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If rumour can be believed, 1535 was not a good year for beards, as it has claimed that the bearded and moustachioed King Henry VIII introduced a tax on them. Henry himself vacillated between wearing a beard and shaving it off, as portraits and documents in the Royal Collection attest. Of course, his tax would not have applied to himself only to his subjects. Although this supposed beard tax has become famous and many mentions of it can be found in books and online, the National Archives has no documentary evidence that the tax ever existed.
Moustaches, Whiskers & Beards by Lucinda Hawksley, National Portrait Gallery
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