Geo. II. c. 84. Tallage and Jews The tax was frequently levied on English Jews during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. A tallage of £60,000, known as the "Saladin tallage", was levied at Guildford in 1189, the ostensible object being preparation for the Third Crusade. It was reported that John may have imposed a Tallage upon Jews in 1210 to the extent of 60,000 marks (£40,000). There are likewise records of tallages under Henry III of 4,000 marks (1225) and 5,000 marks (1270). Important tallages were made by Edward I in the second, third and fourth years, (£1,000) and in the fifth year (25,000 marks), of his reign. These taxes were in addition to the various claims which were made upon Jews for relief, wardship, marriage, fines, law-proceedings, debts, licenses, amercements etc. and which Jews paid to the English exchequer, like other English subjects. It has been claimed that after their expulsion from England in 1290, the loss of the income from Jews was a chief reason why Edward I was obliged to give up his right of tallage upon Englishmen. France Tallage lasted much longer in France, where it was a royal tax and one of estate owners with tenants. It came to be called 'taille' and was much used during the Hundred Years' War. It was not abolished in France until the French Revolution. Germany Tallage never became significantly developed in the German states. It remained a small tax owed to a feudal lord in lieu of other feudal duties, dying out along with other feudal duties. See also Danegeld Dazdie Leibzoll Taille Notes References Fuller, E.A. (1895) "The Tallage of 6 Edward II., and the Bristol Rebellion" Transactions of the Bristol and Gloustershire Archaeological Society 19: pp.171-278. Further reading Mark Bailey, "Tallage-at-will in later medieval England", The English Historical Review, vol. 134, no. 566 (February 2019), pp. 25–58. Feudal duties Taxation in France Property taxes Medieval economics Taxation in medieval England