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See also:TONNAGE AND POUNDAGE , in See also:England, customs duties anciently imposed upon exports and imports, the former being a See also:duty upon all wines imported in addition to prisage and butlerage, the latter a duty imposed ad valorem at the See also:rate of twelve-pence in the See also:pound on all merchandise imported or exported. The duties were levied at first by agreement with merchants(poundage in 1302, tonnage in 1347), then granted by See also:parliament in 1373, at first for a limited See also:period only. They were considered to be imposed for the See also:defence of the See also:realm. From the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VI. until that of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. they were usually granted for See also:life. They were not granted to See also:Charles I., and in 1628 that See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king took the unconstitutional course of levying them on his own authority, a course denounced a few years later by 16 See also:Car. I. c. 18 (164o), when the See also:Long Parliament granted them for two months. After the Restoration they were granted to Charles II. and his two successors for life. By acts of See also:Anne and See also:George I. the duties were made perpetual, and mortgaged for the public See also:debt. In 1787 they were finally abolished, and other modes of obtaining See also:revenue substituted, by 27 Geo. III. c. 13 (1787).
Poundage also signifies a See also:fee paid to an officer of a See also:court for his services, e.g. to a See also:sheriff's officer, who is entitled by 29 Eliz. c. 4 (1586–1587) to a poundage of a See also:shilling in the pound on an See also:execution up to £See also:loo, and sixpence in the pound above that sum.
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