Note 121 — PART I TERRITORIAL STUDIES (continued 3)
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On the institution of 'scutage' there has been much misconception. It is placed by our historians among the great innovations wrought by Henry II, who is supposed by them to have introduced it in 1156.121 Here we see, once again, the danger of seeking our information on such points secondhand, instead of going straight to the fountainhead for ourselves.