Law & taxation (67 pages found in this category)


Wilkes’ Gobs

Redirected to brick tax.

Window tax

Tax based on the number of windows a property had, widely but erroneously believed to have resulted in many windows being bricked up.

Witchcraft Act 1542

Redirected to Witchcraft Acts.

Witchcraft Act 1563

Redirected to Witchcraft Acts.

Witchcraft Act 1604

Redirected to Witchcraft Acts.

Witchcraft Act 1735

Sometimes dated 1736, an Act of Parliament that repealed the statutes concerning witchcraft throughout Great Britain, including Scotland.

Witchcraft Acts

Series of Acts passed by the Parliaments of England and Scotland making witchcraft a secular offence punishable by death.