Types of Cause: Tithes – garden produce
Tithes of garden produce 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’).
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
Although orchard fruits were usually classed as great tithes, it was sometimes claimed that windfalls were small tithes and as all the other tithes in this cause were small tithes it may be that this reference was to windfalls, or possibly fruit grown in a garden, rather than an orchard.