Types of Cause: Office matters
Not all matters which came before the consistory court were disputes.
Ratification of marriage of minors
EDC 5/1566/7 – Robert Downes and Elizabeth Stanley
All Types of Cause
Directory – Types of Cause Papers
Benefice cases – disputed presentation
Correction business – contempt of religion
Correction business – matrimonial
Defamation – other
Defamation – sexual slander
Defamation – unknown
Immorality – acknowledgement of illegitimate child
Matrimonial – annulment (bigamy)
Matrimonial – annulment (minor)
Matrimonial – annulment (unknown)
Matrimonial – enforcement of marriage contract
Matrimonial – restitution of conjugal rights
Matrimonial – separation from bed and board (adultery and/or cruelty)
Matrimonial – separation from bed and board (unknown)
Office matters
Testamentary – unknown
Tithes – apples
Tithes – barley
Tithes – calves
Tithes – corn
Tithes – cows
Tithes – eggs
Tithes – flax
Tithes – foals
Tithes – gardens
Tithes – geese
Tithes – gorse
Tithes – grain
Tithes – hay
Tithes – hemp
Tithes – lambs
Tithes – milk
Tithes – oats
Tithes – other
Tithes – pasture
Tithes – pasture
Tithes – peas
Tithes – pigs
Tithes – profits of mill
Tithes – rye
Tithes – sheep
Tithes – unknown
Tithes – wheat
Tithes – wool
Violation of church rights – failure to pay church rates
Violation of church rights – failure to pay mortuary
Violation of church rights – neglect of duty
Violation of church rights – non-payment of clerical taxation
Violation of church rights – pew dispute