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review. ...Scutage (money payment in lieu of military service)
was an important source of funds, and Henry preferred scutage to
service because mercenaries were more efficient than feudal
contingents. In the Assize of Arms of 1181 Henry determined the
arms and equipment appropriate to every free man, based on his
income from land. This measure, which could be seen as a revival
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