tallage

/tal-ij/US // ˈtæl ɪdʒ //UK // (ˈtælɪdʒ) English history //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : Medieval History. a tax paid by peasants to the lord of their manor.
- : a compulsory tax levied by the Norman and early Angevin kings of England upon the demesne lands of the crown and upon all royal towns.

In the latter instance the king also gave leave to the lay and spiritual nobility to set a tallage on their own tenants.
A tallage on royal towns and demesnes, nevertheless, was set without authority of parliament four years afterwards.
Now and then it is mentioned that the tallage is to be levied once a year, although the amount remains uncertain.
On the boundary between personal subjection and political subordination we find the liability of the peasantry to pay tallage.
Tallage, even arbitrary tallage, was but a tax after all, and did not detract from personal freedom or free tenure in this sense.