单词 | hearth money |
例句 | Those find it very difficult to pay hearth money, and are thought to be unable to pay any other taxes. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Only recently the farmer of the customs and the farmer of the hearth money had been stamped out as moral pests. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Remonstrating against the conduct of the Kendal magistrates in the matter of the hearth money. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z A series of poll and capitation taxes were imposed between 1689 and 1698, but were after that date abandoned for the same reason as that for the repeal of the hearth money. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" The only direct tax which the Dukes of Normandy had the right to levy was called moneyage, or fouage, or hearth money. The Coinages of the Channel Islands The tax was first imposed in 1695, as a substitute for hearth money. Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) It was a maxim received among financiers that no security which the government could offer was so good as the old hearth money had been. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Cautioning them against allowing exemptions from hearth money too readily. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z Along William's whole line of march, from Torbay to London, he had been importuned by the common people to relieve them from the intolerable burden of the hearth money. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Book I. The returns of the hearth money lead to nearly the same conclusion. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 The number of houses appears, from the returns of the hearth money, to have been in the year 1685, just five thousand three hundred. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 The basis of his calculations was the number of houses returned in 1690 by the officers who made the last collection of the hearth money. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 The poorer householders were frequently unable to pay their hearth money to the day. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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