TAXES AND CONTRIBUTIONS. 185 



In my former volumes, I was able to give my readers in- 

 formation as to the particulars of taxation, and their incidence 

 on particular estates. But the evidence which has supplied me 

 with the facts in these volumes rarely records these payments, 

 and when it does so seldom notes others than those which are 

 made for privileges and confirmations. It will be seen how- 

 ever that the Yorkist and Tudor sovereigns were much more 

 cautious in claiming exceptional grants than the Lancastrian 

 kings were. 



