# Taxation Act 1666, Section XII


Archbishop £50.; Bishop £20.; Dean £10; Archdeacon £2.; Canons and Prebendaries not rated at above £30, £2. 10s; Doctors in Divinity, Law, and Physic, £5.
And bee it further enacted and ordained That all and every the person and persons within the Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales and Towne of Berwicke upon Tweede who at the time of the execution of this Act; shall be of the severall Orders Ranckes or Degrees hereafter mentioned shall to the purpose aforesaid pay the severall summes of money hereafter in this Act sett downe and appointed (that is to say) Every person of the Order and Degree of an Archbishop shall pay the summe of Fifty pounds, Every person of the Order and Degree of a Bishop the summe of Twenty pounds Every person of the Degree of a Deane of any Cathedrall or Collegiate Church shall pay the summe of Ten pounds, Every person of the Degree of an Archdeacon shall pay the summe of Forty shillings, Every person of the Degree of a Canon or Prebendary of any Cathedrall or Collegiate Church, excepting such sole Prebendary who is a sole Corporacc[i]oon and his Prebend not rated in the Exchequer at above Thirty pounds shall pay the summe of Fifty shillings Every person of the Degree of a Doctor in Divinity, Law or Phisicke shall pay the summe of Five pounds.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/18-19/1/section/XII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-act-1666/section-XII
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