Show HAD TO MARRY OR PAY TAX in england Enn land not very long ago bach elora elom contributed to the revenue revenues of the country thi thia ia is leap year but the meaning is is not so vital now as it once waa wag for instance says the kansas city star in england in the old days there was taxation for the man who avoided marriage either from choice or necessity in sir john sinclair history of of the public revenue of the british empire we ive find that in the time of william III 1644 1702 taxes were imposed on marriages burials bu rials births bachelors and u widowers ido ers tables of the rate imposed on different classes arc are given shoeing that a duke for the privilege of remaining unmarried was required to pay an annual tax of 12 a marquis paid 10 Is 19 48 9 91 1 an earl ET 7 a viscount is count EG 6 Gs 6 a baron ea 5 Is 2459 a baronet and knight n of the bath ea 3 18 43 45 a knight bachelor ga 2 ils 1238 the kings at law 95 5 Is 2459 other sergeants at la law 93 3 16 1815 esquires el 1 69 gentlemen as doctors of divinity law and ab sic EI 1 Gs 6 6 3 1 persona persons of 1217 per annum or gcoy 2922 personal estate lai 6 person not otherwise charged aa tho the aggregate revenue derived from this his source was an average of per annum which u was as an important item at a time when uben the revenue of the kingdom was only about five and a half millions per annum |