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Two Proposals for Raising Money by Extraordinary Means, c. 1627 An article exploring the constitutional strains brought about by the refusal of Parliament to vote subsidies in the 1620s leading to the infamous "Ship Money", a tax designed by Charles I to circumvent Parliament. Ship Money List An article from the Swindon Advertiser of 1885 with a short essay on the importance of ship money, and an explanation on how it was assessed and the Ship Money lists of Wiltshire. Extracts from the Speech of Oliver St John in the Ship-money Case A speech in John Hampden's defence from Gardiner "Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution". A classic denunciation of arbitrary taxation. Act Declaring the Illegality of Ship-money. An Act passed, just before the start of the Civil War, making Ship Money illegal. Widely interpreted as a victory for Parliament over the King. Ship Money An article in the open source encyclopedia, Wikipedia, discussing the history and constitutional implications of Ship Money. Sandwich Collects Ship Money Ship Money is still collected in England, the Cinque Port of Sandwich in Kent. The John Hampden Society A society devoted to the study of 17th-century Parliamentarian John Hampden, who famous for resisting the Ship Money tax. |
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