Types of Cause: Tithes – barley
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