The customs in 1604 yielded one hundred and twenty-seven thousand pounds a year: [**] they rose to one hundred and ninety thousand towards the end of the reign.
* The excess was formerly greater, as appears by Salisbury's account.

See chap.

2.
** Journ.

21st May, 1604.
Interest, during this reign, was at ten per cent.

till 1624, when it was reduced to eight.