Ship-money
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ship-money · the ship-money · ship money · the charge of the defence · the said charge...commonly called Ship-money
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
A levy claimed by Charles I as an ancient payment in lieu of naval service, imposed without Parliamentary consent and central to the Hampden case.
A more serious demand on the purses of the subjects was made by the imposition of Ship-money in 1634.
The reasons why the imposition of Ship-money gave more offence than the levy of Tonnage and Poundage are easy to perceive.
Ultimately judgment was given for the King, only two of the judges dissenting on the main point at issue, though three others refrained from giving their support to the King on other grounds.