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jan 27, 1377 - First Poll Tax Introduced

Description:

A tax of 4 pence per person to fund the French war
Raised in 1379 and 1381 (2 weeks pay)
Hugely unpopular and major causes of the peasant revolt

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Date:

jan 27, 1377
Now
~ 649 years ago