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.