The History of England, 4: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688C. Corrall, 1811 |
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... , 1487 . + Polydore Virgil , p . 579 , says , that this imposition was a capitation tax ; the other historians say , it was a tax of two shillings in the pound . • he put under the command of the earl of 38 1488 . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... , 1487 . + Polydore Virgil , p . 579 , says , that this imposition was a capitation tax ; the other historians say , it was a tax of two shillings in the pound . • he put under the command of the earl of 38 1488 . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... pounds . Arch- bishop Morton , the chancellor , instructed the commissioners to employ a dilemma , in which every one might be comprehended : if the per- sons applied to lived frugally , they were told that their parsimony must ...
... pounds . Arch- bishop Morton , the chancellor , instructed the commissioners to employ a dilemma , in which every one might be comprehended : if the per- sons applied to lived frugally , they were told that their parsimony must ...
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... pounds sterling of our present money ; partly as a reimbursement of the sums advanced to Britanny , partly as arrears of the pension due to Edward IV . And he stipulated a yearly pension to Henry and his heirs of 25,000 crowns . Thus ...
... pounds sterling of our present money ; partly as a reimbursement of the sums advanced to Britanny , partly as arrears of the pension due to Edward IV . And he stipulated a yearly pension to Henry and his heirs of 25,000 crowns . Thus ...
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... pounds a year in land , and forty thousand marks in plate and money , besides other property of great value , the prospect of so rich a forfeiture was deemed no small motive for Henry's proceeding to extremities against him . After six ...
... pounds a year in land , and forty thousand marks in plate and money , besides other property of great value , the prospect of so rich a forfeiture was deemed no small motive for Henry's proceeding to extremities against him . After six ...
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... pounds , and was obliged to compound for six- teen hundred and fifteen . This was the first noted case of the kind ; but it became a prece- dent , which prepared the way for many others . The management , indeed , of these arts of chica ...
... pounds , and was obliged to compound for six- teen hundred and fifteen . This was the first noted case of the kind ; but it became a prece- dent , which prepared the way for many others . The management , indeed , of these arts of chica ...
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