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Ship money was a tax of medieval origin levied intermittently in the Kingdom of England until the middle of the 17th century. Assessed typically on the inhabitants of coastal areas of England, it was one of several taxes that English monarchs could levy by prerogative without the approval of Parliament. The attempt of King Charles I from 1634 onwards to levy ship money during peacetime and extend it to the inland counties of England without parliamentary approval provoked fierce resistance, and was one of the grievances of the English propertied class in the lead-up to the English Civil War.

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Ship money

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Ship money was a tax of medieval origin levied intermittently in the Kingdom of England until the middle of the 17th century. Assessed typically on the...

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English Civil War

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fine paid to the Crown. The King also tried to raise revenue through ship money, demanding in 1634–1636 that the inland English counties pay a tax for...

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Charles I of England

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known as ship money, which proved even more unpopular, and lucrative, than tonnage and poundage before it. Previously, collection of ship money had been...

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Blood money

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seaman on ships Money obtained from crime, especially at the cost of another's life Blood Money (1917 film), a film starring Harry Carey Blood Money (1921...

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John Hampden

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Arundell; a good example of the complexity of the period, Arundell opposed Ship Money in the 1630s, but during the First English Civil War held Pendennis Castle...

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Ship Money Act 1640

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The Ship Money Act 1640 (16 Cha. 1. c. 14) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It outlawed the medieval tax called ship money, a tax the sovereign...

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Money laundering

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Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement...

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Purser

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A purser is the person on a ship principally responsible for the handling of money on board. On modern merchant ships, the purser is the officer responsible...

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Prize money

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to the crew of a ship belonging to the state, either a warship of its navy or a privateer vessel commissioned by the state. Prize money was most frequently...

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Personal Rule

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known as ship money, which proved even more unpopular, and lucrative, than tonnage and poundage before it. Previously, collection of ship money had been...

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Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh

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medieval dwellinghouse. It was here that John Hampden refused to pay his ship-money in 1635, one of the incidents which led to the English Civil War. The...

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No taxation without representation

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Civil War, following the refusal of parliamentarian John Hampden to pay ship money tax. In the context of British taxation of its American colonies, the...

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Bottomry

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which the master of a ship borrows money upon the bottom or keel of it, so as to forfeit the ship itself to the creditor, if the money with interest is not...

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Short Parliament

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Parliament from the country. Charles's attempted offer to cease the levying of ship money did not impress the House. Annoyed with the resumption of debate on Crown...

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South Newington

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the feudal tax of Ship Money which the Plantaganet kings had levied in the Middle Ages without recourse to Parliament. Ship Money was meant to be levied...

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John Denham

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Denham (judge), (1559–1639), father of the poet below, and one of the Ship Money judges John Denham (poet) (1615–1669), English poet John Denham (politician)...

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Robert Holborne

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acted, along with Oliver St John, as co-counsel for John Hampden in the ship money case. He sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1642 and supported...

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For the Love of Money

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The O'Jays for the album Ship Ahoy. Produced by Gamble and Huff for Philadelphia International Records, "For the Love of Money" was issued as a single...

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Court of Exchequer Chamber

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definitive statement of the law. Certain judgments like Hampden (the case of ship money) caused political controversy. It was superseded by the Court of Appeal...

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HMS Sovereign of the Seas

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Christmas and Mathias Christmas. Construction costs of £65,586 was funded by Ship Money, the gilding alone being £6,691, the price of an average warship. For...

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Slavery in Britain

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taken upon pretense of guarding the seas, yet a new unheard-of tax of ship-money was devised, and upon the same pretense, by both which there was charged...

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Microsoft Money

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of Money each year and had no version planned for 2009. The company also announced that it would no longer ship boxed versions of Microsoft Money to retail...

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1630s in England

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Queen Henrietta Maria. 20 October – King Charles I issues writs to raise ship money from coastal ports to finance the Royal Navy. Cornelius Vermuyden begins...

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Hypothecated tax

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taxes have a long history. One of the first examples of earmarking was ship money, the tax paid by English seaports used to finance the Royal Navy. Later...

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Counterfeit money

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to genuine Confederate money. In 1834, counterfeit copper coins manufactured in the United States were seized from several ships with American flags in...

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