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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...
- 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...
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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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included personal service,
providing troops (raising levies), and
later scutage (a payment) in lieu of service.
Military duties also
included work on fortifications...
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widespread feudal rights which could be used to
generate income,
including the
scutage system, in
which feudal military service was
avoided by a cash payment...
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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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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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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...
