Hearth tax a baker who, to avoid chimney tax, had knocked through the wall from her oven to her neighbour's chimney. After the Glorious Revolution, the hearth tax was repealed by the newly empowered English Parliament and agreed to by the newly installed William III and Mary II in 1689, as "not only a great oppression to the poorer sort, but a badge of slavery upon the whole people, exposing every man’s house to be entered into, and searched at pleasure, by persons unknown to him." At the end of the Glorious Revolution in 1688, William III and Mary II also agreed
A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition) A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition) "A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition)" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series "The Goodies". The episode was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. The Goodies attempt to save money by inventing claims on a Tax Evasion Form. The episode then sees Graeme's computer recalling the claims from the form. Once the claim has gone through, the Goodies perform to make money, but make nothing and then discover that they have been in the queue to the local unemployment office. The special used new