Held at: | |
Reference: | Publications of the Pipe Roll Society, |
Source: | New Series Vol XLII |
Title: | The Great Roll of the Pipe for the 5th year of the Reign of King Henry III |
Place name: | Ewyas Lacy |
Date: | 1221 |
Description:
Michaelmas 1221
Extract p 14
DE SCUTAGIO PICTAVIE
……….
Rogerus de Clifford debet vij m de eodem de feodis Roberti de Ewias.
Extract p. 167
DE SCUTAGIO DE BIHAM ASSISO AD X S.
Petrus Escudamor [blank] l s. De eodem de feodis Roberti de Ewias.
Observations:
This is an extract from a taxation return covering the whole country. Scutage was 'a tax, instead of personal service which a vassal or tenant owed to his lord, sometimes levied by the crown in feudal times' according to Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. Thus
FROM THE SCUTAGE ASSESSMENT . [Literally FROM THE PICTURED SCUTAGE]
Roger de Clifford owes 7 marks [£4 13 4] of the same [i.e. legal money] for the service of Robert of Ewias".
and
FROM BIHAM'S SCUTAGE WITHOUT REMISSION …..[I am unsure of the meaning of 'AD X S' ]
"Peter Scudamore [blank, 'owes' ] 50 shillings of the same for the service of Robert of Ewias".
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