Hidage
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old English law
A tax levied, in emergencies, on every hide of land; the exemption from such tax. Bracton, lib.
2, c. 56.
It was payable sometimes in money, sometimes in ships or military equipments; e. g., in the year 994, when the Danes landed in England, every three hundred hides furnished a ship to king Ethelred, and every eight hides one pack and one saddle.
Jacob.