scutagen.
/ˈskjuːtɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈsk(j)udɪdʒ/ Obsolete exc. Historical.
A tax levied on knight's fees; chiefly in restricted sense, such a tax paid in lieu of military service.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > military exactions > [noun]
coynye1449
scutagec1460
spear silver1496
conduct-money1512
coat-money1557
bonaght1568
cessc1571
cosheringc1571
cessheryc1575
quartering-money1580
sessa1581
coshery1587
coatc1630
ship-money1636
shipping-money1640
ship-scot1640
conduct1644
trophy money1664
trophy tax1701
watch-mail1710
Saladine tax1728
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > payment in lieu of service > in lieu of military service > of knight
king geld1325
scuagec1450
scutagec1460
escuage1577
suitage1610
shield-money1877
c1460 Oseney Reg. 123 Þe foresaide [canons] schall aquite towarde Richard ffiȝt Odone and his heyres (þat is to say, ij. s. iiij. d., how that euer þe scutage goo, weþer it be more or lasse).
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxi A Taske callyd the scutage.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 359/2 The kyng more and more incensed agaynst him,..called him to a counte of..scutagies, giftes, presentes, scapes of prisoners.
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. v. 74 We find in our antient histories, that,..when our kings went to war, they levied scutages on their tenants..to defray their expenses, and to hire troops.
1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. xii. 454 The term scutage, now first employed, indicates that the assessment of the knights' fees was coming into use.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket i. i. 26 It seem'd to me but just The Church should pay her scutage like the lords.
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