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12 June 1637
High court judges rule, in the case of John Hampden, that the Ship Money tax is legal. Hampden, a Buckinghamshire MP, was prosecuted for refusing to pay Ship Money, a tax traditionally paid by coastal areas for support of ships in the navy. In 1635, to raise money without calling Parliament, Charles I extends the tax to inland areas. After several rulings, Hampden narrowly loses the case in 1638, but resistance to paying Ship Money continues, and Parliament scraps it in 1641. — • — In 1637 John Hampden was taken to court for refusal to pay the tax, which he denounced as illegal. Given that the judges were crown appointees, and that five of the 12 declared for Hampden, his defeat was a moral blow against Charles's government. From A Century of Troubles by Stevie Davies (Channel 4 Books) |
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