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escuage (1140-60)

escuage (1140-60)

eschuage,  escouage,  escowage;  escuiage  
  FEW:  scutum 11,354b Gdf:  escuage 3,447c GdfC: TL: escüage 3,1018 DEAF: DMF:  écuage  TLF: OED:  escuage n.  MED: DMLBS:  scutagium 2988b

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( 1140-60; MS: 1140-60 ) le pardun de .xl. livres de l’escuage  Ely Arch 269.20
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Par totes les citez ay mis mon escuage; De deners e d’armes e de genz faz taillage  Rom Chev ANTS 2302
( 1302-07 )  A nostre seignur le roi prie Johan Wake dame de Lydel une lettre de respit au viscunt d'Everwuk de l'escouage de ses feez del an .xxxi.  Scutage Ed I 355
( MS: c.1305 )  et ly destreint pur homage et pur escuage, nomément par iij souz a l’escu quant l’escuy [sic] court a xl. souz et a plus plus etc.  Nov Narr 5
( 1489-90 )  [...] il tient par homage fealté et escuage  Exchequer Chamber ii 148
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( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Sunt alez en Gascoyne et entrez en passage Ouf.XX. et.VI. banerés del meliur escuage Qe feust en Engleterre  LANGTOFT thiol2 301.758
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