Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
clerical grants
English answer:
taxes conceded to the crown by the church
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inmb
Oct 31, 2011 19:28
12 yrs ago
English term
clerical grants
English
Law/Patents
History
English law, parliamentary records, 14th century
Under Edward II and Edward III the inconveniences of this arrangement
became obvious. If the crown wanted supplies, it generally wanted
them quickly, and, impatient at the delays of eclesiastical assemblies,
sometimes spoke sharply to the prelates. The primates stubbornly refused
to accept royal commands to hold assemblies, and insisted that
tbey would only act in response to a request couched in terms which
made it clear that the crown was asking favors and not asserting ńghts.
Attempts to circumvent the primates by inducing the bishops to hold
diocesan assemblies for clerical grants of taxes aroused determined opposition
from the inferior clergy. A third scheme, which was being tried
during our period, was to combine the assemblies for clerical grants with
parliament.
became obvious. If the crown wanted supplies, it generally wanted
them quickly, and, impatient at the delays of eclesiastical assemblies,
sometimes spoke sharply to the prelates. The primates stubbornly refused
to accept royal commands to hold assemblies, and insisted that
tbey would only act in response to a request couched in terms which
made it clear that the crown was asking favors and not asserting ńghts.
Attempts to circumvent the primates by inducing the bishops to hold
diocesan assemblies for clerical grants of taxes aroused determined opposition
from the inferior clergy. A third scheme, which was being tried
during our period, was to combine the assemblies for clerical grants with
parliament.
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taxes conceded to the crown by the church
Taxes were collected using the administrative divisions of the time (counties, hundreds, parishes, etc. for lay taxes, and dioceses, archdeaconries, deaneries, etc. for clerical grants), and researchers should be aware that these have often changed over time. Basic details can be found in the E 179 Database, and more specific information is available in reference works such as volumes of the Victoria County History and publications of the English Place-Name Society. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/t... In England, the king was effectively supreme in the church a century before Henry VIII. For instance, when Edward IV told parliament that he would "live of his own" and not ask them for grants of money, this promise did not apply to the clergy. He continued to call convocations of the English clergy and get grants of taxes from them. And nobody protested. The church by this point was part of the king's "own" -- just as it had been in the time of Edgar or William the Conqueror. http://www.the-orb.net/textbooks/muhlberger/15c_religion.htm...
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-10-31 21:06:50 GMT)
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Historical terms for grants, taxes, etc. are a bit weird in Romance languages. Let's say that euphemisms are nothing new!
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-10-31 21:06:50 GMT)
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Historical terms for grants, taxes, etc. are a bit weird in Romance languages. Let's say that euphemisms are nothing new!
Note from asker:
| Thanks. I was really confused by grants (why grants if the tax is generally IMPOSED?), but than I realized that the concept was close to self-taxation. I need to re-read Barbara Tuchman too! |
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Comment: "Thanks again!"
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