| For the first and only time in his life he brought to England the mercenaries who were paid with the scutage money. |
| They were also different, at least in origin, from scutage, which was a payment in lieu of military service by a feudal tenant. |
| This tax was called the scutage, and amounted to three pounds English, or forty Angevin shillings, for each knight's fee. |
| It was normally possible to make a payment, known as scutage or shield money, in place of performing feudal military service. |
| Most of the head tenants and some of the under tenants held on condition of knight service, later commuted into a money payment in lieu of service called scutage. |
| The owner of every knight's fee was to pay a sum of money known as scutage in lieu of service. |
