Great Contract
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great-contract-163-8397514
title:
Great Contract
text:
The Great Contract was a plan submitted to James I and Parliament in 1610 by Robert Cecil. It was an attempt to increase Crown income and ultimately rid it of debt. Cecil suggested that, in return for an annual grant of £200,000, the Crown should give up its feudal rights of Wardship and Purveyance, as well as the power of creating new impositions. The Commons were allergic to the idea of permanent taxation, particularly for the benefit of the spendthrift James, but eventually accepted Cecil's p
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Contract
date created:
2006-02-27T23:08:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T09:48:47Z
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