Lexicographical Neighbors of Scutages
Literary usage of Scutages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England: From the Earliest Times to the by Stephen Dowell (1884)
"scutages in the reign of king Richard. In the reign of John. ... The last of the
scutages. THE practice of taking a tax on the fee, in commutation for the ..."
2. The Dawn of the Constitution: Or, The Reigns of Henry III and Edward I (A. D by James Henry Ramsay (1908)
"Of scutages, levied at varying rates from £1 to £2 the knight's "ul•'***i• against
Louis), 1221 (siege of Bytham), 1223 (Montgomery), fee, ..."
3. The Student's Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books by William Blackstone, Robert Malcolm Kerr (1865)
"... its consequences—Aids—Relief—Primer seisin—Wardship—Knighthood—Marriage—Fines
for alienation—Escheat—Origin of scutages—Abolition of military tenures. ..."
4. The History of the English Constitution by Rudolph Gneist (1886)
"... but the auxilia of the knights' fees were still rated according to the scale
of the scutages, the other estates according to hides, and therefore the ..."
5. Studies in Taxation Under John and Henry III by Sydney Knox Mitchell (1914)
"Two scutages were taken, one of which was accompanied by fines. For the campaign
against Richard Marshal in 1233, fines were also taken. ..."
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