2760-930: The surname Quilty were located in English-speaking countries. In the United States , there were 982 individuals bearing the surname, followed by 630 in Australia , 593 in Canada , 308 in the United Kingdom , 301 in Ireland , 83 in New Zealand , and 22 in various other nations. In 1850 there were over 75 families bearing the name of "Quilty" in Ireland, over half of them in County Limerick . As of 2005, there were about 300 families bearing
2820-425: The tax were not recorded for all years of its operation, as they were not needed for audit purposes when the right to collect the tax was "farmed" for collection by contractors in return for their payment of a fixed premium. The arrangements for collecting the hearth tax varied during its lifetime: The tax fell most heavily on those who occupied the houses with the greatest number of hearths. For instance, in 1673-4
2880-596: The tax. The measure was apparently a consequence of parliamentary pressure in the previous session; the modification of the window tax in Britain giving total relief to poorer householders had led to calls in the Irish Parliament for similar "liberality" in the light of Ireland's healthy finances. The Chancellor of the Exchequer ( William Pitt ) had refused, but a parliamentary committee was established under
2940-586: The twelve tribes of Ireland in a biblical parallel to the twelve tribes of Israel. The name is considered a sept of the dynastic Dál gCais of the Kingdom of Thomond , and has the motto "Lámh Ládir an Nachtar" meaning "the strong hand uppermost." There are various spellings of the name: Caoilte, Caolte, and Cuallta in Gaelic , and Kielty, Kealty, Keelty, Keilty, Kelty, Kilty, and Quilty (with or without an O' or Mc or Mac) in English. The most common variants are Kielty and Quilty. The surname Quilty has no connection to
3000-525: The user can store for further analysis, or indeed bring together a series of single entries highlighted from reading the returns in the records pages. A final word should be reserved for exemption certificates. Until recently there was relatively little concern with the exemption certificates that recorded the names of the householders who were not liable to pay the hearth tax. For the West Riding there are around 650 of these certificates, helping to fill
3060-599: Was a tax imposed by Parliament in 1662, to support the Royal Household of King Charles II . Following the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Parliament calculated that the Royal Household needed an annual income of £1,200,000. The hearth tax was a supplemental tax to make up for the shortfall. It was considered easier to establish the number of hearths than the number of heads, hearths forming
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#17328007877473120-550: Was attacked for having devised "the most vexatious tax on the people that ever was known." After the Glorious Revolution , the hearth tax was repealed by the newly empowered English Parliament and agreed to by the newly installed William III and Mary II in 1689, as not only a great oppression to the poorer sort, but a badge of slavery upon the whole people, exposing every man’s house to be entered into, and searched at pleasure, by persons unknown to him. At
3180-594: Was created in a collaboration by the Centre for Hearth Tax Research at Roehampton University with the Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung, Universität Graz, arising from the research collaboration between Professor Vogeler and Dr Wareham. It has been funded by the British Academy and the University of Roehampton in 2018–2019, and it is hosted in the humanities digital archive infrastructure of Graz University,
3240-561: Was established between the centre and the British Record Society which has led to the publication of a number of county volumes, including recent volumes on Essex (2012), London and Middlesex (2014), Yorkshire East Riding (2016) and the city of Bristol (2018). Upcoming volumes include Huntingdonshire, Norfolk and Northamptonshire. In 2004, the British Academy adopted the Hearth Tax Project and, in 2007 and 2009,
3300-544: Was established in 1995 (then known as the Centre for Hearth Tax Studies) under the direction of Professor Margaret Spufford . The current director is Dr Andrew Wareham and the research officer is Aaron Columbus. In 2000, the award of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund paid for the microfilming of all of the taxation returns stored in The National Archives and a publishing partnership
3360-540: Was levied in the Byzantine Empire from the 9th century, France and England from the 14th century, and finally in Scotland and Ireland in the 17th century. In the Byzantine Empire a tax on hearths, known as kapnikon , was first explicitly mentioned for the reign of Nicephorus I (802–811), although its context implies that it was already then old and established and perhaps it should be taken back to
3420-574: Was pioneered by William George Hoskins , looking at the city of Exeter . His system has subsequently been adjusted by local historians and, as Tom Arkell noted, these adaptations depend upon a 'particular locality's structure, but this diversity, combined with too many variables, prevents effective comparison between most of these [local] studies'. During the 1980s Arkell's discussion of the eight hearth tax records for Kineton hundred in Warwickshire enabled detailed comparisons to be made between
3480-422: Was potentially a major burden on the poor as there were no exemptions . The bill was subsequently amended so that the tax was paid by the occupier. Further amendments introduced a range of exemptions that ensured that a substantial proportion of the poorer people did not have to pay the tax. Exemption certificates had to be signed by a minister , a churchwarden , or an overseer of the poor and two justices of
3540-468: Was sometimes collected over an area known as a 'walk', which was based on both the town and a large rural area outside the town. Several attempts were made in Parliament to abolish or at least limit the proportion of households obliged to pay the tax, which was widely regarded as "a shameful infliction upon the poor peasant, to whom even two or three shillings in the year for such a tax was a burden and
3600-548: Was used to describe poorer property. The Centre for Hearth Tax Research is based at the University of Roehampton , London. The primary objective of the Centre for Hearth Tax Research is to publish, in a hard-copy volume, the best surviving hearth tax return or returns for every county in England where a satisfactory return has not already been published. However, this represents a long-term project and it will be several years before some county volumes are completed. The centre
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