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.
The reasons why the imposition of Ship-money gave more offence than the levy of Tonnage and Poundage are easy to perceive.
A more serious demand on the purses of the subjects was made by the imposition of Ship-money in 1634.
On the King’s side it was urged that Ship-money was not a tax at all, but an ancient payment in lieu of personal service in defence of the realm by sea, and also that the King was himself the sole judge of the existence of the danger which would require such exertions to be made.