单词 | chimney-money |
释义 | † chimney-moneyn. Obsolete. A tax of two shillings per annum on every fire-hearth in England and Wales, imposed by Act 13 & 14 Chas. II, repealed by 1 Wm. & Mary; any similar tax. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > property tax > hearth or chimney tax focage1499 feuage1523 smoke-pence1584 smoke-penny1631 hearth money1662 smoke-money1662 chimney-money1664 smoke-silver1664 hearth tax1689 fumage1755 chimney-tax1855 1664 Earl of Orrery Coll. State Lett. (1743) I. 155 The payments of hearth and chimney money. 1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 74 Chimney-money and Excise is imposed. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 15 Oct. (1972) VII. 326 One moved that the Chimny-money might be taken from the King. 1689 Address fr. Northumbld. 17 July in London Gaz. No. 2483/1 Your Majesties great Clemency and unexampled Favour in freeing and easing Your Subjects from the Burthen of Chimney-Money. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 13 The King, as he had come through the Western Countries..had been in many places moved to discharge the Chimney money. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1664 |
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