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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-act-1695/section-III",
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  "legislation": "aep/Will3/7-8/5",
  "legislation_title": "Taxation Act 1695",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-act-1695",
  "path": "section/III",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Manors, Lands, &c. to pay 4s. in the Pound on the yearly Value, and so in proportion; without respect to present Rents, &c.; or to former Rates or Repairs, &c to be assessed as herein mentioned, and paid into the Exchequer quarterly.\nAnd to the end a further Aid and Supply for His Majesties Occasions may be raised by a Charge upon all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with as much Equality and indifference as is possible by a Pound Rate of Four Shillings for every Twenty Shillings of the true yearely Value for One Yeare and noe longer Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every Manors Messuags Lands and Tenements as alsoe all Quarries Mines of Coale Tin or Lead Copper Mundicke Iron or other Mines Iron Works Salt Springs and Salt Works all Allom Mines or Works all Parks Chases Warrens Woods Underwoods Coppics and all Fishings Tithes Tolls Annuities and all other yearly Profits whether the same be issueing out of Lands or Tenements or be otherwise payable and all Hereditaments of what nature or kinde soever they be scituate lyeing and being happening or ariseing within the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwicke upon Tweed or within any the Counties Citties Burrougs Towns Divisions Rideings Hundreds Lathes Wapentakes Parishes and Places thereof as well within ancient Demeasne and other Liberties and priviledged Places as without shall be and are hereby charged for One Yeare only and noe longer with the Sum of Four Shillings for every Twenty Shillings of the full yearely Valewe and so in Proportion for any greater or lesser Value And all and every Person and Persons Bodies Polotique and Corporate Guilds Misteries Fraternities and Brotherhoods whether Corporate or not Corporate haveing or holding any Mannors Messuags Lands. Tenements Hereditaments or other the Premisses shall yeild and pay unto His Majesty the Sume of Four Shillings for every Twenty Shillings by the Yeare which the said Mannors Messuags Lands Tenem[en]ts Hereditaments and other the Premisses are now worth to be leased if the same were truely and bona fide leased or demised at a Racke Rent and according to the full true yearely value thereof without any respect had to the present Rents reserved for the same if such Rents have been reserved upon such Leases or Estats made for which any Fine or Income hath been paid or secured or have been lessened or abated upon Consideration of Money laid out or to be laid out in Improvements and without any respect had to any former Rates or Taxes thereupon imposed or makeing any Abatement in respect of Reparations Taxes Parish Duties or any other Chargs whatsoever which said Sume of Four and Twenty Shillings for the yearely Proffitt of every Hundred Pounds value of all Personall Estats as aforesaid and Four Shillings for every Twenty Shillings by the Yeare of the said true yearely Valewe of all other the Premisses shall be assessed levied and collected in manner hereafter mentioned and shall be paid into the Receipt of His Majesties Exchequer by Four Quarterly Payments The first payment thereof to be made the Five and Twentieth Day of March which shall be in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety and six",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "interlined on the Roll."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/5/section/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:23:45.924459+00:00"
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  "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."
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