ates , ▁ 1 6 % ▁from ▁fe ud al ▁rights , ▁ 1 4 % ▁from ▁tax es , ▁and ▁ 1 2 % ▁from ▁the ▁jud icial ▁courts . ▁By ▁ 1 1 9 4 ▁re venue ▁from ▁the ▁land ▁came ▁to ▁about ▁ 3 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁total , ▁about ▁ 2 5 % ▁came ▁from ▁fe ud al ▁rights , ▁tax ation ▁raised ▁about ▁ 1 5 %, ▁and ▁income ▁from ▁jud icial ▁sources ▁about ▁ 1 1 %. ▁ ▁English ▁tax ation ▁after ▁the ▁Norman ▁Con quest ▁of ▁ 1 0 6 6 ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁geld ▁or ▁dan eg eld , ▁a ▁national ▁tax ▁paid ▁by ▁all ▁free ▁men , ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁not ▁ser fs ▁or ▁slaves . ▁The ▁geld ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁h ides ▁of ▁land ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁tax p ayer , ▁and ▁could ▁be ▁demanded ▁by ▁the ▁king ▁and ▁ass essed ▁at ▁varying ▁levels ▁without ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁consult ation ▁with ▁the ▁bar ons ▁or ▁other ▁subjects . ▁During ▁King ▁Henry ▁I ' s ▁reign , ▁an ▁increasing ▁number ▁of ▁exem ptions , ▁and ▁the ▁difficulties ▁encountered ▁in ▁collect ing ▁the ▁geld , ▁lower ed ▁its ▁importance ▁to ▁the ▁Ex che quer — the ▁tre as ury ▁of ▁England . ▁It ▁is ▁unclear ▁whether ▁the ▁geld ▁was ▁collected ▁at ▁all ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Henry ' s ▁successor , ▁King ▁Stephen . ▁Stephen ' s ▁successor , ▁King ▁Henry ▁II , ▁collected ▁the ▁geld ▁only ▁twice , ▁once