Parliament passed the Ship Money Act

1640 Dec 7

Parliament passed the Ship Money Act

England, UK

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The Ship Money Act 1640 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It outlawed the medieval tax called ship money, a tax the sovereign could levy (on coastal towns) without parliamentary approval. Ship money was intended for use in war, but by the 1630s was being used to fund everyday government expenses of King Charles I, thereby subverting Parliament.

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