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service ; whereas the render is 55!- fees, which 

 being palpably deficient, a debit of 19-!- is entered 

 against the tenant on the Pipe Roll (nevertheless 

 55-| fees or thereabouts becomes the basis of returns 

 of Ric. I. to Hen. III.) ; but the Earl of Glos'ter 

 whose service is unascertainable renders 261^ fees, 

 whereas his charters inform of some 258^- old, and 

 \^\ new in Glos'ter, besides 23 fees in Kent, 

 which would be lightly rated at 300 (the Honor 

 reputed to have been granted to Ro. Fitz Hamo 

 by Wm. II.) ; also the Earl of Clare rendering 

 142, and debited with yf- new, informs by charter 

 of a similar number of fees, making no statement 

 either as to service or a balance on the dominicum, 

 and it may be noted the Exchequer seems not to 

 have material available for completing a defective 

 return. 



capital ^e tota ^ ^ tenants i s about 300, and with 



tenants (/ some 1 1 exceptions (I think) the render of 

 by K'night J 4 Hen. II. (or a later render where not returned 

 C rthe * n t ^ lat ** ^) became the basis of assessment for 

 usual basis Ric. I. to Hen. III. throughout. England ; and in 

 Yorkshire (and presumably for all England) for 

 the reigns of Hen. III. and Ed. I. (as is proved 

 by the aids to marry and Knight 29 and 

 38 Hen. III., and the Welsh Scutages of 

 42 Hen. III., 7 and 14 Ed. I. see Pipe Rolls) ; 

 by the render is meant the reddit compotum only, 

 not including the additional amount now and 

 then debited to the tenant t. Hen. II. Of 

 these 1 1 exceptional renders 5 were adjusted by 

 1 8 Hen. II. (the Irish scutage), and 4 more by 



Cl Rk. I., 



returns. 



