Editing HM Customs and Excise (section)

====The Board of Excise====
A Board of Excise was likewise established by the [[Long Parliament]] under the "Excise Ordinance" of 1643 (''Ordinance for the speedy raising and levying of moneys by way of charge or impost upon several commodities''). After 1662 Excise revenue was [[Farm (revenue leasing)|farmed]] for the most part, until the Board was established on a permanent footing in 1683.<ref name="NARecords">{{cite web|title=Records of the Boards of Customs, Excise, and Customs and Excise, and HM Revenue and Customs|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C67|website=The National Archives|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>