CHAPTER II

FEUDAL AND ROYAL TAXATION: THE NORMAN AND THE ANGEVIN KINGS, 1066-1215 12

William the Conqueror--His National Council and its part in taxation--Domesday Survey--William Rufus--Henry I and his Charter--Question of assent to taxation in the shire moots and the National Council--Stephen--Henry II--His controversy with Becket over the Sheriff’s Aid--Scutage--Theobald’s complaint--Early step toward a tax on movables--The Saladin Tithe and its assessment by juries of inquest--Richard I--His ransom--The king the authority for taxes--Refusal of Hugh of Lincoln--John--His scutages a cause leading to Magna Carta--Inquest of Service--John’s demand for a thirteenth of movables--Council at St. Alban’s, 1213--Summons to Oxford--Magna Carta--Chapters 12 and 14--Advance toward Parliamentary taxation.