ABSTRACT
Nature of tallage. Obligation of the tenants of demesne. The auxilium burgi. The auxilium extended to the rural tenants on the disappearance of the danegeld, 1163. The practice in collecting a tallage. Tallages in the reigns of Richard I. and John. Tallage not touched by Magna Carta. Tallage in the reign of Henry III. Liability of London to tallage. Effects of excessive tallage on the towns. Tallage is superseded by a system of general grants, and falls into disuse.
