Feudal tenure, serjeanty and scutage in medieval England (11th–14th centuries)

1. Domesday Book records royal “servientes”

   Jan 1, 1086Labels: Domesday Book, Royal servientes

   • Domesday Project
   • Serjeanty

2. Scutage first mentioned in English records

   Jan 1, 1100Labels: Scutage, Knight-service

   • Britannica

3. Henry II expands scutage as commutation

   Dec 19, 1154Labels: Henry II, Scutage

   • Britannica
   • Pipe Rolls

4. Exchequer practice described in *Dialogus de Scaccario*

   Jan 1, 1179Labels: Dialogus de, Exchequer

   • Dialogus

5. Assize of Arms reiterates obligations of freemen

   Jan 1, 1181Labels: Assize of, Henry II

   • Britannica
   • Assize 1181

6. Magna Carta restricts scutage without counsel

   Jun 15, 1215Labels: Magna Carta, Scutage

   • OLL
   • McKechnie

7. Westminster I strengthens royal legal administration

   Jan 1, 1275Labels: First Statute, Edward I

   • Britannica

8. Mortmain restrictions curb alienation to the Church

   Jan 1, 1279Labels: Statute of, Church

   • Mortmain

9. De Donis creates entail to restrain alienation

   Jan 1, 1285Labels: De Donis, Entail

   • Britannica
   • De Donis

10. Quia Emptores ends subinfeudation by substitution

    Jan 1, 1290Labels: Quia Emptores, Subinfeudation

    • Britannica
    • Westminster

11. Serjeanty distinguished from scutage liability

    Jan 1, 1295Labels: Serjeanty, Scutage liability

    • Serjeanty
    • Britannica

12. Scutage becomes largely obsolete in the 14th century

    Jan 1, 1300Labels: Scutage, 14th century

    • Britannica