The History of Parliamentary Taxation in EnglandMorgan, Shepard Ashman
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The History of Parliamentary Taxation in England
Morgan, Shepard Ashman
Taxation -- Great Britain; Taxation -- Great Britain -- History
Inquest, juries of, utilized in collection of Saladin Tithe, 36;
in carucage, 44.
Inquest of Service, 52.
Initiation of tax levies by Commons, 205-208;
admission by the Lords, 293;
after Bill of Rights, 308.
James I, accession, 237;
dictates composition of House of Commons, 238;
Cowel’s “Interpreter,” 248;
the Great Contract, 249;
his death, 261.
James II, accession, 304;
his absolutism and death, 305.
John, accession of, 48;
early taxation, 49-50;
his scutages, 50-52;
break with the pope, 51;
antagonism of the clergy, 55;
his death, 72.
King, Anglo-Saxon, personal leader and lord of national land, 3-4;
his sources of income, 3-5.
Knights of the shire, summoned to Parliament by Simon de Montfort and
Henry III, 99-100;
attend Parliament of 1264, 101;
Parliament of 1205, 102-103;
their attendance declared “expedient,” 114-115;
meet separately, 1294, 125-126.
Lewes, battle and Mise of, 101.
Lincoln, Hugh of, his refusal of assent to Richard I’s demands, 44-46.
Lincoln, Parliament of, 156.
London, provided for in Magna Carta, 65.
Lords, House of, meets separately, 189-190.
Lords Ordainers, 163.
Magna Carta, scutage a moving cause, 50, 60;
events leading to, 60-62;
granting of the charter, 62;
Cap. 12, 63 and note 1, 64-66;
provision for London, 65;
Cap. 14, 66-67;
king remains supreme authority over taxation, 69-70;
omissions in renewals, 70;
renewed 1216, 73;
second reissue, 74-75;
reissue, 1224, 80;
reissue, 1297, see _Confirmatio Cartarum_;
reconfirmation, 1301, 156.
Maletolt, definition of, 112;
in _Confirmatio Cartarum_, 147, 148;
under Edward III, 172-177;
statutory abolition, 177;
subsequent violations and reaffirmations, Edward III, 180-183.
Money Bills, initiation by Commons, 205-208, 233-235;
admission by Lords, 293;
after Bill of Rights, 308.
Monopolies, under Elizabeth, 232-233;
complaint in 1604, 238;
under James I, 253, 255;
prohibition under James I, 260;
reëstablished by Charles I, 280, 294.
Montfort, Simon de, at Great Council of 1244, 87;
at Council of 1254, 94;
summons knights of the shire to national assemblies, 100;
begins civil war, 1263, 100-101;
his Parliament of 1265, 102-103;
his reputation as Creator of the House of Commons, 103;
his death, 104.
Movables, taxation of, 35;
Assize of Arms, 35;
Saladin Tithe, 35-36;
John’s demand of a thirteenth, 55;
tax on granted by Common Council, 79-81;
grant of 1275, 115-116;
granted at Northampton and York, 118-119;
grants in 1290, 122;
in 1294, 126.
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