Butlerage
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A butlerage was a duty of two shillings on every ton of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; so called because it was paid to the king's butler for the king. The tax was first implemented in 1302 and stopped being levied in 1809.[1]
References
- ↑ Dictionary of Political Economy, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London, 1894, p. 196
Further reading
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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