Taxation (No. 2) Act 1625

Grant of Two entire Subsidies; viz. on Personal Estates (after Payment of Debts, &c.) 2s. 8d. in the Pound.

Most Excellent and most Gracious Soveraigne, wee your Majesties most humble, faithfull and loving Subjects, your Co[m]mons assembled in your High Court of Parliament, taking into our due and serious Consideracion the manifold occasions which at your Majesties first entrance into the Governement of these your Realmes and Dominions doe presse your Majestie; and your most important Affaires, which both at home and abroad are now in Accion, and cannot but exhaust your Treasure beyond the ordinarie p[ro]porcion of your setled Revenue; and with joy and comfort unexpressable, calling to minde the great hopes wee have received heretofore, and the p[re]sent Assurance wee now enjoy of your Majesties most Wise Religious and Gracious Government; As a pledge of our most bounden dutie and thankefullnes Wee humblie p[re]sent your Majestie with the free and cheerefull Gift of two entire Subsidies, which wee humblie beseech your Majestie graciouslie to accept, as the first fruits of the most dutifull Affeccions of your loyall and loving Subjects devoted to your Service: And wee shall dailie and devoutlie pray unto the Almightie God, the King of Kings for a blessing from heaven upon your high and great Designes, that they may be successefull and prosperous to the glory of God, your Majesties eternall Honour and the restoring of the auncient renowne and glory of this Nacion.

Aliens and Popish Recusants Convict, 5s. 4d. in the Pound; Poll Tax on Aliens and Popish Recusants Convict not contributory as above 8d.

And therefore wee humbly beseech your Majestie, That it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majestie, the Lords Spirituall and Temporall, and Co[m]mons in this p[re]sent Parliament assembled, and by the authoritie of the same, that our said Soveraigne Lord the Kings Majestie, his Heires and Successors shall have receive and enjoy two entire Subsidies, to be rated taxed levied and paid at two severall payments, of every p[er]son Spirituall and Temporall of what estate or degree he or they be of, according to the tenor of this Act in manner and forme following, That is to saie; Aswell that every p[er]son borne within this Realme of England Wales, or other the Kings Dominions, as all and every Fraternitie Guild Corporacion Misterie Brotherhood and Commonaltie corporate & not corporate within this Realme of England, Wales, or other the Kings Dominions being worth three pounds, for every pound, as well in coine and the value of every pound that every such p[er]sons, Fraternitie, Guild, Corporacion, Misterie Brotherhood and Commonaltie corporate or not corporate, hath of his or their owne, or any other to his or their use, As also Plate stocke of Merchandise, all manner of corne and graine, housholdstuffe, and of all other goods moveable, aswell within this Realme as without, and of all such so[m]mes of mony as to him or them is or shalbe owing whereof he or they trust in his or their conscience. surelie to be paid (except and out of the p[ro]misses deducted such so[m]mes of mony as he or they doe owe, and in his and their consciences intend trulie to pay, and except also the apparell of every such p[er]sons, their wives and children belonging to their owne bodies, saving jewells gold silver stone and pearle) shall pay to and for either of the said Subsidies, two shillings eight pence of every pound. And also every Alien and Straunger borne out of the Kings obeysance, aswell Denizen and others inhabiting within this Realme; and also every Popish Recusant convict, or which before the tyme of the Assessement of the severall Subsidies by this p[re]sent Act graunted shalbe a Popish Recusant convict, or which are or shalbe indicted for Popish Recusancie, and their indictments are or shalbe removed by Cerciorare, of every pound that he or they shall have in coine and the value of every pound in plate corne graine merchandize housholdstuffe or other goods jewells chattells moveable and unmoveable as is aforesaid, as well within this Realme as without, and of all so[m]mes of money to him or them owing, whereof he or they trust in his or their conscience to be paid (except and out of the p[re]misses deducted, every such so[m]me or so[m]mes of mony which he or they doe owe, and in his or their conscience or consciences intend trulie to pay) shall pay to and for each of the said Subsidies, five shillings foure pence of every pound. And also that every Alien and stranger borne, borne out of the Kings Dominions, being denizen or not denizen, not being contributorie to any the Rates aforesaid, and being of the age of seaven yeares or above, And every Popish Recusant convict, or which before the time of the Assessement of the severall Subsidies by this p[re]sent Act graunted shalbe a Popish Recusant convict and being of the age of seaventeene yeares, or which being of the age of one and twentie yeares have not received the holy Co[m]munion within one yeare then last past, shall pay to and for the said first Subsidie eight pence for every poll, and to and for the said second Subsidie eight pence for every poll, And the master or he or shee, with whome the said Alien is or shalbe abiding at the tyme of the taxacion or taxacions thereof to be charged with the same for lacke of payment thereof.