Talk:Tallage

Tallage is not mentioned in the Magna Carta. Relief, scutage, and aid are mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luan Hanratty (talk • contribs) 13:59, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Definition of tallage in England

It would appear that "tallage" sometimes refers to payments to a party other than the king. This petiton from CPR (between 1381 & 1385) appears to speak of tallage. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9061139 Reference: SC 8/20/983 Description:

Petitioners: Walter de Totyngton (Tottington), monk of Bury St Edmunds. Name(s): de Totyngton (Tottington), Walter Addressees: King, Chancellor and council. Occupation: monk of Bury St Edmunds

Nature of request: Walter de Totyngton states that amongst other liberties it has been granted to the abbey of Bury St Edmunds by the king's progenitors that no tallage shall be demanded from their tenants, the townspeople of Bury St Edmunds, except in case of necessity, and with the express consent of the monks, certain rebels, on pretext of good reasons, but really to maintain the quarrel of the provisor in the Court of Rome, and their other crimes, have levied very large tallages from these tenants.Rdmoore6 (talk) 15:55, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Looks as though the "rebels" did so in the name of their putative king. --Bejnar (talk) 04:54, 22 December 2015 (UTC)