Distraint of Knighthood, 117, 123; resorted to by Charles I, 281; made illegal, 299, note 1. Divine right, etc., in taxation, 236; assertion by Charles I, 266. Domesday Survey, 17. Duties, Bate Case, 242-244; Book of Rates, 245. See under Customs. Edward I, accession, 107; his character, 107-108; dispute over foreign service, 134-137; his financial preparations for the Gascon expedition, 1297, 140; his part in attainment of Parliamentary taxation, 153; last years of his reign, 157-159; his death, 159. Edward II, his accession, 159-160; deposition, 169. Edward III, accession and coronation, 169-170; death of, 188. Edward IV, accession, 213; taxation and extra-Parliamentary exactions, 214-216. Elizabeth, accession, 230; character of her government, 231. Examination of accounts, see Accounts. Excise, granted in lieu of feudal incidents, 302. Feudal incidents, done away with under Charles II, 302. See also under Great Contract. Fifteenth and tenth, becomes a fixed sum, 183, note 5. Fitz-Peter, Geoffrey, justiciar of John, his address to the sheriffs, 50; his edict at the Council of St. Albans, 58-59. Flambard, Ranulf, 18. Folkland, a royal means of revenue, 4. Forced loans, a charge against Richard II, 201, 202; under Edward IV, 214; under Henry VIII, 226-228; under Elizabeth, 232; under James I, 251, 253; under Charles I, 264, 267, 272, 294. Foreign service, dispute over, 1297, 134-137, 140-142. _Fyrdwite_, a counterpart of scutage, 32. Gaveston, 161, 163, 166; his death, 166, note 1. Germans, early idea of taxation among, 2-3. Grants, delay of to end of session, 204. Great Contract, 249. Grievances, redress of; principle of, in 1297, 144-145; delay of grants to end of session, 204; principle adhered to, James I, 252, 254-255; under Charles I, 262-263. Hampden’s Case, 287-291, 293; Long Parliament annuls the judgment, 298. Henry I, character of his reign, 19; his Charter, 19-20; attitude toward National Council, 24. Henry II, accession of, 26; his ancestry, 26; his controversy with Becket, 27-30; his death, 37. Henry III, character of his reign, 71-72; his accession and the regency, 72-73; declared of age, 78; restraint under Provisions of Oxford, 97-99; war with Montfort, 100-101; his last years, 104-106. Henry IV, his accession, 202. Henry V, his short reign, 208-209. Henry VI, his accession, 209; character of his reign, 210; his overthrow, 211. Henry VII, accession, 217; few Parliaments in his reign, 219; the “new found” subsidy, 219-220; extortions, 220-221. Henry VIII, accession and early taxation, 221-222; his commissions and benevolences, 224; death, 230. Heriot, 5.