ABSTRACT
Continental position of the Angevin kings. Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her claim to the county of Toulouse. The scutage of Toulouse, 1159. The scutage of Ireland, 1172. The scutage of Galloway, 1186. Scutages in the reign of king Richard. In the reign of John. Refusal of the northern barons, in 1214, to pay the scutage for Normandy. The clause in Magna Carta against scutage. Repealed in 1217. Scutages in the reign of Henry III. How scutage was collected. The cartels of the barons. The scutage of Gascony, 1234, how assessed. Scutages in the reign of Edward I. Scutage falls into disuse. The last of the scutages.
