Whalers, who worked in oily clothes, slipped on oily decks and ate with oily hands, often owed the ship money when the voyage ended.
32.
But by far the most serious innovation was the collection of Ship Money, a course forced on Charles by his determination to rule without Parliament.
33.
He also embarked on a major program of naval construction, enforcing ship money to build such prestige vessels as " HMS Sovereign of the Seas ".
34.
Where the cross stands is reputed to be the spot where John Hampden stood when he first refused to pay the Ship Money tax in 1636.
35.
Ship money, paid directly to the Treasury of the Navy, provided between ?50, 000 to ?00, 000 annually between 1634 and 1638, after which yields declined.
36.
And if they have an investment plan, they ought to, periodically, ship money from the sector that's grown most, into the sectors that have grown less.
37.
One important tax that Charles collected was the Ship Money tax that required the counties bordering the sea to fund a navy to protect the English coastline.
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In 1638 ship money was levied on Bedfordshire, and in the English Civil War that followed, the county was one of the foremost in opposing the king.
39.
The chief tax imposed by Charles was a feudal levy known as ship money, which proved even more unpopular, and lucrative, than poundage and tonnage before it.
40.
Ship Money had previously been levied on coastal towns and its extension to inland areas caused resentment which contributed toward the gathering estrangement between Charles I and Parliament.
