“Of the same nature with scutages upon knights’-fees were the assessments of hydage upon all other lands, and of talliage upon cities and burghs. But they all gradually fell into disuse, upon the introduction of subsidies, about the time of king Richard II and king Henry IV.” 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 300 (1765).
hidage
hidage (hId-ij), n. Hist. A tax, payable to the Crown, based on every hide of land. — Also spelled hydage. See HIDE.