A butlerage was a duty of two shillings on every ton of wine imported into England by foreign merchants. [1] [2] It was so called because it was paid to the king's butler for the king. The tax was levied from 1302 to 1809. [1]
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Butlerage".
Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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A butlerage was a duty of two shillings on every ton of wine imported into England by foreign merchants. [1] [2] It was so called because it was paid to the king's butler for the king. The tax was levied from 1302 to 1809. [1]
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Butlerage".
Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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