Meaning of scutage | Babel Free

Definitions

A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The land⟳ tax, in its modern shape⟳, has superseded all the former methods of rating either property, or persons in respect⟳ of their property, whether by tenths or fifteenths, subsidies on land⟳, hidages, scutages, or tallages”

“The wars and the maladministration of Richard I and John forced these kings more and more to count⟳ on extraordinary revenues, to multiply⟳ aids and especially scutages.”

CEFR level