ABSTRACT

First published in 1965. This is four volumes in one text on Taxes and Taxation from the earliest times to the present day. The first volume looks at the history of taxation and tax in England, then Volume II the taxation period from the Civil War to the present day, volume II concerns itself with direct taxes and stamp duties; and finally Volume IV concludes with taxes on articles of consumption.

part 1|244 pages

Half Title

part 1|10 pages

Book I. Before the Norman Conquest.

part 2|73 pages

From the Norman Conquest to the Settlement of the Fifteenth and Tenth. 1066–1334.

chapter 1|5 pages

The Revenue From Demesne.

chapter 3|4 pages

The Court of Exchequer.

chapter 4|3 pages

The Exchequer of the Jews.

chapter 5|4 pages

Danegeld and Carucage.

1084–1224.

chapter 6|11 pages

The Land Tax On the Knight's Fee, Termed Scutage.

1159–1306.

chapter 7|10 pages

Tallage.—The Taxation of Royal Demesne.

chapter 8|16 pages

The Taxation of Moveables.

1188—1334.

chapter 9|8 pages

The Duties at the Ports.

part 3|162 pages

From The Settlement of the Fifteenth and Tenth in 1334 to the Civil War, 1642.

chapter 1|78 pages

Direct Taxation.

part 1|42 pages

Direct Taxation During The Hundred Years' War And The Wars of The Roses.

part 2|36 pages

Direct Taxation Under the Tudors.

part 3|4 pages

Direct Taxation Under The Stuarts.

chapter 2|33 pages

The Duties at the Ports.

part 1|14 pages

The Duties At The Ports During The Hundred Years' War And The Wars Of The Roses.

part 2|5 pages

The Duties at the Ports Under the Tudors.

part 3|14 pages

The Duties at the Ports Under the Stuarts.

chapter 4|35 pages

The Ship Writs.

1634—1641.

part 2|125 pages

part 1|2 pages

Commencement Of Taxation In The Modern Form. 1642—1688.

chapter 1|12 pages

During the Times of the Commonwealth.

chapter 2|20 pages

From the Restoration to the Revolution.

1660—1688.

part 2|125 pages

Taxation on the Increase. 1688—1815.

chapter 2|18 pages

The War of the Spanish Succession.

1702–1713.

chapter 5|17 pages

The Seven Years' War.

1756–63.

chapter 6|16 pages

The Taxation of America.

chapter 7|5 pages

The War of American Independence.

1775—1783.

chapter 7|18 pages

Part II.

chapter 8|25 pages

The Times Of William Pitt—Before The Great War.

1784—1792.

chapter 9|39 pages

Taxation During the Great War.

part 1|21 pages

From The Commencement Of The War To The Peace Of Amiens. 1793–1802.

part 3|2 pages

Taxation in the Zenith.

chapter 1|13 pages

Taxation In 1815.

part 1

The Liverpool Administration. Vansittart, 1816–22.

part 2|1 pages

Robinson, Huskisson and Goulburn, 1822–9.

part 1|19 pages

From The Abolition of The Sinking Fund To The Repeal of The House Tax, 1829–34.

part 1|10 pages

From The Repeal of The House Tax to The Re-Imposition Of The Income Tax. The Chancellor of The Exchequer in Difficulties.

part 4|70 pages

The Reform of Taxation. 1842–70.

part 5|1 pages

Taxation During the Fifteen Years, 1870–85

part 5|44 pages

Taxation During the Fifteen Years, 1870–85.

part 3|8 pages

A History Of Taxation And Taxes In England

part 1|14 pages

Taxes On Persons

chapter 1|5 pages

General Taxes—Poll Or Capitation Taxes

chapter 2|6 pages

Taxes On Shopkeepers

part 1|2 pages

Taxes On Property

part 3|2 pages

Taxes Analogous To A Property Tax

part 2|2 pages

The Stamp Duties

part 4|12 pages

A History of Taxation and Taxes in England

part 1|2 pages

Taxes On Eatables

chapter 1|3 pages

Salt

chapter 2|7 pages

Imported Corn, More Particularly Wheat

chapter 4|17 pages

Sugar

chapter 5|2 pages

Pepper

chapter 6|5 pages

Imported Fruit

chapter 7|4 pages

Olive Oil, and Vinegar

part 2|60 pages

Taxes On Drinks

part 2|4 pages

Taxes On Drinks

part 1|20 pages

Part I —Alcoholic Drinks

chapter 1|36 pages

Beer

Introductory Part.

chapter 2|39 pages

Wine

Introductory Part.

chapter 3|11 pages

Sweets, Made Wines, Mead and Metheglin

1696—1834.

chapter 4|55 pages

Spirits

Introductory Part.

chapter 5|3 pages

Cider And Perry

part 2|17 pages

Part II —Non-Alcoholic Drinks

chapter 6|18 pages

Tea

Introductory Part.

chapter 7|10 pages

The Taxes on Coffee and Chicory

chapter 8|2 pages

The Tax On Cocoa-Nuts

part 1|151 pages

The Tax On Tobacco

part 3|36 pages

The Tax On Tobacco.

part 4|2 pages

Taxes on Articles of Consumption Other than Eatables, Drinks, and Tobacco

chapter 1|113 pages

Taxes On Manufactures

chapter 2|73 pages

Taxes On Raw Materials