Taxation (No. 3) Act 1640

1. Introductory Text

2. Distresses of the Army and People in the Northern Parts...

3. II. Two Subsidies on Real and Copyhold Estates, 4s. in the Pound.

4. III. Absentees, whether Natives or Aliens, charged by Certificate of Inhabitants of Place where Lands, &c. be.

5. IV. Commissioners to be appointed by Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, and other great Officers.

6. Names of the Commissioners.

7. And for the County of Bedford

8. For the Town of Bedford

9. For the County of Buckingham

10. The Bayliffes for the time being for the Towne of Buckingham

11. For the County of Berks

12. For the Borough of New Windsor

13. For the County of Cornwall

14. For the County of Cumberland

15. For the County of Cambridge

16. For the Towne of Cambridge

17. For the County of Chester

18. For the City and County of the City of Chester

19. For the County of Derby

20. And for the Borough of Derby

21. For the County of Devon

22. For the City and County of the City of Exon

23. For the County of Dorsett

24. For the Town and County of Pool

25. For the County of Yorke and for the Westriding of the County of Yorke

26. For the Northriding of the County of Yorke

27. For the Eastriding of the County of Yorke

28. For the City and County of the City of Yorke

29. For the Towne and County of Hull

30. For the County of Essex

31. For the Towne of Colchester

32. And for the Towne of Maiden

33. For the Towne of Harwich

34. For the County of Gloucester

35. For the City and County of the City of Gloucester

36. For the County of Huntington

37. And for the County of Hertford

38. For the Town and Borough of Saint Albans

39. For the County of Hereford

40. For the City of Hereford

41. For the County of Kent

42. For the City and County of the City of Canterbury

43. For the City of Rochester.

44. For the Parts of Lyndsey in the County of Lincolne

45. For the City of Lincolne

46. For the Borough of Boston

47. For the Parts of Holland in Com p[re]d.

48. For the Parts of Kestaven in the County of Lincolne

49. For the County of Leicester

50. For the Borough of Leicester

51. For the County Palatine of Lancaster

52. For the County of Middlesex

53. For the City of Westminster

54. And for the Dutchy of Lancaster

55. For the City of London

56. For the County of Monmouth

57. For the County of Northampton

58. For the Borough of Northampton

59. For the County of Nottingham

60. For the Towne and County of Nottingham

61. For the Towne of Newarke upon Trent in Comit. Not[ts.]

62. For the County of Norfolke

63. For the Towne of Thetford

64. And for the City of Norwich

65. For the Towne of Lyn Regis

66. For the Towne of Yarmouth

67. For the County of Oxford

68. And for the City of Oxon

69. For the County of Rutland

70. For the County of Surrey

71. For the Borough of Southwarke

72. For the County of Stafford

73. For the City and County of the City of Litchfeild

74. For the County of Salop

75. For the Towne of Shrewsbury

76. For the Towne of Ludlowe

77. For the County of Southampton

78. For the Isle of Wight

79. For the City of Winchester

80. For the Towne and County of Southampton

81. For the County of Suffolke

82. For the Towne of Ipswich

83. For the Borough of St Edmunds Bury

84. For the Towne of Aldborough

85. For the Towne of Orford

86. For the Towne of Hadleigh

87. For the County of Somerset

88. For the City of Bath

89. For the County of Sussex

90. For the City of Chichester

91. For the County of Westmerland

92. For the County of Wiltes

93. For the City of New Sarum

94. For the County of Worcester

95. For the City and County of the City of Worcester

96. For the Borough of Evesham

97. For the County of Warwick

98. For the City of Coventrey

99. For the County of Anglesey and the Towne of Bewmares

100. For the County of Brecknock

101. For the County of Cardigan

102. For the County of Carmarthen

103. For the Borough and the County of the Borough of Carmarthen

104. For the County of Carnarvan

105. For the County of Denbye

106. For the County of Flint

107. For the County of Glamorgan

108. For the County of Merenoth

109. For the County of Pembrooke

110. For the Towne and County of Haverford West

111. For the County of Mountgomery

112. For the County of Radnor

113. V. Commissioners to execute Act according to the tenor thereof.

114. VI. Persons named in Precept to appear before Commissioners.

115. VII. Assessors misbehaving,

116. VIII. Commissioners to be rated at such Place where they shall be Commissioners; other Persons where they have resided for the most Part of the preceding Year.

117. IX. Double Charges not to be allowed.

118. X. Proviso for Persons having two Mansions, or being Houshold Servants or Waiting Servants to the King or others.

119. XI. The Power of Commissioners to tax other Commissioners, and also Assessors.

120. XII. Rates estreated under the Seal and Sign Manual of the Commissioners, and Estrent delivered to sufficient Inhabitants, &c. of Hundreds, &c.

121. XIII. Commissioners to appoint Collectors.

122. XIV. Commissioners to take Recognizances of High Collectors, without Fee.

123. XV. Persons living in Cities, &c. not to be appointed Collectors, &c. out of them.

124. XVI. Assessors, Attornies, Factors, &c. after being charged with Receipt of Assessment dying or removing or concealing their Goods, or when Monies comprized in Estreat cannot be levied by Distress.

125. XVIII. Allowance to High Collectors and their Accountants.

126. XIX. Proviso for Stamford Baron.

127. XX. Persons having Spiritual and Temporal Possessions, and also Personal Property, not to be doubly charged.

128. XXI. Proviso for Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, and Guernsey.

129. XXII. Proviso for Patents of Liberties, &c. to Cities, &c.

130. XXIII. Proviso for Orphans and Infants.

131. XXIV. Proviso for Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Winchester College, Eton College, and the Poor Knights of Windsor, and for Free Schools, and Readers, &c. in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and for Hospitals, &c.

132. XXV. Inhabitants of Cinque Ports, for the most Part of the Year before the Grant, acquitted during Resiance only.

133. XXVI. Like Proviso for English Inhabitants of Rumney Marsh.

134. XXVII. Alien or Denizen assigning his Lands, &c. to his Child, with Intent to defraud the Subsidy, such Child chargeable as an Alien.

135. XXVIII. Proviso for County of Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Bishoprick, and County Palatine of Durham.

136. XXIX. Recital that certain Citizens of London had advanced the Sum of £120,000 for the present Supply.

137. XXX. Treasurer not to pay any Money upon any other Warrant.

138. XXXI. The passing of this Act, or the Royal Assent thereto, not to determine the Session.