Marriage Duty Act 1694

L. Upon a Burial for which a Duty of 20s. is payable (Exception) the Party liable to pay to deliver to Collector a Certificate of the Name, Title, &c. of such deceased Person, and of the Parents.

Such Certificate to be transmitted to Receiver General, who is to deliver same to Officer of Arms, to be filed in the College of Arms.

And for the better preserving the Genealogies Descents and Alliances of the Nobility and Gentry bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That upon the burial of every person or persons of any the degrees ranks titles or qualities aforementioned for which a duty of Twenty shillings or upwards is charged by this Act (except such persons as are charged onely for or in respect of their having Fifty pounds per annum or Six hundred pounds personal estate) the party lyable to pay the said duty shall deliver or cause to bee delivered to the Collector or Collectors appointed by this Act a Certificate in Writing under his or her hand and seale engrossed in Parchm or otherwise expressing the name sirname title quality office and employment (if any) of such deceased person with the age time of death place of burial marriages and issue and the ages of such issue together with the names sirnames titles and qualities of the parents of such deceased persons which Certificates shall bee transmitted to the Receiver General his deputy or deputies who shall deliver them to the Kings Heraulds and Pursuivants of Arms And the said Officers of Arms shall thereupon forthwith number schedule and digest the same in alphabetical order in Books to bee provided for that purpose and shall file upp the Originals in the College of Arms for publick use and shall bee answerable for the keeping thereof without any Fee or Reward for soe doeing.