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History of English Literature Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 179 — BOOK I.—THE SOURCE (continued 3)

Henri Van Laun translation

1404-1409. The commons declared that with these revenues the king would be able to maintain 15 earls, 1500 knights, 6,200 squires, and 100 hospitals; each earl receiving annually 300 marks; each knight 100 marks, and the produce of four ploughed lands; each squire 40 marks, and the produce of two ploughed lands.

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