Category: History - British
William the Conqueror--His National Council and its part in taxation--Domesday Survey--William Rufus--Henry I and his Charter--Question of assent to taxation in the shire moots and the National Council--Stephen--Henry II--His controversy with Becket over the Sheriff’s Aid--Scu...
Divine right as against Parliamentary supremacy--James I dictates the composition of the House of Commons--Tunnage and poundage for life--Royal poverty--The Bate Case--Opinions...
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5. CHAPTER VCharacter of the period--Parliament of Lincoln--Tunnage and poundage and other customs--Tallage--Edward II--Tentative abolition of the New Customs--The Lords Ordainers--Abolitio...
2. CHAPTER IIWilliam the Conqueror--His National Council and its part in taxation--Domesday Survey--William Rufus--Henry I and his Charter--Question of assent to taxation in the shire moots...
4. CHAPTER IVEdward I--His first Parliament and its grant of a custom on wool--His second Parliament--Attendance of knights of the shire declared “expedient”--Provincial assemblies at Northa...
3. CHAPTER IIIHenry III--Reissues of the Charter--Assessment of a carucage by the Council--Conditional Grants--Rejected offer of a disbursing commission--Supervision of expenditures--Represen...
6. CHAPTER VIEdward IV--Benevolences and forced loans--Richard III--Prohibition of benevolences--The Tudors--Henry VII--The “New-found Subsidy”--Morton’s Crotch--Early taxation of Henry VIII...
1. CHAPTER I