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24. A Baron’s Estate was 13. Knights Fees, deletion & /deletion addition and /addition the third of a Fee, each of these Valued at £20 a Year equal to £60. of our present Money, deletion & /deletion addition and /addition estimated according to the Rate of Corn will come to Sixteen times as much at a present Estimate viz. £12,800. a Year for the Barony.

An Earldom included 20. Knights deletion & /deletion addition and [[/addition] upwards, which valued according to the preceeding calculation made £19,000 a Year for the smallest Estate an Earl could have.

The first Scutage mentioned in the Rolls of the Pipe was in Henry II. Reign, tho’ there is mention made of it in a Writ of Henry I.

The Scutage in Henry II. was 20s, two Marks, &c. per fee.

. . . . in Richard I   20s

in John’s 20s, two Marks in Henry III 10s, 40s, 3 Marks &c.

As the Knights fee was Valued at £20 a Year, a 20s Tax came to 1s in the pound.