Ship Money Act 1640
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act for declaring unlawfull and void the late proceedings touching Ship money and for vacating of all Records and Processe concerning the same. |
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| Citation | 16 Cha. 1. c. 14 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 August 1641 |
| Commencement | 3 November 1640 |
| Repealed | 1 January 1970 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1888 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Ship Money Act 1640 (16 Cha. 1. c. 14) was an act of the Parliament of England. It outlawed the medieval tax called ship money, a tax the sovereign could levy (on coastal towns) without parliamentary approval. Ship money was intended for use in war, but by the 1630s was being used to fund everyday government expenses of King Charles I, thereby subverting Parliament.