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The historie of tithes that is, the practice of payment of them, the positiue laws made for them, the opinions touching the right of them : a review of it is also annext, which both confirmes it and directs in the vse of it / by I. Selden.
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Selden, John, 1586-1654.
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marquisat_fw-la of_o turingia_n sigifrid_n archbishop_n of_o mentz_n deny_v he_o the_o relieve_n of_o his_o fief_n hold_v of_o the_o archbishoprique_n unless_o he_o will_v give_v he_o all_o the_o ten_o of_o his_o demesne_n and_o compel_v all_o the_o tenant_n of_o his_o marqusat_n to_o do_v the_o like_a this_o be_v exceed_o distaste_v by_o the_o turingian_o insomuch_o that_o they_o open_o profess_v they_o will_v soon_o lose_v their_o life_n quam_fw-la patrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la legitima_fw-la amittere_fw-la that_o be_v than_o part_n with_o their_o ancestrell_n right_a of_o detain_v or_o disposition_n of_o tithe_n according_a to_o their_o use_n either_o of_o infeodation_n or_o appropriation_n so_o you_o must_v of_o necessity_n understand_v it_o and_o other_o passage_n in_o the_o author_n lambert_n of_o schaffnaburg_n then_o live_v who_o relate_v it_o make_v that_o sense_n of_o it_o plain_a neither_o be_v this_o otho_n for_o as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lay_v want_v to_o the_o archbishop_n request_n but_o in_o the_o year_n mlxvii_o upon_o his_o death_n he_o leave_v joy_n enough_o to_o his_o country_n man_n in_o regard_n of_o that_o his_o yield_v about_o the_o ten_o which_o none_o of_o his_o ancestor_n have_v give_v example_n of_o but_o in_o he_o it_o be_v the_o chief_a seminary_n as_o the_o monk_n say_v of_o the_o many_o calamity_n suffer_v in_o the_o saxon_a war_n of_o that_o time_n great_a disputation_n of_o canonist_n follow_v some_o six_o year_n after_o in_o a_o council_n hold_v about_o this_o episcopal_a right_n in_o erpesfurt_n where_o not_o only_o the_o tithe_n of_o lay_v man_n be_v call_v 487._o in_o question_n but_o tithe_n appropriate_v to_o the_o abbey_n of_o fulda_n and_o herfeldt_n and_o of_o all_o their_o possession_n be_v challenge_v by_o the_o archbishop_n his_o canonist_n vehement_o dispute_v for_o he_o and_o the_o emperor_n henry_n the_o four_o who_o much_o invade_v the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n urge_v he_o forward_o that_o indeed_o he_o may_v have_v have_v a_o moiety_n with_o he_o at_o length_n the_o abbot_n divide_v with_o the_o bishop_n by_o a_o special_a transaction_n and_o when_o they_o yield_v the_o lay_v man_n serve_v the_o time_n agree_v to_o give_v he_o they_o also_o but_o present_o the_o exaction_n of_o they_o cease_v hoc_fw-la anno_fw-la mlxxiii_o post_fw-la exortum_fw-la bellum_fw-la saxonicum_fw-la say_v the_o monk_n nulla_fw-la deinceps_fw-la exactio_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la decimarum_fw-la in_o turingia_n gaudentibus_fw-la turingis_fw-la quod_fw-la occasionem_fw-la invenissent_fw-la ut_fw-la traditas_fw-la sibi_fw-la à _fw-la patribus_fw-la leges_fw-la manu_fw-la militari_fw-la tuerentur_fw-la and_o although_o the_o archbishop_n again_o question_v it_o no_o success_n follow_v of_o appropriation_n of_o tithe_n hitherto_o iv._o the_o use_n of_o infeodation_n or_o conveyance_n of_o the_o perpetual_a right_n of_o tithe_n into_o lay_n hand_n be_v remember_v by_o peter_n damian_n that_o complain_v of_o it_o to_o pope_n alexander_n the_o second_o about_o the_o year_n mlx._n insuper_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o decimae_fw-la say_v 12._o he_o ac_fw-la plebes_fw-la adduntur_fw-la in_o beneficium_fw-la saecularibus_fw-la where_o plebes_fw-la be_v take_v for_o parish_n church_n as_o it_o be_v often_o use_v in_o the_o old_a canon_n and_o they_o be_v the_o same_o to_o this_o purpose_n with_o parochial_a tithe_n and_o temporalty_n