Marriage Duty Act 1694

The Marriage Duty Act 1694 (6 & 7 Will. & Mar. c. 6) was an act of the Parliament of England which imposed a tax, known as Marriage Duty or the Registration Tax, on births, marriages, burials, childless widowers, and bachelors over the age of 25. It was primarily used as a revenue raising mechanism for war on France and as a means of ensuring that proper records were kept by Anglican church officials. The tax was found ineffective and abolished by 1706.Gibson, Jeremy. The Hearth Tax, Other Later Stuart Tax Lists, and the Association Oath Rolls: FFHS, 1996.

Subsequent development The whole act, except sections 20 and 47, was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59), which came into force on 15 July 1867.

The whole act was repealed by section 2 of, and the schedule to, the Inland Revenue Repeal Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 99), which came into force on 1 January 1871.

Marriage Duty Act 1694

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