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Butlerage and Prisage: A Cinderella Tax?

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Abstract

Administrative history of the wine taxes commonly known as butlerage and prisage, with special reference to the port of Bristol in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Fifteenth Century XX
Subtitle of host publicationEssays presented to Rowena E. Archer
EditorsLinda Clark, James Ross
Place of PublicationWoodbridge
PublisherThe Boydell Press
Chapter6
Pages92-115
Number of pages23
Volume20
EditionFirst
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-8054-339-27
ISBN (Print)978-1-8375-199-3
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2024

Publication series

NameThe Fifteenth Century
PublisherThe Boydell Press
VolumeXX
ISSN (Print)1479-9871

Keywords

  • Butlerage
  • Prisage
  • Wine
  • customs account
  • adminstrative history
  • Bristol
  • Chief Butler
  • King Henry VII
  • Ships and shipping
  • King's council

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