Tallage
Tallage or talliage (from the French tailler, i.e. a part cut out of the whole) may have signified at first any tax, but became in England and France a land use or land tenure tax. Later in England it was further limited to assessments by the crown upon cities, boroughs, and royal domains. In effect, tallage was a land tax. Contents 1 England 1.1 Tallage and Jews 2 France 3 Germany 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links England Land taxes were not unknown in England, as the Anglo-Saxon kings had periodically levied a Danegeld on that basis, but tallage was brought to England by the Normans as a feudal duty. Under the sons of Henry II it became a common source of royal revenue. It was condemned in the Magna Carta of 1215, and was abolished in England in 1340 under Edward III. Like scutage, tallage was superseded by the subsidy [ clarification needed ] system in the 14th century. The last occasion on which tallage was lev...
