Feudal Statistics looa 



40 days at 8d. per day, would be met by an 

 escuage of 2 m. per fee, upon which it may be wages of a 

 observed, (a), that the duration of service /. Hen II. fSRJv// 

 (ut videtur mi hi), is not clearly proven ; (b\ that 

 8d. might perhaps on the average defray the daily 

 cost of a miles, 2-3 horses, and an attendant or 

 attendants ; (c), that it would seem to leave no 

 surplus for casualties e.g. loss of horses, and 

 expenses to and from the place of muster ; and 

 (d) that 2 m. is the highest scutage, and 8d. the 

 lowest wage /. Hen. II., i m. and is. (wage) being 

 also recorded. Further the conventions between 

 Hen. I. and Robt. Earl of Flanders (i 101-3) Flemish 

 demonstrate that not only did the King agree to S^ 60 * 

 pay journeys to and fro, find board and food ' Hen - L 

 (ut 'credo, the equivalent of the customary wages), 

 but also to defray all losses, as was customary 

 with the milites of his own household : in addi- 

 tion the Earl was to have an annual retainer of 

 400 marcs, for 1,000 milites in England (in case 

 of need), for an undefined period, each miles to 

 bring 3 horses.* The editor of the Red Book 

 Exch. (Z. R. vol. ii.) rates the expenses of Knight 

 Service at 3-' the escuage, but ut supra, no proof 



Crown's risk as to losses, and in some cases (at any rate), 

 wearing the royal livery, but it seems clear that the liabilities 

 to losses from service by tenure would be taken by the tenants 

 themselves. 



* Feeder a ; 500 milites in 1101, and i,ooo in 1103 ; see 

 also Pipe 31 Hen. I., where is some slight evidence for sup- 

 posing the wage of a Knight in a Castle to be 4d. a day 

 (p. 137 ut sup.\ and vide Cbron Pet. App. (p. 175) where 

 Vivian (t. Hen. I.) ought to be a miles in exercitu cum ij 

 equis, et suis armis, et abbas inveniet ei alia necessaria. 



