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Edward IV--Benevolences and forced loans--Richard
III--Prohibition of benevolences--The Tudors--Henry VII--The
“New-found Subsidy”--Morton’s Crotch--Early taxation of
Henry VIII--Cardinal Wolsey’s breach of privilege--Henry’s
commissions and benevolences--Forced loans--Profits of the
Reformation--Parliament the confirming authority in clerical
grants--Elizabeth--Liberality of her Parliaments--Assertion by
the commons of their right to originate money bills.