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Peter's Pence
Peter's Pence or Rome-scot began in Saxon times as an annual tribute of 1 penny from each household to the papacy. After the Conquest, it became a total payment of about £200 p.a., collected by the bishops. Attempts to increase it were strongly resisted. Though the amount of revenue involved was insignificant, the claim of tribute was of symbolic importance. Monarchs could put pressure on the papacy by withholding payment and by Henry VIII's statute of 1533 (25 Hen. VIII c. 21) it was abolished altogether.
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JOHN CANNON. "Peter's Pence." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Peter's Pence." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-PetersPence.html JOHN CANNON. "Peter's Pence." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-PetersPence.html |
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Peter's Pence
Peter's Pence, also ‘Rome-Scot’, formerly an ecclesiastical tax in England paid to the Pope. First paid by King Offa (d.796), it was a levy on all but the poorest houses, commuted in the 12th cent. to an annual sum. It was abolished in 1534. After the restoration of the RC hierarchy in 1850, the bishops agreed to resume regularly constituted contributions to Rome and from the 1860s Peter's Pence was collected on an informal diocesan basis, which received official sanction in 1871.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Peter's Pence." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Peter's Pence." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PetersPence.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Peter's Pence." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PetersPence.html |
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Peter's Pence
Peter's Pence or Rome‐scot began in Saxon times as an annual tribute of 1 penny from each household to the papacy. After the Conquest, it became a total payment of about £200 p.a., collected by the bishops. Monarchs could put pressure on the papacy by withholding payment and by Henry VIII's statute of 1533 (25 Hen. VIII c. 21) it was abolished altogether.
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JOHN CANNON. "Peter's Pence." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Peter's Pence." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-PetersPence.html JOHN CANNON. "Peter's Pence." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-PetersPence.html |
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Peter's pence
Peter's pence A tax formerly paid annually to the papacy. First stated as compulsory in 787, it was levied in England from the 10th century at the rate of one penny per householder. It was revived by WILLIAM I as a single lump sum of £200 for the whole of England. It was abolished in England in 1534 during the Reformation.
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"Peter's pence." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Peter's pence." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Peterspence.html "Peter's pence." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Peterspence.html |
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Peter's pence
Peter's pence in the Roman Catholic Church, the annual voluntary laymen's contribution to the support of the pope. Formerly Peter's pence was a yearly tax of a penny levied by the Holy See on every household in England and elsewhere. The name derives from the fact that the Holy See is called the see of Peter. |
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"Peter's pence." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Peter's pence." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Peterspe.html "Peter's pence." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Peterspe.html |
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