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Guide to the Baron Weston's argument on ship money, 1636-1638

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Title:
Baron Weston's argument on ship money
Creator:
Weston, Richard, Sir, 1579?-1652.
ID:
M194.W4787
Date [inclusive]:
1636-1638
Extent:
660 pages29 cm
Repository:
George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, bound in early vellum, containing the opinions concerning the right of the crown to tax English coastal towns of Baron Weston; Judges Crawley, Berkley, and Vernon; Baron Trevor; Judges Crook, Jones, and Hutton; Barons Denham and Davenport; Lord Finch; and Lord Chiefe Justice Bramstone.
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Conditions Governing Use:

If not in the public domain, copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: Baron Weston's Argument on Ship Money, Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine

Manuscript on paper, bound in early vellum, containing the opinions concerning the right of the crown to tax English coastal towns of Baron Weston; Judges Crawley, Berkley, and Vernon; Baron Trevor; Judges Crook, Jones, and Hutton; Barons Denham and Davenport; Lord Finch; and Lord Chiefe Justice Bramstone.

Personal Name(s):
  • Weston, Richard, Sir, 1579?-1652.
Subject(s):
  • Taxation -- Great Britain -- 17th century.
  • Ship money -- Early works to 1800.

Forms part of the Miscellaneous Manuscript collection in the Bowdoin College Special Collections & Archives.

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