... that, as in similar cases, they were called for throughout the realm, by one uniform writ. If we may deduce the purport of that writ from the collation of those returns which refer to it most explicitly, we must infer that the information asked for... The Scutage and Knight Service in England - Page 34by James Fosdick Baldwin - 1897 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Horace Round - 1895 - 618 pages
...most explicitly, we must infer that the information asked for was to be given under four heads : — (1) How many knights had been enfeoffed before the...enfeoffed to complete the " service " due from the fief. Or. in other words, what is the balance of your " service " remaining chargeable to your " demesne... | |
| Sir William Searle Holdsworth - 1909 - 762 pages
...questions which the crown addressed to the tenants in chief were the following : (i) How many knights have been enfeoffed before the death of Henry I. ; (2) how many have been enfeoffed since ; (3) how many more (if any) will it be necessary to enfeoff to make up the number of knights due from the fief; (4)... | |
| John Horace Round - 1909 - 614 pages
...information asked for was to be given under four heads : — (1) How many knights had been enfeofled before the death of Henry I. ? (2) How many have been...enfeoffed since ? (3) How many (if any) remain to be cnfeoffed to complete the " service" due from the fief. Or, in other words, what is the balance of... | |
| Sir William Searle Holdsworth - 1909 - 620 pages
...national defence. It was for this reason that in 1166 he required all tenants in chief to inform him (i) how many knights had been enfeoffed before the death of Henry I. ; (2) how many had been enfeofled since ; (3) how many remained to be enfeoffed to satisfy the service due for the... | |
| John W. Baldwin - 1991 - 648 pages
...under the Counts of Champagne, 1152-1284 (Baltimore, 1975), 9, 10, 61. 141. Three questions were asked: (1) How many knights had been enfeoffed before the death of Henry I (1130); (2) how many had been enfeoffed since then; and (3) how many knights did they support directly... | |
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