tallage

An occasional tax levied by the Anglo-Norman kings on crown lands and royal towns.

To levy a tax on.

etc. See tailage, etc.

A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses.

To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.

An impost.

A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants toward the public expenses.

To lay an impost upon.

To cause to pay tallage.