coke exaction OF benevolence see speed Chron rawley hist polyd Virgil c  petition of right cotton title loan Whitlocks ms title benevolence   black  command note the exaction under the good name of benevolence begin in this  manner when king Edward the four have a subsidy grant to he in the Edward by  parliament because he can have no more by parliament and without a parliament  he can not have any subsidy to be levy of the land and good of the subject he  invent this shift or device in which three thing be to be observe the cause  the invention the success the duke of Burgundy who have marry Margaret the  sister of Edward solicit king Edward to join in war with he against the French  king to which the king easy consent because he seek revenge against the French  king for aid the earl of Warwick queen Margaret and prince Edward and their  party and therefore to make war against the French king be the cause the  invention be the king call before he at several time a great number of the  wealthy of his subject to declare to they his necessity and his purpose to  levy war for the honour and safety of the kingdom and demand of each of they a  a Acc salk camp taunt b more coke report er p certain sum of money and the  king treat with they with such great grace and clemency and with such gentle  prayer to assist he in his necessity for the honour of the realm that they  very free yield to his request for the honour and safety of the realm among  the rest there be a widow of a very good estate of who the king mere ask what  she will Willing give he for the maintenance of his war by my faith quoth she  for your lovely countenance sake you shall have twenty pound which be more  than the king expect the king thank her and vouchsafe to kiss her upon which  she present swear he shall have twenty pound more the success and event be  that whereas the king call this a benevolence to please the people yet many of  the people do much grudge at it and call it a malevolence primo Edward in the  oration of the duke of Buckingham in guildhall in London he inveigh among  other thing against this taxation under the name of benevolence I Richard cap  the subject of the realm shall not be charge with such charge or imposition  call benevolence which tend to the subversion of the law and destruction of  commonalty as appear in the preamble where any such charge and that such  exaction before take under the name of benevolence shall not be draw into  example coke to make such or the like charge but shall be damned and annul for  ever but it appear by the preamble that this benevolence be against the will  and liberty of the subject but a freewill offer be not restrain year h the  king declare in parliament that he have just cause of war against the French  king which for the cause there show be approve and for that he desire a  benevolence towards the maintenance of it and every one promise his help hand  the which the king great commend and to the intent that the poor sort may be  spare be demand it by way of a benevolence accord to the example of Edward and  publish that he will by their open hand measure their benevolent heart and he  who give but a little accord to his gift by this mean be collect great sum of  money with some grudge for the extremity show by the commissioner h cap a Act  be make for levy of that benevolence accord to their assent but only of such  as assent year h a commission to levy what be grant by h note that h a  commission under the great seal call a commission of anticipation to collect  the subsidy before the day year h for war with France a benevolence levy by  commission with great curse and imprecation against the council and with  success for it be to levy a six part of the value in money or plate against  the goodwill of the subject year h another benevolence levy by commission for  maintenance of war against France with in success for it be exact of the  subject against his good will but if the subject of their free will without  any compulsion will give to the king for public use any sum of money this be  not prohibit by any statute and the statute h cap prove this where the  parliament compel they who have free grant any thing to the king for public  use to pay it Feb year Elizabeth it be resolve by all the justice and baron  that a free grant to the queen without coercion be lawful and accord they  grant it to the queen quod notam bene because c note also a benevolence be  take James and another James I and both of they after dissolution of the  parliament see for this Whitlocks ms title benevolence and qure if not  contrary to the statute r c note to former edition Vid foster and note ib coke  report er p