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Hereditary duties of 1s. 3d. per barrel of beer or ale above 6s. a barrel, 4d. per barrel under 6s., and 15d. for every hogshead of sider (sic) and perry, directed in 1660 by 12 Car. 2, c. 24, to be paid to the king, his heirs and successors for ever, in recompense for the profits of the Court of Wards and other royal privileges abolished by that Act. Surrendered for their lifetimes by succeeding sovereigns (25 Geo. 5, and 1 Edw. 8, c. 15). See CIVIL LIST.