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24. A Baron’s Estate was 13. Knights Fees, deletion & /deletion

                                                                add and /add the

third of a Fee, each of these Valued at £20 a Year equal to £60. of our present Money, deletion & /deletion add

                                                            and /add 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 add and

                                                                        [[/add] 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.