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Scutage was a
medieval English tax
levied on
holders of a knight's fee
under the
feudal land
tenure of knight-service.
Under feudalism the king, through...
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escuage (i.e.
scutage). By the time of
Henry III, as
Bracton states, the test of
tenure was
scutage; liability,
however small, to
scutage payment made...
- need in wartime. Its main
purpose was for ****essing how much
scutage the king was owed.
Scutage was used to pay for mercenaries,
which were an
important part...
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feudal lord, the king had the
right to
collect scutage from the
barons who held
these honours.
Scutage (literally
shield money, from escutcheon) was a...
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Customary freehold Landed gentry Peerages in the
United Kingdom Feudal duties Avera and
inward Socage Scutage Feudal aid Scot and lot
Tallage Feudalism v t e...
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guard a
designated castle for a
specified number of days per year. By
scutage – A
tenure in
which the
military service obligation had been
commuted to...
- late
medieval period, knight-service came to be
replaced by the
tenure of
scutage,
under which tenants paid tax ****essed
according to
their knight's fee...
- such as the
return of all
goods and
chattels of
felons to the Crown, and
scutage, as well as new proposals, such as that
debts should be
repaid to the Crown...
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Customary freehold Landed gentry Peerages in the
United Kingdom Feudal duties Avera and
inward Socage Scutage Feudal aid Scot and lot
Tallage Feudalism v t e...
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included personal service,
providing troops (raising levies), and
later scutage (a payment) in lieu of service.
Military duties also
included work on fortifications...
