Clerical Taxation, taxation & subsidy books c1480-1638 (4 items) [Tax 1-4]
Clerical Taxation
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- ReferenceGB 193 Tax
- Dates of Creationc1480-1638
- Language of MaterialLatin, and English.
- Physical Description1 box (outsize). Parchment
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The clergy, particularly during the reign of the Tudor monarchs, have often had to pay clerical taxes to subsidise the monarch in times of financial crisis. Traditionally, the tax paid was one tenth of the clergy's annual income or an annual fixed sum (there is some debate regarding whether these values were based on the Taxatio, a valuation of spiritualities (income from parish churches) submitted to Pope Nicholas IV in 1291). The subsidy levied on the clergy in 1523 insisted that money had to be given over a much longer period of time (each year for 5 years rather than the customary annual subsidy). In this way the King would be guaranteed an income from the clergy for the next five years, without having to request it annually.
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Bibliography
Webb, C C, 'A Census of York Clergy? The Clerical Subsidy of 1523-1528', Life and Thought in the Northern Church, c.1100-c.1700: Essays in Honour of Claire Cross, edited by Diana Wood, 1999, Ecclesiastical History Society.