The History of the Taxation of England With An Account of the Rise And Progres
The History of the Taxation of England With An Account of the Rise And Progres
William Taylor
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. 2. , 438 9 1| 4. Subsidy of tonnage and poundage . 8, 237 10 9 \ 40, 687 19 9i 5. Casual revenues arising from Es- cheats, Court of Wards, &c. . 15, 066 11 1 Total, according to Eymer 55, 754 10 10 \ To be added. S. D. 1. Fee Farm Rents . . . 3, 612 11 3 2. Alien Prisoners . . . 277 5 3. Duchy of Cornwall . . . 2, 788 13 3 4. South Wales 1, 139 13 11 5. North Wales .... 1, 097 17 3 6. County of Chester . . . 764 10 2 7. Manor of Shotswick ... 33 6 8 8. Ireland 2, 339 18 6 9. Duchy of Lancaste...r . . . 4, 952 13 3 10. Duchy of Aquitaine . . . 808 2 2 11. Profits of Calais .... 2, 866 1 12. Revenue of Windsor . 207 18 5 20, 888 10 10J Total above 55, 754 10 10J 76, 643 1 8| * Rymer, Vol. X. TAXATION OF ENGLAND. It is recorded that Henry V. Was the first monarch who had the subsidies on the exportation of wool and leather, and the duties of tonnage and poundage granted to him for life ; and the account of his reign concludes with the obser- vation that none of the princes of the house of Lancaster ventured to impose taxes without consent of parliament, they having endeavoured by such consent to strengthen their doubtful or defective title to the crown ; a circumstance which by gradually transferring the power of taxation from the arbitrary will of the monarch to the hands of the people, eventually proved of exceeding advantage to the con- stitution.
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