although_o literal_o they_o interpret_v only_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d that_o be_v the_o lay_v people_n of_o the_o parish_n or_o those_o of_o who_o the_o cure_n be_v which_o word_n be_v often_o for_o plebes_fw-la in_o the_o greek_a canon_n of_o the_o african_a church_n the_o original_a of_o the_o practice_n of_o these_o infeodation_n of_o tithe_n appear_v not_o in_o old_a monument_n those_o which_o refer_v they_o to_o the_o time_n of_o charles_n martell_n or_o adââit_fw-la any_o age_n near_o he_o be_v in_o gross_a error_n neither_o be_v any_o mention_n of_o they_o for_o the_o space_n of_o about_o ccc_o year_n after_o he_o land_n and_o monastery_n consecrate_v be_v 7._o about_o those_o time_n of_o martell_n often_o possess_v by_o the_o laity_n and_o often_o wrongful_o as_o the_o story_n of_o he_o carloman_n and_o their_o successor_n plentiful_o discover_v and_o thereof_o enough_o in_o the_o former_a chapter_n but_o no_o tithe_n in_o those_o time_n be_v infeodate_v as_o also_o be_v judicious_o observe_v and_o teach_v by_o the_o learned_a stephen_n 35._o pasquier_n advocate_n general_n en_fw-fr la_fw-fr chambre_n des_fw-fr compte_v who_o diligence_n yet_o fail_v when_o he_o confident_o deliver_v that_o these_o infeodation_n begin_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o holy_a war_n that_o be_v between_o mxc._n and_o mc_n the_o contrary_n appear_v plain_o not_o only_o in_o that_o of_o peter_n damian_n who_o live_v long_o before_o but_o also_o in_o the_o counell_n of_o lateran_n hold_v in_o mlxxviii_o where_o this_o canon_n be_v decimas_fw-la quas_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la pietatis_fw-la concessas_fw-la esse_fw-la canonica_n authoritas_fw-la demonstrat_fw-la à _fw-la laicis_fw-la possideri_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la authoritate_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la sive_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la vel_fw-la regibus_fw-la vel_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la personis_fw-la eas_fw-la acceperint_fw-la nisi_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la reddiderint_fw-la sciant_fw-la se_fw-la sacrilegij_fw-la crimen_fw-la incurrere_fw-la which_o in_o the_o same_o syllable_n be_v iterate_v in_o the_o general_a council_n of_o lateran_n hold_v in_o m.c.xxxix_o under_o innocent_a the_o second_o but_o in_o the_o first_o you_o see_v clear_o that_o infeodation_n of_o tithe_n be_v ancient_a than_o the_o holy_a war_n which_o be_v plain_o confirm_v also_o by_o the_o council_n of_o clerimont_n hold_v in_o mxcv_o by_o vrban_a the_o second_o where_o it_o be_v forbid_v that_o lay_v man_n shall_v thenceforth_o altaria_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la sibi_fw-la retinere_fw-la that_o be_v keep_v church_n and_o consecrate_a tithe_n in_o their_o own_o hand_n for_o so_o be_v the_o common_a quasitum_fw-la signification_n of_o altaria_fw-la at_o that_o time_n in_o france_n and_o observe_v there_o withal_o that_o they_o have_v be_v practise_v not_o alone_o by_o lay_v man_n but_o by_o bishop_n also_o as_o be_v declare_v in_o peter_n damian_o 12._o complaint_n against_o they_o for_o it_o likewise_o it_o seem_v religious_a order_n make_v fief_n or_o tenement_n of_o tithe_n sanâ_n for_o lay_v man_n testimony_n of_o these_o infeodation_n be_v very_o frequent_a in_o the_o canon_n law_n which_o commonly-stile_n the_o tithe_n so_o convey_v into_o lay_v hand_n decimae_fw-la laicis_fw-la in_o feudum_fw-la concessae_fw-la and_o feudales_n and_o infeudatae_fw-la that_o be_v feudall_a tithe_n or_o as_o the_o french_a lawyer_n call_v they_o dixme_v infeodee_n and_o to_o this_o day_n these_o infeudation_n remain_v especial_o in_o france_n and_o spain_n and_o also_o elsewhere_o neither_o be_v the_o tithe_n so_o possess_v other_o than_o mere_a lay_v possession_n and_o determinable_a before_o the_o secular_a judge_n but_o thereof_o more_o