escuage

[ es-kyoo-ij ]

noun

1. scutage.

escuage

/ ˈɛskjʊɪdʒ /

noun

1. (in medieval Europe) another word for scutage

Word History and Origins

Origin of escuage¹

1505–15; < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to escu (< Latin scūtum shield) + -age -age

Word History and Origins

Origin of escuage¹

C16: from Old French, from escu shield, from Latin scūtum

Example Sentences

When the custom of escuage arose is a matter which no antiquarian researches have settled.

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Amid the obligations was that of escuage, by which the price of a knight's fee should be paid every year.

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In this yeare the king tooke escuage, fortie shillings of euerie knights fée, towards the charges of his last wars in Wales.

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Soone after whose arriuall, escuage was gathered through the realme towards the bearing of the kings charges.

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Their feudal service was now commuted for an escuage, which fell very short of the expenses incurred in a protracted campaign.

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