Scutage

Quick meaning: Scutage is a noun meaning (historical) A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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.

The land tax, in its modern shape, has superseded all the former methods of rating either property, or persons in respect of their property, whether by tenths or fifteenths, subsidies on land, hidages,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

Word Forms

• scutages

Synonyms for scutage

Depending on context, synonyms include escuage.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include churchscot, carucage, scavage, scute, scatt, light-shot.

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