His Taxations and wayes for raising of money.
TOwards the marriage of his Daughter Maude with the Emperour, he obtained at his first Parliament at Salisbury, three shillings upon every Hide of Land, throughout the kingdome; which was afterward drawne to a custome, to receive ayde from the Subjects, whensoever the King gave his eldest Daughter in marri∣age. Besides this he had no more in all his Raigne, but onely one supply for his Warres in France; but he kept Bishoprickes and Abbeyes voyd in his hands, and that of Canterbury five yeares together. By an Act of Parliament, or rather by a Synod of Bishops holden at London, he was authorised to punish marriage, and incontinency of Priests; which the Bishops afterwards repented, for he suffered Priests to have Wives for Fines, or rather tooke Fines of them whether they had wives or no, b••cause they might have them if they would. Punishments which before his time were mutilation of Member, he made Pecuniary. And the Pro∣visions of his house, which were used to be paid in kind, were in his time rated at certaine prizes, and received in money. By this Chapter and the next before, it appeares there were in this Kings dayes, but few troubles at home, nor but few Taxations; whereo•• the one may be thought to be cause of the other, the first per∣haps of the second, but certainely the second of the first.