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... Military Forces 232-264 CHAPTER X. TAXATION . 1. Early English Finance . 2. Feudal Sources of Revenue- Crown Lands - Imposition and Collection of Taxes - Magna Charta - Control of the Great Council . 3. Control of Parlia- ment ...
... Military Forces 232-264 CHAPTER X. TAXATION . 1. Early English Finance . 2. Feudal Sources of Revenue- Crown Lands - Imposition and Collection of Taxes - Magna Charta - Control of the Great Council . 3. Control of Parlia- ment ...
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... military tenant . The immediate tenants of the king were called tenants in capite or in chief , in order to distinguish them from the subtenants . The military tenants , or at any rate those who held of the king in capite , were liable ...
... military tenant . The immediate tenants of the king were called tenants in capite or in chief , in order to distinguish them from the subtenants . The military tenants , or at any rate those who held of the king in capite , were liable ...
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... military service . The existence of these exemptions , and particularly of the last , rendered it a matter of less importance to the lord who his socage tenants were . We consequently find that the right of free alienation of socage ...
... military service . The existence of these exemptions , and particularly of the last , rendered it a matter of less importance to the lord who his socage tenants were . We consequently find that the right of free alienation of socage ...
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... military and other incidents , had been by no means universally established . But the alarm excited in that year by the prospect of a fresh Danish invasion , caused attention to be directed to the defenceless state of the country , and ...
... military and other incidents , had been by no means universally established . But the alarm excited in that year by the prospect of a fresh Danish invasion , caused attention to be directed to the defenceless state of the country , and ...
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... military tenant on succeeding to the inheritance , and the extent of the profits to be taken by a guardian in chivalry from his ward's lands ; and required the guardian to maintain the ward's property in good repair and con- dition ...
... military tenant on succeeding to the inheritance , and the extent of the profits to be taken by a guardian in chivalry from his ward's lands ; and required the guardian to maintain the ward's property in good repair and con- dition ...
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