in_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o next_o cccc_o year_n in_o which_o the_o ancient_a infeodation_n have_v continue_v but_o since_o the_o year_n m.c.lxxx_o none_o can_v in_o france_n especial_o be_v new_o create_v that_o be_v no_o lay_v man_n may_v thenceforth_o begin_v infeodation_n of_o tithe_n parochial_o due_a by_o the_o canon_n so_o be_v it_o ordain_v in_o the_o general_a council_n of_o lateran_n then_o hold_v in_o these_o word_n prohibemus_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la ne_fw-la laici_fw-la decimas_fw-la cum_fw-la animarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la periculo_fw-la detinentes_fw-la in_o alios_fw-la laicos_fw-la possint_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la transfer_v si_fw-mi quis_fw-la verò_fw-la receperit_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la reddiderit_fw-la christianâ_fw-la sepulturâ_fw-la privetur_fw-la so_o have_v the_o continual_a practice_n which_o in_o such_o a_o case_n be_v the_o best_a interpreter_n since_o be_v in_o that_o country_n which_o have_v receive_v this_o canon_n for_o a_o bind_v law_n neither_o be_v it_o quamuis_fw-la otherwise_o to_o be_v understand_v how_o ever_o diverse_a of_o the_o late_a canonist_n with_o ignorance_n enough_o
a_o church_n and_o entreat_v john_n bishop_n of_o hangulstad_n to_o consecrate_v it_o and_o the_o like_a also_o of_o one_o addi_fw-la alio_fw-la item_n tempore_fw-la say_v he_o vocatus_fw-la ad_fw-la dedicandum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la comitis_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la addi_fw-la some_o such_o more_o of_o about_o that_o time_n may_v be_v find_v but_o about_o the_o year_n d.ccc._n many_o church_n found_v by_o lay_v man_n be_v record_v to_o have_v be_v appropriate_v to_o the_o abbey_n of_o crowland_n as_o you_o see_v in_o the_o charter_n of_o confirmation_n make_v by_o bertulph_n king_n of_o mercland_n and_o of_o other_o to_o the_o same_o abbey_n report_v by_o ingulphus_n whence_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o by_o this_o time_n lay_v foundation_n be_v grow_v very_o common_a and_o parochial_a limit_n also_o of_o the_o parishioner_n devotion_n and_o in_o a_o council_n hold_v in_o d._n ccc.xvi_o under_o wilfrid_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n we_o find_v vbi_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aedifâcentur_fw-la à _fw-la propriae_fw-la diocesis_fw-la episcopo_fw-la sanctificentur_fw-la and_o a_o canon_n of_o the_o 10._o same_o synod_n ordain_v that_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o every_o bishop_n statim_fw-la per_fw-la singulas_fw-la parochias_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la quibusque_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la pulsato_fw-la signo_fw-la omnis_fw-la famulorum_fw-la dei_fw-la caetus_fw-la ad_fw-la basilicam_fw-la conveniat_fw-la ibique_fw-la paritèr_fw-la xxx_o psalmos_fw-la pro_fw-la defuncti_fw-la anima_fw-la decantent_fw-la &_o posteà _fw-la unusquisque_fw-la antistes_fw-la &_o abbas_n dc_o psalterios_fw-la &_o cxx_o missas_fw-la celebrare_fw-la faciat_fw-la &_o tres_fw-la homines_fw-la liberet_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la cuilibet_fw-la tres_fw-la solidos_fw-la distribuat_fw-la etc._n etc._n with_o other_o ceremony_n of_o fast_v and_o prayer_n according_a to_o the_o time_n for_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o bishop_n here_o it_o may_v seem_v parish_n limit_v as_o at_o this_o day_n be_v understand_v but_o the_o first_o express_v mention_n of_o limitation_n of_o profit_n other_o then_o of_o the_o endow_a to_o be_v give_v to_o this_o or_o that_o church_n be_v in_o those_o law_n of_o king_n edgar_n make_v about_o d._n cccc.lxx_n where_o a_o threefold_a division_n be_v of_o church_n the_o first_o be_v call_v ealdan_n mynstre_n that_o be_v senior_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la