Tallage definition

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An occasional tax levied by the Anglo-Norman kings on crown lands and royal towns.
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To levy a tax on.
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In feudalism.
  • A tax levied by kings upon towns and crown lands.
  • A tax levied by a feudal lord upon his tenants.
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To levy a tallage upon; tax.
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An impost.
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To lay an impost upon.
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To cause to pay tallage.
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Origin of tallage

  • Middle English taillage from Old French from taillier to cut, tax tailor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French taillage.

    From Wiktionary

Tallage Sentence Examples

  • The burgesses appear to have had much difficulty in paying this large farm; in 1227 the king pardoned twenty-eight marks of the thirty-two due as tallage, while in 1237 they were £23 in arrears for the farm.

  • The abbot of Peterborough about the 13th century confirmed to his men of Oundle freedom from tallage, "saving to himself pleas of portmanmoot and all customs pertaining to the market," and they agreed to pay 8 marks, 12S.

  • Therefore in most cases there were no arbitrary exactions to go by, except perhaps one or the other tallage imposed at the will of the lord.

  • Tallage was first imposed on the colony in the first year of this reign, but yielded little, and tithes were not much better paid.

  • In Domesday Book the manor only is mentioned, but in 1199 the men of Wycombe paid tallage to the king.

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