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By 1524 he had been appointed a tax collector for Cornwall and in 1529 was selected as the senior of the two MPs for the borough of Bodmin.He probably sat for Bodmin again in June 1536 and may well have represented the town in 1539 and 1542, the records however being lost.
Thomas Edmonds (d.1604) of Plymouth in Devon and of Fowey in Cornwall (eldest son of Henry Edmunds of Salisbury in Wiltshire), Customer of Plymouth in 1564. He married firstly Joane de la Bere, a daughter of Anthony De la Bere of Sherborne in Dorset, by whom he was the father of the diplomat and courtier Sir Thomas Edmonds (1563-1639).
The rebellion was a response to hardship caused by the raising of war taxes by King Henry VII to finance a campaign against Scotland. [2] [3] Cornwall suffered particularly because the king had recently stopped the legal operation of Cornish tin mining.
The Duchy of Cornwall claims a Crown exemption meaning the Prince of Wales is not legally liable to pay income or corporation tax on Duchy revenues, although this has been disputed. [55] The prince voluntarily pays income tax, although questions have been raised about expense claims that would limit his tax liability. [56]
The most important tax of the late Anglo-Saxon period was the geld, a land tax first regularly collected in 1012 to pay for mercenaries. After the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, the geld continued to be collected until 1162, but it was eventually replaced with taxes on personal property and income.
Tax bills will be sent to property owners starting next week, and first payments are due Jan. 31. The payment can be either for a full year or half a year, with the second installment in June.
The Duchy of Cornwall (Cornish: Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster.The eldest son of the reigning British monarch obtains possession of the duchy and the title of Duke of Cornwall at birth or when his parent succeeds to the throne, but may not sell assets for personal benefit and has limited rights and income while a minor.
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