The History of Parliamentary Taxation in England

by Shepard Ashman Morgan

[277] Taswell-Langmead, Eng. Const. Hist. 300.

[278] Ibid., 300, quoting Hall, Chronicle, 696, 700.

[279] 1 Parl. Hist. 490.

[280] Henry levied another benevolence in 1545.

[281] The form of these royal promissory notes is as follows:—“We, Henry VIII, by the grace of God, King of England and of France, Defender of Faith, and Lord of Ireland, promise by these presents truly to content and repay unto our trusty and well-beloved subject, A. B., the sum of ——, which he hath lovingly advanced unto us by way of loan, for defence of our realm, and maintenance of our wars against France and Scotland: In witness whereof we have caused our privy seal hereunto to be set and annexed the —— day of ——, the fourteenth year of our reign.” Cited by Hallam, 1 Const. Hist. Eng. 26, note 1, from MS. Instructions to Commissioners.

[282] Stat. 21 Henry VIII, c. 24, cited in Taswell-Langmead, Eng. Const. Hist. 301. 1 Parl. Hist. 507.

[283] 1 Parl. Hist. 560, 578.

[284] 23 Henry VIII, c. 20, in Adams and Stephens, Sel. Doc. 144.

[285] 25 Henry VIII, c. 20.

[286] 25 Henry VIII, c. 21.