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ment of which would require to be sought out, 



feoffment. - * 



but the attempt to enforce even the new that was 

 owing - (where not included in the render of 

 14 Hen. II.) seems to have been abandoned in 

 later reigns (Ric. I.-Ed. I.). The consequence of 

 the above probably was that there was much loss 

 of service due, in addition to considerable difficulty 

 in collecting the scutage on the basis of the 

 14 Hen. II. render, and doubtless numerous bad 

 debts ; Swereford has given enough extracts from 

 the Pipe Rolls of Ric. I. and John (pp. 70-184 

 V. i. L. R. Rolls Ser.) to trace the " services " of 

 fees, and there are the Inquisitions of 1210-1212 

 (pp. 469-574 ibid.\ in addition to the already 

 named Pipe Rolls of Hen. III. and Ed. I. Of far 

 Excess of more importance than the supposed increase of 

 menton service from 1 1 68, and permanent change of 

 tSaffees", assessment (p. 286, "Feudal England") was the 

 not usually attempt (likewise unsuccessful) of the Crown to 

 make the church fees pay on excess of old feoff- 

 ment ; in 15 Hen. III. (Brady's "Hist. Eng." 

 V. i., App. p. 42, citing Pat. Rot. 15 H. III.) 

 the prelates conceded to the King 403. per fee, on 

 those fees they were wont to answer for to military 

 service, but were permitted to have service of all 

 their fees for themselves at the like rate ; again 

 19 Hen. III. (Brady ut supra, pp. 43 and 44, 

 citing Close Roll) an aid had been conceded on 

 church and lay fees of both old and new (to marry 

 the King's sister), the collections, etc., for which 

 appear in the Testa de N.; and that the concession 

 of 19 Hen. III. was exceptional is plainly brought 

 out by Pat. 20 H. III. m. 8 (cited by Madox) to 



