A tribute of Is. and afterwards of 2s. uf>on every hide of laud through the realm, levied by the An-glo-Saxons, for maiutalulug such a number of forces as were thought sufficient to clear the British seas of Danish pirates, who greatly anuoyed their coasts. It continued a tax until the time of Stephen, and was one of the rights of the crown, whartoh
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
