 | Archaeology - 1889 - 482 pages
...Act, entitled 'An Act for granting to His Majesty certain Rates and Duties upon Marriages, Births. and Burials, and upon Bachelors and Widowers, for the...for carrying on the War against France with vigour.' By other subsequent enactments the parish register was made the instrument of taxation. The clergyman... | |
 | Archaeology - 1889 - 498 pages
...entitled ' An Act for granting to His Majesty certain Rates and Duties upon Marriages, Births, and Burials, and upon Bachelors and Widowers, for the...for carrying on the War against France with vigour.' By other subsequent enactments the parish register was made the instrument of taxation. The clergyman... | |
 | Law - 1889 - 670 pages
...month). The act was intituled, "An Act for granting His Majesty certain rates and duties upon marriages, births, burials, and upon bachelors and widowers,...for the term of five years, for carrying on the war with vigour." By this, bachelors and widowers above 25 years old paid yearly one shilling, but a marquis... | |
 | James Edward Vaux - Folklore - 1894 - 376 pages
...upon marriages, births, deaths, and burials, and upon bachelors and widowers (a widely spread net), for the term of five years, ' for carrying on the war against France with vigour." The taxes on births, marriages, and burials were continued indefinitely by 7 and 8 William III., c.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1895 - 358 pages
...Granting to his Majesty certain Rates & duties upon Marriages, Births and Burials, and upon Batchelours and Widowers, for the Term of five years, for Carrying on the warr against France with vigour. Every Burial to pay 4j. ; a Gent, his wife or child, to pay 1/. 4r.... | |
 | St. Giles (Parish : Durham, England) - Church finance - 1896 - 360 pages
...Granting to his Majesty certain Rates & duties upon Marriages, Births and Burials, and upon Batchelours and Widowers, for the Term of five years, for Carrying on the warr against France with vigour. Every Burial to pay 4j. ; a Gent, his wife or child, to pay 1/. 4j.... | |
 | William John Hardy - Berkshire (England) - 1899 - 532 pages
...entitled : "An act for granting to his Majesty certain Rates and Duties upon Marriages, Hirths, and Burials, and upon Bachelors and Widowers for the term...for carrying on the War against France with vigour." Upon the birth of every child, except children of those who receive alms, 2s. ; of the oldest son of... | |
 | Westminster (London, England), John Edward Smith - Archives - 1900 - 280 pages
...cap. 6) was passed " for granting to his Majesty certain rates and duties upon marriages, births and burials, and upon bachelors and widowers, for the...for carrying on the war against France with vigour." Partly owing to the objectionable nature of the tax upon bachelors and widowers, and partly owing to... | |
 | Westminster, England - Manuscripts, English - 1900 - 272 pages
...cap. 6) was passed " for granting to his Majesty certain rates and duties upon marriages, births and burials, and upon bachelors and widowers, for the...term of five years, for carrying on the war against Erance with vigour." Partly owing to the objectionable nature of the tax upon bachelors and widowers,... | |
 | Yorkshire (England) - 1900 - 660 pages
...exchequer. Under William III. (1694) registration was made a basis of a graduated scale of taxation " for a term of five years for carrying on the war against France with vigour." A tax was levied on every person registered, the lowest amount being " for and upon the oirth of every... | |
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An Act for granting to his Majesty certain Rates and Duties upon Marriages, Births, and Burials, and upon Bachelors and Widowers, for the term of five years, for carrying on the war against France with vigour. 
