Types of Cause: Tithes – gorse
Gorse had a number of uses, including the construction of temporary winter shelters for young cattle (Robert Holland (ed), A Glossary of Words used in the County of Chester (1885)). It was also known as ‘furze’ and was bound into faggots.
They were generally regarded as great tithes and so were payable to the rector or his farmer.
Pasture, gorse, oats, peas, hay
EDC 5/10/1 – William Aldersey contra Thomas Wright and Richard Broster