OF THE

HISTORY OF TAXES

IN ENGLAND

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY

BY

STEPHEN DOWELL

VOL. I. TO THE CIVIL WAR, 1642

The revenue of the State is the State. In effect all depends upon
it, whether for support or for reformation'- BURKE, Reflections on the
Revolution in France

၅. LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1876

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