Editing Tallage (section)

===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 tithe|Saladin tallage]]", was levied at [[Guildford]] in 1189, the ostensible object being preparation for the [[Third Crusade]].<ref name=JewishEnc>{{cite JewishEncyclopedia |url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=28&letter=T |article=Tallage}}</ref>

It was reported that [[John of England|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 England|Henry III]] of 4,000 marks (1225) and 5,000 marks (1270).<ref name=JewishEnc/> Important tallages were made by [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] in the second, third and fourth years (£1,000), and in the fifth year (25,000 marks), of his reign.<ref name=JewishEnc/> These taxes were in addition to the various claims which were made upon Jews for relief, [[wardship]], marriage, [[fine (penalty)|fine]]s, law-proceedings, [[debts]], [[license]]s, [[amercement]]s etc. and which Jews paid to the English exchequer, like other English subjects.<ref name=JewishEnc/>

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.<ref name=JewishEnc/><ref>{{cite journal |last=Rokéah |first=Zefira Entin |jstor=29779959 |title=A Hospitaller and the Jews: Brother Joseph de Chauncy and English Jewry in the 1270s |journal=Jewish Historical Studies |volume=34 |publisher=Jewish Historical Society of England |date=1994 |pages=189–207}}</ref>