Types of Cause: Tithes – lambs

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’).

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

Foals, lambs and wool

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