A REGISTER OF THE ABBEY OF MILTON. 



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Forstal : this is, quit of amercements for chattels seised 



within your lands and [that you may have] 



the amercements resulting therefrom. 

 Scot : this is, quit of some customary charge as of a 



common tallage made for the use of the 



sheriff and his bailiffs. 

 Geld : this is, quit of all servile aids which were wont 



to be given formerly and are still given, such 



as horn geld, and of other like matters. 

 Hidage : this is, quit if the Lord King shall have 



tallaged the whole land by hides. 

 Caruage this is, quit if the Lord King shall have tallied 



the whole land by carucates. 

 Danegeld : this is, quit of a certain tax which was current 



at one time and which certain Danes levied 



in England. 

 Horngeld : this is, quit of a certain customary charge 



exacted by tallage throughout the whole 



land, such as " of every horned beast." 

 Lastage : this is, quit of a certain customary charge 



exacted in fairs and markets for carting 



goods where a man wishes. 

 Stallage : this is, quit of a certain customary charge 



for standings taken or allotted in fairs or 



markets. 

 Schewing: this is, quit of attachments in any court and 



before any judges concerning plaints (?) put 



forward and not vouched. (?) 

 Miskerying : this is, quit of amercements for plaints before 



any judges (?) where a variance is shown. (?) 

 Burghbrech : this is, quit of a trespass committed in a city 



or borough against the peace. 

 Wardewyte : this is, quit of the penny to be given for 



keeping a ward. 

 Hundred : this is, quit of the penny or customary charge 



made to the reeve and hundred men. 



