Financial Reforms Flashcards
Purpesture
Unlawful personal appropriate of public lands
Tallage
A form of arbitrary taxation levied by king on the towns
Farm
The land held on lease for agricultural purposes
Scutage
Money paid by a vassal to his lord in Lieu of military service
Relief
Financial assistance given to those in difficulty
Royal demesne
The part of the crown lands not granted feudal tenants, managed by crown stewards until it was later surrendered to Parliament in return for an annual sum
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The land necessary to support a free Peasant family
Dona
Money given to knights when venturing on crusade
Waste
Damage of land due to neglect
Danegeld
A land tax levied in Anglo-Saxon england
Advowson
The right to recommended a member of the Anglican clergy, for a vacant benefice
Cartae baronum
A surgery which required each Baron to declare how many knights enfoeffed and how many were super dominion, with the names of all
