▁activities . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁their ▁investig ations , ▁ 2 3   count ies ▁paid ▁fin es ▁to ▁secure ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁royal ▁in qui ries ▁and ▁any ▁ar re ars ▁in ▁pay ments . ▁ ▁The ▁lower ▁cler gy ▁and ▁b ish ops ▁resist ed ▁Richard ' s ▁attempt ▁to ▁imp ose ▁the ▁ 1 1 9 8 ▁car uc age ▁on ▁their ▁est ates . ▁In ▁response , ▁Richard ▁with d rew ▁their ▁access ▁to ▁his ▁royal ▁courts ▁forcing ▁them ▁to ▁buy ▁it ▁back ▁for ▁a ▁sum ▁greater ▁than ▁the ▁car uc age ▁would ▁have ▁collected . ▁ ▁Under ▁John ▁King ▁John , ▁Richard ' s ▁brother ▁and ▁successor , ▁collected ▁the ▁car uc age ▁only ▁once , ▁in ▁ 1 2 0 0 . ▁John ▁set ▁the ▁amount ▁to ▁be ▁collected ▁from ▁each ▁car uc ate ▁at ▁three ▁sh ill ings . ▁Re ven ues ▁from ▁this ▁tax ation ▁do ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 2 0 0 ▁Pi pe ▁Roll , ▁although ▁the ▁design ation ▁in ▁official ▁records ▁of ▁William ▁of ▁W ro th am ▁and ▁his ▁assist ants ▁as ▁re cept ores ▁car uc ag ii — " rece ivers ▁of ▁the ▁car uc age " — s ug gest ▁that ▁the ▁money ▁raised ▁was ▁paid ▁into ▁a ▁special ▁commission ▁in ▁the ▁Ex che quer . ▁Whether ▁lands ▁were ▁ass essed ▁by ▁the ▁system ▁used ▁in ▁ 1 1 9 8 ▁is ▁unknown . ▁The ▁contemporary ▁chron ic ler ▁Ralph ▁of ▁C og ges hall