Duty paid on coaches and silver plate, 1757-66

National Archives, T47/3-5

These taxes were among many imaginative methods of fund-raising introduced by Parliament under George II. Records only survive for the first years in which they were collected. You paid £2 a year for a 2-wheeled vehicle (chair, chaise or post-chaise), £4 for a 4-wheeled vehicle (coach), and 5s per 100 ounces of silver plate.

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Name		Year ending 5 April	Vehicles	Duty paid	Silver plate	Duty paid
Clarke	John	1764	1 chaise hire	£2
		1765	1 chaise hire	£2
		1766	1 chaise hire	£2
Cox	William	1760	1 chair	£2
		1761	1 chair	£2
		1762	1 chair	£2
		5 July 1762	1 chair	£2
Lowndes	Richard	1757	1 coach, 1 post-chaise	£6	1200 oz	£3
		1758	2 coaches	£8	1200 oz	£3
		1759	2 coaches	£8	1100 oz	£2 15s
		1760	2 coaches	£8	1100 oz	£2 15s
		1761	2 coaches	£8	1100 oz	£2 15s
		1762	2 coaches	£8	1100 oz	£2 15s
		1764	2 coaches	£8	1100 oz	£2 15s
		1765	1 coach	£4	1100 oz	£2 15s
		1766	1 coach	£4	1100 oz	£2 15s
Shelton	Richard	1761	1 chair	£2
Southam	Ferdinando	1757			100 oz	5s
		1758	1 chaise	£2	100 oz	5s
		1759	1 chaise	£2	100 oz	5s
		1760			100 oz	5s
Turner	George	1766	1 chaise hire	£2
Yates	Samuel	5 July 1762	1 chaise	£2
		1764	1 chaise	£2
		1765	1 chaise	£2