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Noun- An impost tax or fine levied upon a tenant of a knight's fee in commutation for or for default in the render of the military service attached to the fee.

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  • I suppose taxation can be thought of as scutage, that is, pay the Govt to do things that you, as an individual, don’t have the time, inclination, wherewithal, etc. to...
  • Royal finance: (1) nonfeudal revenues: Danegeld, shire farms, judicial fines; (2) the usual feudal revenues: relief (inheritance tax on great fiefs), scutage (paid in...
  • Richard had increased the amount of the scutage which Henry
  • This yere scutage was gadered in Engelond of every knyghtes fee xl
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