A Subsidy Granted to the King [With] An Act [And] The Rates of.

Great Britain; Taxation; Charles II, King

Publication Date: 1660

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Tonnage and Poundage for Life [Great Britain]. [Taxation]. Charles II [1630-1685], King of England. A Subsidy Granted to the King of Tonnage and Poundage, And Other Sums of Money Payable Upon Merchandize Exported and Imported. London: Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1660. [ii], 11, [1] pp. [Bound with] An Act for Continuing the Excise until the Twentieth of August, 1660. [London: Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1660.] 13-14 pp. [And] An Act for the Present Nominating of Commissioners of Sewers. [London: Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1660.] 3, [1] pp. [And] The Rates of Merchandise, That is to Say, The Subsidy of Tonnage, Subsidy of Poundage, And the Subsidy of Woollen Clothes or Old-Drapery, As they are Rated and Agreed on by the Commons House of Parliament. London: Printed by Edward Husbands, and Thomas Newcomb, 1660. [ii], 58 pp. Folio (10-1/4" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt frames, corner fleurons and central gilt royal arms (of Charles II to boards, with the motto `Honi soit qui mal y pense', recently rebacked with gilt fillets and ornaments to spine, gilt tooling to board edges, endpapers renewed, edges gilt. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped, retained shelf label ("Inner 02-13") to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing. $1,500. * Tonnage and poundage, duties levied on every cask of imported wine and on every pound of exported or imported merchandise and granted to a monarch, was a major constitutional issue in the mid-seventeenth century. These duties were traditionally granted to the king for life; when Parliament refused to do so for Charles I, he levied the taxes anyway. This became a major Parliamentary grievance in the lead-up to the English Civil War, and the voting of tonnage and poundage for life to Charles II and his successors was a significant conciliatory gesture. English Short-Title Catalogue R231518, R474978, R176460, R208491.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Subsidy Granted to the King [With] An Act [And] The Rates of.
• Publication Date: 1660
• Binding: Hardcover
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