tallage
Americannoun
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Medieval History. a tax paid by peasants to the lord of their manor.
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a compulsory tax levied by the Norman and early Angevin kings of England upon the demesne lands of the crown and upon all royal towns.
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of tallage
1250–1300; Middle English taillage < Old French taill ( ier ) to cut, tax ( see tail 2) + Middle English -age -age
Example Sentences
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Before granting a writ of tallage to the Abbot of Stoneleigh in 1253, Henry III had an inquisition made as to the precedents.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Hitherto the king's prerogative of levying money by name of tallage or prise from his towns and tenants in demesne had passed unquestioned.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
Such tallage at will is not found very often in the documents, although the lord sometimes retained his prerogative in this respect even when sanctioning the customary forms of renders and services.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
In the ordinance in which the King commanded "free service" he also says, "we will that all the freemen of the kingdom possess their lands in peace, free from all tallage and unjust exaction."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Arbitrary tallage was almost invariably abolished by the town charters.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
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