tricesimation

Definitions

A one-thirtieth tax introduced in the Duchy of Württemberg in 1691.

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Examples

“On 25 June a fifth emergency tax was introduced to cover⟳ the increased expense. This was the Tricesimation which was the ducal answer⟳ to the estates’ Accise. For the first time the duke had a tax that both approximated to the level of economic production and above all was under his control⟳.⁷⁷ ⁷⁷ The Tricesimation was a one-thirtieth purchase⟳ and produce⟳ tax collected by ducal officials…. No records of the level collected survive⟳, but around 1700 the Tricesimation brought in about 100,000fl. annually.”

“Between 1691 and 1724 cultivators were subject to the Tricesimation, a tax of one-thirtieth of grain and wine produced.”

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