Types of Cause: Tithes – peas


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Tithes of peas 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’).

Peas were usually measured by the cartload for valuation. They were often dried for food during the winter months.

Pasture, gorse, oats, peas, hay

EDC 5/10/1 – William Aldersey contra Thomas Wright and Richard Broster

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