| Their feudal service was now commuted for an escuage, which fell very short of the expenses incurred in a protracted campaign. |
| Amid the obligations was that of escuage, by which the price of a knight's fee should be paid every year. |
| And the cause why this service is called grand serjeanty is, for that it is a greater and more worthy service than the service in the tenure of escuage. |
| When the custom of escuage arose is a matter which no antiquarian researches have settled. |
| Soone after whose arriuall, escuage was gathered through the realme towards the bearing of the kings charges. |
