Making Ireland Profitable For The King

Cards (4)

  • Re-issued Book of Rates which doubled crown income from customs duties (1633-40) which impacted merchants and traders who had to pay significantly more in customs
  • Bullied Irish Parliament into granting 6 subsidies via the promise of the graces.
  • Enforced Fiscal Feudalism. E.g: Statute of uses enforced to gain inheritance tax. Increased financial burden on wealthy elites and laid the crown open to accusation of corruption and unfair practice
  • Use of courts of wards and liveries and Sale of monopolies revived