Hence, when they became
lords of the ascendant, they were bound to make proof of their orthodoxy;
and almost every execution mentioned above took place by their order
in 1642, or 1643. After that time they began to listen to the voice of
humanity, and adopted the very expedient which they had so clamorously
condemned. They banished, instead of hanging and quartering.
NOTE H, p. 493.
_Revenue of the Protector._
When the parliament, in 1654, undertook to settle an annual sum on the
protector, Oliver Cromwell, the following, according to the statement of
the sub-committee, was the amount of the revenue in the three kingdoms:--
Excise and customs in England . . . . . . . . . . . L80,000
Excise and customs in Scotland . . . . . . . . . . 10,000
Excise and customs in Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000
Monthly assessments in England (at 60,0001.) . . . 720,000
Monthly assessments in Ireland (at 8,0001.) . . . . 96,000
Monthly assessments in Scotland (at 8,0001.) . . . 96,000
Crown revenue in Guernsey and Jersey . . . . . . . 2,000
Crown revenue in Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000
Estates of papists and delinquents in England . . . 60,000
Estates of papists and delinquents in Scotland .
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