royal revenues

Question 1

royal demesne

Answer 1

land held by king directly raised money through livestock/ crops

Question 2

tallage

Answer 2

paid only by peasants
greatly resented
john increased amount paid by towns and cities throughout his reign

Question 3

feudal incidents

Answer 3

charges king could make vassals pay for ransoming king if captured, to knight king’s eldest son and pay for eldest daughter’s dowry
incl wardship, forest fines and inheritance fines
john incr these which made him a lot of money

Question 4

court cases

Answer 4

fees paid to king to start a court caase
possessions of people that committed a crime went to the king
led to complaints that john sold justice

Question 5

selling offices

Answer 5

positions (eg sheriff) could be bought

Question 6

scutage

Answer 6

paid by barons instead of providing knight service to the king
amount paid depended on amount of land owned by baron
R levied 3 scutages during his reign
J levied 11
money used to hire professional soldiers during war

Question 7

aids

Answer 7

taxes payable in exceptional circumstances
levied on income to pay R’s ransom

Question 8

tax on moveables and income

Answer 8

1207 introduced by john
tax on moveables and income of every man at a rate of a thirteenth of the value
failure to pay resulted in imprisonment and seizure of moveables
john only collected it this one time

Question 9

role of sheriffs

Answer 9

had to collect all taxes due from the royal demesne
kept any money above required sum