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Tallage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The first section enacts that no tallage for aid shall be imposed or levied by the king and his heirs without the will and assent of the archbishops, bishops, and other prelates, the earls, barons, knights, burgesses, and other freemen in the kingdom. |
 | | A tallage of £60,000, known as the "Saladin tallage," was levied on them, for example, at Guildford in 1189, the ostensible object being preparation for the Third Crusade. |
 | | It is reported that John tallaged the Jews in 1210 to the extent of 60,000 marks (£40,000). |
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