English Government Finance, 1485-1558

Abstract

Eoyal revenues derived from feudal dues, lands and customs in the Middle Ages -Their decline in the Fifteenth Century -More frequent use of direct taxation by the Lancastrians -The fifteenth and tjenth -Unsuccessful experiments with other direct taxes -Direct taxes not favored either by the crown or the people -'Taxes, Loans and Benevolences, the French Pension Royal revenues not at once adequate -Resorts to loans 1485 -1490 -Use of foreign complications for royal pecuniary advantage -The Breton question