▁Like ▁the ▁geld , ▁the ▁car uc age ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁land ▁owned , ▁thus ▁target ing ▁free ▁men ▁rather ▁than ▁ser fs , ▁who ▁owned ▁no ▁land ▁and ▁were ▁therefore ▁ex empt . ▁First ▁collected ▁in ▁ 1 1 9 4 , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁land ▁tax ▁collected ▁in ▁England ▁since ▁the ▁geld , ▁car uc age ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁estate ▁as ▁measured ▁in ▁either ▁h ides ▁or ▁car uc ates ▁( a ▁unit ▁of ▁land ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁pl ough ed ▁by ▁an ▁eight - ox ▁pl ough - team ▁in ▁a ▁year , ▁which ▁was ▁normally ▁considered ▁equivalent ▁to ▁a ▁hide ). ▁The ▁original ▁property ▁assess ment ▁of ▁the ▁car uc age ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Dom es day ▁Survey , ▁a ▁survey ▁of ▁land ▁hold ings ▁in ▁England ▁that ▁was ▁completed ▁by ▁ 1 0 8 7 . ▁ ▁Collect ed ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 1 9 8 , ▁and ▁usually ▁called ▁the ▁" gre at ▁car uc age ", ▁it ▁was ▁initially ▁ass essed ▁at ▁a ▁rate ▁of ▁ 2   sh ill ings ▁per ▁car uc ate ▁( est im ated ▁at ▁ ▁or ▁), ▁but ▁later ▁an ▁additional ▁ 3   sh ill ings ▁per ▁car uc ate ▁was ▁im posed . ▁This ▁ 1 1 9 8 ▁collection ▁was ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁king ▁with ▁money ▁for ▁his ▁military ▁campaign s ▁in ▁France , ▁and ▁raised ▁about ▁£ 1 , 0 0 0 . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁fin es