A History of Taxation and Taxes in England; Taxation, from the Earliest Times to the Civil War.-V. 2. Taxation, from the Civil War to the Present Day.-V. 3. Direct Taxes and Stamp Duties.-V. 4. Taxes on Articles of Consumption Volume 1
A History of Taxation and Taxes in England; Taxation, from the Earliest Times to the Civil War.-V. 2. Taxation, from the Civil War to the Present Day.-V. 3. Direct Taxes and Stamp Duties.-V. 4. Taxes on Articles of Consumption Volume 1
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...in 1522, LTle Adam, their grand master, had been compelled to surrender to the overwhelming force of Solyman. The remnant of the order, settled in Malta in 1530 by Charles V., still maintained their connection with the pope of Eome. On the ground that it was ' dangerous to permit within the realm any religion ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...in 1522, LTle Adam, their grand master, had been compelled to surrender to the overwhelming force of Solyman. The remnant of the order, settled in Malta in 1530 by Charles V., still maintained their connection with the pope of Eome. On the ground that it was ' dangerous to permit within the realm any religion being sparks, leaves, and imps (shoots) of the said root of iniquity, ' and that ' it would be better that their possessions in this realm should rather be employed and spent within the realm for the defence and surety of the same, than converted to and among such unnatural subjects, ' the lands of the Hospitallers were, after provision had been made for the two priors and certain of the confreres, revested by parliament in the king.1 1 One of the demands of the insurgents was for the release of the last subsidy; and the monks published stories among them of the increasing burden of the king's government, and made them believe that impositions would be laid upon everything that was either bought or sold, in short, terrified the people with the prospect of a continental excise.--Burnet, i. 307, 369. 8 31 Hen. VUI. c. 13. VOL. I. X In 1540-1 three new courts were established for the regulation of different branches of the king's revenue: the Court Of Wards, for the superintendence of the feudal revenue;2 the Court Of First-fruits And Tenths;3 and the court of the surveyors-general of the king's lands, which superseded the sheriffs in their function of bailiffs of the king.4 The court first mentioned continued to exist until the outbreak of the civil war; while that last mentioned and the court of the augmentations established in 1536 l were subsequently determined by the king and merged in a new Coukt Of Augmentations And Revenues of the crown...
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