The tithing of profits from mills was a matter of legal dispute for some time. The dispute arose from whether such tithes should be classified as predial or personal. If personal, the recipient was entitled to deduct expenses before paying tithe on the balance. If predial, profits should be tithed in full.
Andrew Lewis, ‘Tithe Personal and Praedial’, The Journal of Legal History, 42.2 (2021), pp. 123-146.
Tithes of piglets, being derived from animal husbandry, were small tithes and so were normally payable to the vicar or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).
EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre
EDC 5/1580/6 – John Vawdrey and Richard Vawdrey, gentlemen, farmers of the tithes of Saint Oswald contra Richard Webb, William Janeon the elder and William Janeon the younger
Tithes of peas were great or predial tithes as they arose from crop husbandry and so were payable to the rector or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).
Peas were usually measured by the cartload for valuation. They were often dried for food during the winter months.
EDC 5/10/1 – William Aldersey contra Thomas Wright and Richard Broster
Tithes of oats were great or predial tithes as they arose from crop husbandry and so were generally payable to the rector or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).
EDC 5/10/1 – William Aldersey contra Thomas Wright and Richard Broster
EDC 5/13/3 – Robert Assheton, rector of Middleton, contra Giles Johnson.
EDC 5/1566/3 – William Farington, esquire, farmer of the rectory of Blackburn, contra Thomas Ireland, senior.
EDC 5/1566/6 – John Leigh, esquire, farmer of the hamlets of Sutton and Wincle, contra William Sutton and Ralph Gardner.
EDC 5/10/2 – Roger and Ellen Fulbeke and Nicholas Jacson, farmers of the tithes of Irton, contra John and Nicholas Sherween and Roland Hartley.
EDC 5/12/1 – Robert Assheton, rector of Middleton, contra John Aspenhawlgh, John Alens and John Bradley.
EDC 5/13/1 – Roger Lever contra Roger Walmysley, senior and Roger Walmysley, junior.
EDC 5/12/2 – Thomas Cuverden contra Richard Sherley.
EDC 5/1566/4 – William Farington, esquire, farmer of the rectory of Blackburn contra Robert Ratcliffe.
Tithes of milk were mixed or small/minute tithes as they did not arise directly from the ground, but from creatures nourished by it. Such tithes were normally payable to the vicar or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).
EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre
Tithes of geese were mixed or small/minute tithes as they arose from livestock and so were normally payable to the vicar or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).
EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre
Tithes of flax were predial tithes, but usually classified as small tithes because the crop was of lower value than other crops such as grain. Such small tithes were normally payable to the vicar or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).
EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre
Tithes of eggs were mixed or small/minute tithes as they did not arise directly from the ground, but from creatures nourished by it. Such tithes were normally payable to the vicar or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).
EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre
Tithes of lambs were mixed or small/minute tithes as they arose from livestock production and so were normally payable to the vicar or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).
EDC 5/13/2 – Sir Richard Egerton, farmer of the tithes of Prestbury, contra William Andrewe.
EDC 5/1/10 – George Cotton, esquire, contra Margery Holford.
EDC 5/13/4 – Nicholas Hardware, vicar of Weaverham, contra Edward Walker.
EDC 5/1566/5 – William Farington, esquire, farmer of the rectory of Blackburn contra John Harwood.
EDC 5/1/8 – Ralph Done, vicar of Over, contra Robert Young, Edward Harrison and Benedict Barker.
EDC 5/13/5 – Richard Grosvenor contra Humphrey Bold.
EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre.
Tithes of hemp were predial tithes, but usually classified as small tithes because the crop was of lower value than other crops such as grain. Such small tithes were normally payable to the vicar or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).
EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre
