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Decimation Tax

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1655Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1655

Oliver Cromwell1655

London · Government / Government of England

Uses a tax on Royalists to fund militia and security under the major-generals

Names involved

Oliver Cromwell

Provenance

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