Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/excheq1.html A late twelfth century essay concerning all that went on at the bi-yearly meetings of the medieval exchequer officials, and branches out into a description of all the sources of revenue of the English crown, and of the methods of collecting them. From the Medieval Sourcebook.
The National Archives: Taxation Records Before 1689 - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=226 This research guide to official records of medieval and early-modern taxation includes a history of lay and clerical taxes in England and Wales.
Taxation: A Brief history - http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/history/ The Inland Revenue's history of Income Tax.
English Finance - http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/English_Finance Entry from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Courtesy of the LoveToKnow Corporation.
The Taxatio Database - http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/taxatio/ A database containing the valuation, plus related details, of the English and Welsh parish churches and prebends listed in the ecclesiastical taxation assessment of 1291-2.
A brief history of the Treasury - http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/about_history/about_history_history.cfm An official history of the Treasury.
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