1. All remaining forms of taxation were legalised and regulated by the Tonnage and Poundage Act. 2. In February the great question of the right of the King to levy tonnage and poundage came up for discussion. 3. Parliament granted James a generous life income, including all of the proceeds of tonnage and poundage and the customs duties. 4. The 1625 Parliament broke the precedent of centuries and voted to allow Charles to collect Tonnage and Poundage only for one year. 5. However, it did not grant him the right of tonnage and poundage , which Charles had been collecting without Parliamentary authorisation since 1625. 6. The king was greatly troubled and provoked by this, as tonnage and poundage had long provided the Crown's main source of income. 7. The war with Spain went ahead ( partially funded by tonnage and poundage collected by Charles after he was no longer authorized to do so ). 8. He spoke in the debate on religious grievances on 27 January 1629, in that on tonnage and poundage which followed, and in other debates. 9. Finch became recorder of Canterbury in 1619 . In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Sir John Eliot's resolution on tonnage and poundage . 10. The war with Spain went ahead, partially funded by tonnage and poundage collected by Charles even after he was no longer authorized to do so ).
