Papists Tax
Redirect to Taxation Act 1722.
Taxation Act 1722
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, imposing a tax on the estates of all Catholics to reimburse the government for the expenses of suppressing recent conspiracies.
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.
Heriot
Feudal form of inheritance tax that persisted until 1922.
Brick tax
Tax on bricks introduced in Great Britain in 1784 to help pay for the American War of Independence.
Glass tax
Two taxes on glass were introduced in England during the 1690s, the first on glass itself and the second on windows.