{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-duty-act-1694/section-V", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-duty-act-1694/section-V.json", "legislation": "aep/WillandMar/6-7/6", "legislation_title": "Marriage Duty Act 1694", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-duty-act-1694", "path": "section/V", "kind": "section", "number": "V", "heading": "Duties on Marriages for Five Years.", "text": "And bee it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the said First day of May for and dureing the said terme of Five yeares there shall bee raised levyed and paid to his Majesty his Heires and Successors for and upon every marriage of any persons (except as herein after is excepted) who shall bee married within the said terme of Five yeares and noe longer att any place withing the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Towne of Berwick upon Tweed the several and respective duties and sums of money herein after mentioned (that is to say)\nDuty on Marriages of all Persons, (Exception), and further on the Marriage of a Duke; of a Marquis;\nFor and upon the respective marriage of every person (except such as receive Alms) the su[m]m of Two shillings and six pence\nfurther on the Marriage of a Duke;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of a Duke of England Scotland or Ireland the su[m]m of Fifty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Marquis;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of a Marquesse of any of the said Three Kingdomes the su[m]m of Fourty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof an Earl;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of an Earle of any of the said Three Kingdomes the sum of Thirty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Viscount;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of a Viscount of any of the said Three Kingdomes the su[m]m of Five and twenty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Baron;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of a Baron of any of the said Three Kingdomes the su[m]m of Twenty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the eldest Son of a Duke;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every eldest son of a Duke of any of the said Three Kingdomes the su[m]m of Thirty pounds over and above the said Two shillings six pence\nof the younger Son of a Duke;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every younger son of such Duke the su[m]m of Five and twenty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the eldest Son of a Marquis;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every eldest son of a Marquesse of any of the said Three Kingdomes the su[m]m of Five and twenty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the younger Son of a Marquis;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every younger son of such Marquesse the su[m]m of Twenty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the eldest Son of and Earl;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every eldest son of an Earle. of any of the said Three Kingdomes the sum of Twenty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the younger Son of an Earl;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every younger son of such Earle the su[m]m of Fifteene pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the eldest Son of a Viscount;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every eldest son of a Viscount of any of the said Three Kingdomes the su[m]m of Seventeene pounds and tenne shillings over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the younger Son of a Viscount;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every younger son of such Viscount the su[m]m of Thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the eldest Son of a Baron;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every eldest son of a Baron of any of the said Three Kingdomes the su[m]m of Fifteene pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the younger Son of a Baron;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every younger son of such Baron the su[m]m of Twelve pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Baronet;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of a Baronett of any of the said Three Kingdomes or of Nova Scotia the su[m]m of Fifteene pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Knight of the Bath;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person that is a Knight of the Order of the Bath the su[m]m of Fifteene pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Knight Bachelor;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person that is a Knight Batchelor the su[m]m of Tenne pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the King's Sergeant at Law;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every Serjeant att Law being the Kings Serjeant the su[m]m of Twenty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof every other Serjeant;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every other Serjeant att Law the su[m]m of Fifteene pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof an Esquire;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every Esquire or reputed Esquire or owneing or writeing himselfe to bee such the su[m]m of Five pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Gentleman;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every Gentleman or reputed Gentleman or owning or writing himselfe to bee such the su[m]m of Twenty shillings over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the younger Son of a Baronet, &c.;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every younger son of a Baronett Knight of the Bath Knight Batchelor Serjeant att Law Esquire or Gentleman or reputed Esquire or Gentleman or writing or owneing themselves as such the su[m]m of Twenty shillings over and above the said Two shillings and sixpence\nof an Archbishop;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of an Arch-bishopp the su[m]m of Fifty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and sixpence\nof a Bishop;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of a Bishopp the su[m]m of Twenty pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Dean;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of a Deane of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church the su[m]m of Tenne pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof an Archdeacon;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of an Arch-Deacon the su[m]m of Two pounds and Tenne shillings over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Canon or Prebendary;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of a Canon or Prebendary of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church the sum of Two pounds and Tenne shillings over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof a Doctor of Divinity, Law, or Physick; or Sons of Archbishops, &c.;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person of the degree of a Doctor of Divinity Law or Physick the su[m]m of Five pounds over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof Sons of Archbishops, &c.;\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every son of an Arch-Bishopp Bishopp Deane Arch-Deacon Canon Prebendary Doctor of Divinity Law or Physick the su[m]m of Twenty shillings over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof every Person having a Real Estate of £50 per Ann. or a Personal Estate of £600 and up wards; of the Son of every such Person.\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every person having a real estate of the value of Fifty pounds per annum or upwards or a personal estate of the value of Six hundred pounds or upwards and not otherwise hereby charged und the several dignities ranks orders qualifications or degrees herein before mentioned the su[m]m of Twenty shillings over and above the said Two shillings and six pence\nof the Son of every such Person\nAnd for and upon the marriage of every son of every such person or persons haveing such real or personal estate as aforesaid the su[m]m of Tenne shillings over and above the said Two shillings and six pence.", "extent": null, "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "X", "label": "X1", "text": "interlined on the Roll." }, { "type": "X", "label": "X2", "text": "Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: under O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]" } ], "outstanding_effects": [], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/6-7/6/section/V", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:24:05.097415+00:00" }, "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0", "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/", "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives." }