[1] Moreover, Parliament voted in 1414, under Henri V of England, the right for life for every successive monarch to benefit of a royal collection on the ton and pound on imports.

[4] In January 1629, Charles opened the second session of the Parliament of England, which had been prorogued in June 1628, with a moderate speech on the tonnage and poundage issue.

In September 1640, following the Bishops' Wars, King Charles I issued writs summoning Parliament to convene on 3 November 1640.

1. c. 8) was voted by the Long Parliament, that would regulate all the taxes in force within the kingdom, concerning consequently the current poundage imposed on imports and exports.

3. c. 13) replaced all the customs duties, which included poundage, by a system where individual tariffs would be applied to importations.