The Royal Treasury of England, Or an Historical Account of All Taxes, Under What Denomination Soever, from the Conquest to This Present Year: Collected from the Best Historians, As Well Antient As Modern (Classic Reprint)

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Henry I. Rais'd the Portion of his Daughter Mawd, the Wife of the Emperor Otbo, by impo fing of 61. Upon every Hide of Land. And at the Marriage of Henry iid's. Daughter to the Duke of Saxony, there was a Contribution laid upon the Sub icfis of Danegelt. An lmpofition', call'd Carucage, which is two Marks upon every Plough Land, was taken e third Henry for the Marriage of his Sifter to the Emperor. And the fame King had 20 1. Sewage for the Marriage of his eldell Daughter. And Edward III. Levied his Sif ter's Dowry by Collection from Spiritual Men, as appeareth Rot. Clan]: Anna 7 Edward' III. I pars. And to produce Precedents of Record for Allow ance due to the King's eldell Son, and his Knight ing, there needeth {mall Labour.

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