scutage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scutage
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word scūtāgium. See scutum, -age
Example Sentences
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In Mendel Rivers' South Carolinian fief, the voters do all but pay scutage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had they come, as representatives of the feudal overlord—the Landlord—ao as to make an assessment for the next scutage?
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
He censured the barons for refusing the scutage, which had been paid from old times, and for their threat of proceeding sword in hand.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke
Taxation of ecclesiastical knights’ fees.A step in this direction was made in 1156, when Henry laid a tax called scutage on Church lands held by knight’s service.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
Before January was over Pandulf excommunicated him, and a great council granted a special scutage, "the scutage of Bytham," to equip an army to crush the rebel.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
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