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The Magna Carta

Magna Carta (Great Charter), 1297 Parliament House, Canberra

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Scutage

Term: Scutage
Money accepted by the King in lieu of knights
provided for military service.

Author spioPosted on April 6, 2011April 6, 2011

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Term: Praecipe
A written royal command instructing that a
tenant return a tenement to a claimant, or have
the case heard in the King’s court

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