Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776: June 2011 (Sixth) EditionReilly, S. A.
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Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776: June 2011 (Sixth) Edition
Reilly, S. A.
Law -- England -- History
The same render account of 13 sides of bacon, arrears of the previous
year. And of 5 oxen and 1 quarter of old beef from arrears of the
previous year. And of 84 hogs from Downton. And of 71 hogs from Mardon.
And of 10 hogs from Overton. And of 9 hogs from High-Clere. And of 14
hogs from Harwell. And of 7 hogs from Knoyle. Sum: 203 hogs, and meat of
5 oxen and one quarter. In expenses of the lord bishop at the feast of
St. Martin, 8 sides of bacon. In expenses of the same at the feast of
St. Leonard, 17 sides of bacon, the meat of 5 oxen, and 1 quarter of an
ox. In expenses of the same on the morrow of the feast of the Holy
Cross, delivered to Nicolas the cook, 27 sides of bacon. In expenses of
the lord bishop delivered to the same cook at Knoyle on the Saturday
before the feast of St. Michael, 15 sides of bacon. In expenses of the
same and of the lord king on the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul,
50 sides of bacon. In allowance of food to Master Robert Basset on the
feast of All Saints, half a side of bacon. In allowance of food to the
same on Wednesday and Thursday before Pentecost, 1 side of bacon. In
those sent to Knoyle for autumnal work, 6 sides of bacon. In three
autumnal festivals at Downton, 9 and a half sides of bacon. Sum: 134
sides of bacon. And there remain 74 sides of bacon.
The same render account of skins, sausages, and offal of the said hogs.
In expenses of the lord king and lord bishop at the feast of St.
Leonard, all. Nothing remains."
King Richard the Lion-hearted, unlike his father, was interested in
warfare. He spent most of his term on crusade to recover Jerusalem. For
his expenses, he imposed a tax of one-tenth of rents and income from
moveable goods. He also sold town charters, heiresses and heirs, widows,
sheriffdoms, justiceships, earldoms, and licenses for tournaments. In
1198, the bishop barons had refused to pay for a campaign of Richard's
war in Normandy arguing that military service was only due within the
kingdom of England. When Richard was captured, every person in the realm
was required to pay a part of his ransom of 100,000 pounds, which was
double the whole revenue of the crown. Aids, tallages, and carucage were
imposed. The heaviest impost was one-fourth of revenue or of goods from
every person.The crusaders' contact with Arabs brought to England an
expansion of trade, Arab horses, and arabic numerals, which included
"zero" and greatly facilitated arithmetic, which was very difficult with
Roman numerals. The church decreed that those who went on these crusades
would be remitted of their sins.
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