Civil List Act 1697
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act for granting to His Majesty a further Subsidy of Tunnage and Poundage towards raiseing the Yearly Summ of Seven hundred thousand Pounds for the Service of His Majesties. Household & other Uses therein mencioned during His Majesties Life. |
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| Citation |
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| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 5 July 1698 |
| Commencement | 1 February 1699[c] |
| Repealed | 5 July 1825 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Civil List Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 23) was an act of the Parliament of England.[1] This was the first act of Parliament to set the Civil List, although the custom had begun in 1689.[2] The annual amount assigned to King William III and his household was £700,000, an amount that did not change until the beginning of the reign of George III in 1760.[3]
Legacy
The whole act was repealed by the Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 105).
Notes
- ^ This is the citation in The Statutes of the Realm.
- ^ This is the citation in The Statutes at Large
- ^ Section 1.
References
- ^ 'William III, 1697-8: An Act for granting to His Majesty a further Subsidy of Tunnage and Poundage towards raiseing the Yearly Su[m]m of Seven hundred thousand Pounds for the Service of His Maj[es]ties. Household & other Uses therein menc[i]oned dureing His Majesties Life. [Chapter XXIII. Rot. Parl. 9 Gul. III. p. 4. n. 5.]', Statutes of the Realm: volume 7: 1695-1701 (1820), pp. 382–85. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46909. Date accessed: 30 April 2007.
- ^ Civil List article from Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ History of the Monarchy, George III