which_o paâââciâ_n name_n ancient_o be_v give_v to_o cathedral_n church_n the_o second_o a_o church_n that_o have_v legerstoÆ¿e_a or_o place_n for_o burial_n the_o three_o a_o church_n that_o have_v no_o legerstoÆ¿e_n where_o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o every_o man_n have_v not_o erect_v a_o church_n of_o his_o own_o shall_v pay_v his_o tithe_n to_o the_o ealdan_n mynstre_n ðe_fw-la seo_fw-la hyrnesse_n to_o hyrþ_n that_o be_v to_o the_o ancient_a church_n or_o monastery_n where_o he_o hear_v god_n service_n which_o i_o understand_v not_o otherwise_o then_o of_o any_o church_n or_o monastery_n whither_o usual_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o commorancie_n or_o his_o parish_n determine_v according_o to_o the_o farm_n house_n and_o land_n occupy_v with_o those_o house_n or_o farm_n he_o repair_v that_o be_v his_o parish_n church_n or_o monastery_n for_o we_o must_v remember_v that_o in_o those_o time_n monastery_n which_o somewhat_o before_o edgar_n 115._o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n fill_v with_o secular_a clerk_n who_o also_o as_o other_o clergy_n man_n take_v pain_n abroad_o in_o the_o spiritual_a harvest_n and_o under_o he_o by_o archbishop_n dunstan_n procurement_n be_v restore_v only_o to_o cloister_n monk_n or_o benedictines_n aswell_o as_o other_o church_n erect_v either_o by_o bishop_n or_o lay_v man_n be_v in_o many_o place_n the_o only_a oratory_n &_o auditory_n that_o the_o near_a inhabitant_n do_v their_o devotion_n in_o and_o perhaps_o be_v in_o regard_n of_o burial_n most_o common_o prefer_v before_o other_o church_n whatsoever_o which_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o a_o canon_n of_o a_o 9_o old_a synod_n of_o ireland_n hold_v about_o these_o elder_a time_n of_o the_o english_a church_n neither_o be_v it_o likely_a but_o that_o the_o manner_n of_o these_o northern_a church_n in_o that_o age_n be_v enough_o agreeable_a to_o each_o other_o in_o that_o synod_n it_o appear_v that_o any_o man_n may_v have_v bequeath_v his_o burial_n to_o what_o abbey_n best_o please_v he_o and_o that_o the_o abbot_n to_o who_o monastery_n the_o bequest_n be_v make_v shall_v have_v the_o apparel_n of_o the_o dead_a his_o horse_n and_o his_o cow_n for_o a_o mortuarie_n although_o he_o have_v before_o solemn_o give_v all_o that_o he_o have_v to_o any_o other_o abbot_n whence_o may_v easy_o be_v conjecture_v that_o monastery_n be_v in_o chief_a reputation_n for_o 4._o burial_n and_o have_v a_o right_a of_o it_o before_o any_o other_o kind_n of_o parochial_a church_n if_o the_o dead_a make_v choice_n of_o any_o of_o they_o and_o by_o the_o way_n for_o that_o course_n of_o payment_n of_o a_o motuarie_n which_o the_o saxon_n 13._o i_o think_v call_v saÆ¿lsceat_fw-la the_o same_o synod_n affirm_v that_o omne_fw-la corpus_fw-la sepultum_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o jure_fw-la svo_fw-la vaccam_fw-la &_o equum_fw-la &_o vestimentum_fw-la &_o ornamentum_fw-la svi_fw-la lecti_fw-la nec_fw-la quicquam_fw-la horum_fw-la reddetur_fw-la in_o alia_fw-la debita_fw-la quia_fw-la corpori_fw-la eius_fw-la tanquam_fw-la vernacula_fw-la debentur_fw-la and_o although_o the_o certain_a age_n of_o that_o synod_n appear_v not_o yet_o it_o be_v after_o such_o time_n as_o parish_n be_v limit_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o parishioner_n repair_v to_o one_o certain_a church_n and_o give_v their_o devotion_n there_o only_o for_o in_o it_o also_o be_v these_o word_n quicunque_fw-la discesserit_fw-la de_fw-la sua_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o in_fw-la alia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sepultus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o can_v sua_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la be_v but_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o parish_n church_n as_o at_o 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