ship money

They wanted to get out of paying a tax called 'ship money'.

There was a lot of opposition to ship money and other taxes.

What is his attitude to being forced to pay the king 'ship money'?

He could open a bank account, which would let him ship money back home without having to pay huge fees.

Charles forced people in all counties to pay ship money.

Ship money was supposed to be paid by counties near the coast.

About 30% of the ship money charged was unpaid by the people.

Most of Russia's 147 million people keep their savings at home, or ship money abroad if they can.

Strode's last public action was to sign a protest against ship money.

Charles tried to raise extra taxes called ship money without Parliament.

He successfully resisted the levy of ship money in 1636.

However, from 1635 Charles I started collecting ship money every year.

As well as ship money, other taxes took the form of paying for the king's soldiers.

Ship money was enough of a financial success to help Charles to meet peacetime government expenditures in the 1630s.

The petition set out five reasons why Woodbridge would struggle to pay ship money.

Why would they ship money into the States?

Ship money was declared illegal by Parliament in 1641.

But that is no obstacle to shipping money, borrowed from China, to yet another left wing network.

It was made very difficult for businessmen to ship money abroad.'

Banks and corporations ship money out of the country without telling the government, thereby avoiding taxes.

It was not until 1637, however, that his resistance to the payment of ship money gained him wide fame.

Banks outside the territory refused to ship money to Tucson due to the risk of robbery.

Ship money was a tax which was usually paid by coastal towns to help pay for the navy.

Charles I had demanded ship money and other taxes without asking Parliament.

The letter is one of several documents in the State Papers that complain about ship money.