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What was Ship Money? |
Prerogative form of income levied in times of emergency |
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How did Charles use ship money? |
In 1634 he levied it on coastal towns and extended it inland in 1635. Ship money was raised annually until 1639 |
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On average how much was ship money raised a year? |
£200,000 |
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What abolishes ship money? |
The Triennial Act of 1641 |
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What was the Hampden Case? |
In 1637, John Hampden refused to pay ship money and was prosecuted |
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What were forest fines? |
Any landowner said to have encroached on areas of royal forest were fined |
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What was Parliaments reaction to Charles’ war expenditure? |
Charles planned a million pound war expenditure but parliament refused and only granted £140,000 |
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What happened to Charles regarding Tonnage and Poundage? |
Only granted it for a year rather than life but continued to collect it anyway |
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What happened in 1626? |
A forced loan was enforced of the equivalent of 5 parliamentary subsidies |
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How did people pay a forced loan? |
Summoned to a public meeting where they were individually pressed to pay |
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How many people opposed the forced loan? |
76 |
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What was the distraint of knighthood? |
Anyone holding land with an income of £40 or more who had not received a knighthood were fined |
