A tax of a tenth on all property, imposed by Henry III for the prosecution of the Crusades.
Salamanca, Council of.
A council summoned by Ferdinand of Spain in 1486, to which were submitted the plans of Columbus for a voyage to the West.
Salbai, Treaty of.
A treaty signed in 1782 at the close of the first Mahratta War, by which the Mahrattas agreed to pension Raghoba, and Haidar Ali surrendered all his conquests. It was further stipulated that all Europeans other than British and Portuguese should be expelled from the Mahratta States.
Salchichon (The Sausage).
A nickname bestowed by the Spaniards on Thomas, Duke of Genoa, who was put forward by Marshal Prim as a candidate for the Spanish throne.
Salford Court of Record.
A Court of Record of the Hundred of Salford, which dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. It is one of the very few mediæval courts which were not abolished by the Judicature Act of 1873.