Types of Cause: Tithes – lambs


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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’).

Calves, wool, foals, lambs

EDC 5/13/2 – Sir Richard Egerton, farmer of the tithes of Prestbury, contra William Andrewe.

Foals, lambs and wool

EDC 5/1/10 – George Cotton, esquire, contra Margery Holford.

Lambs

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.

Lambs and wool

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.

Milk, calves, lambs, wool, piglets, geese, eggs, hemp, flax, apples, pears, onions, leeks, garlic

EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre.

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Types of Cause: Tithes – hemp


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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’).

Milk, calves, lambs, wool, piglets, geese, eggs, hemp, flax, apples, pears, onions, leeks, garlic

EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre

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Types of Cause: Tithes – hay


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Tithes of hay were great or predial tithes as they arose from crop husbandry and so were normally payable to the rector or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).

Hay

EDC 5/1566/15 – William Charlton, rector of Bangor-on-Dee, contra Edward ap Ellis and Reginald ap David

Pasture, gorse, oats, peas, hay

EDC 5/10/1 – William Aldersey contra Thomas Wright and Richard Broster

Barley, oats and hay

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

Barley and hay

EDC 5/1566/8 – Edward, earl of Derby, farmer of the tithes of the hamlet of Much Hoole contra Thomas Hunt

Grain and hay

EDC 5/2/1 – Sir Richard Brereton contra William Hilton, Thomas Lee, Hugh Forstar and Peter Bradshaw

Oats and hay

EDC 5/1566/4 – William Farington, esquire, farmer of the rectory of Blackburn contra Robert Ratcliffe

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Types of Cause: Tithes – corn


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Tithes of corn 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’).

Corn and wheat were sometimes described generally as ‘grain’.

This type of produce was usually measured in ‘thraves’ at this time in Cheshire and parts of Lancashire. A ‘thrave’ comprised twenty-four sheaves.

Robert Holland, A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, (1885).

Corn and wheat

EDC 5/1575/3 – John Vawdrey and Richard Vawdrey contra Ralph Calveley.

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Types of Cause: Tithes – cows


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Tithes of cows 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’).

Calves, cows, gardens, lambs, sheep, wool

EDC 5/1566/12 – Hugh Dodd, rector of Coddington, contra Richard Allen

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Types of Cause: Tithes – foals


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Tithes of foals 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’).

Calves, wool, foals, lambs

EDC 5/13/2 – Sir Richard Egerton, farmer of the tithes of Prestbury, contra William Andrewe.

Foals, lambs and wool

EDC 5/1/10 – George Cotton, esquire, contra Margery Holford

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Types of Cause: Tithes – calves


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Tithes of calves 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’).

Calves, wool, foals, lambs

EDC 5/13/2 – Sir Richard Egerton, farmer of the tithes of Prestbury, contra William Andrewe.

Calves, cows, gardens, lambs, sheep, wool

EDC 5/1566/12 – Hugh Dodd, rector of Coddington, contra Richard Allen.

Milk, calves, lambs, wool, piglets, geese, eggs, hemp, flax, apples, pears, onions, leeks, garlic

EDC 5/11/1 – Sir Thomas Langton, farmer of the tithes of the chapelry of Low, contra Lawrence Banastre.

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Types of Cause: Tithes – barley


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Tithes of barley 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’).

Barley and hay

EDC 5/1566/8 – Edward, earl of Derby, farmer of the tithes of the hamlet of Much Hoole, contra Thomas Hunt.

Barley and oats

EDC 5/13/3 – Robert Assheton, rector of Middleton, contra Giles Johnson.

Barley, oats and hay

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.

Barley, oats and wheat

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.

Barley, oats and rye

EDC 5/13/1 – Roger Lever contra Roger Walmysley, senior and Roger Walmysley, junior.

Barley and rye

EDC 5/3/1 – Sir Richard Brereton contra Thomas Valentine

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Types of Cause: Tithes – apples


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Tithes of apples were great or predial tithes as apples were orchard fruits. Such tithes were payable to the rector or his farmer (see ‘Tithes – modus’ under ‘Subjects’).

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Types of Cause: Testamentary – unknown


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