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A68720 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. Selden, John, 1586-1654. 1618 (1618) STC 22172.3; ESTC S117046 313,611 538

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mercedis_fw-la seruientum_fw-la vel_fw-la messorum_fw-la decima_fw-la pars_fw-la non_fw-la minuatur_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la integre_n persoluatur_fw-la habeant_fw-la etiam_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ante_fw-la autumnum_fw-la excommunicandi_fw-la omnes_fw-la fraudatores_fw-la decimarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la &_o eosdem_fw-la secundum_fw-la formam_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la absoluendi_fw-la huic_fw-la adijcimus_fw-la sanctioni_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la novitèr_fw-la cultis_fw-la non_fw-la alias_o dentur_fw-la decimae_fw-la quam_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la parochialibus_fw-la infra_fw-la quarum_fw-la limit_n terrae_fw-la illae_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la decimis_fw-la perveniunt_fw-la excoluntur_fw-la detentores_fw-la verò_fw-la decimarum_fw-la iuxta_fw-la rothomagensis_n concilij_fw-la constitutum_fw-la si_fw-la semel_fw-la secundò_fw-la &_o tertiò_fw-la commoniti_fw-la excessum_fw-la suum_fw-la non_fw-la emendaverint_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la 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praedictae_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereupon_o the_o king_n attorney_n dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la decimae_fw-la praedictae_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la quia_fw-la sunt_fw-la infra_fw-la bundas_fw-la forestae_fw-la de_fw-la inglewood_n &_o quod_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o foresta_n sua_fw-la praedicta_fw-la potest_fw-la villa_n aedificare_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la construere_fw-la terras_fw-la assartare_fw-la &_o ecclesias_fw-la illas_fw-la cum_fw-la decimis_fw-la terrarum_fw-la illarum_fw-la pro_fw-la voluntate_fw-la sua_fw-la cuicunque_fw-la voluerit_fw-la confer_v eo_fw-la quod_fw-la foresta_n illa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la infra_fw-la limites_n alicuius_fw-la parochiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-fr petit_fw-fr quod_fw-la decimae_fw-la illae_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la remaneant_fw-la prout_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la debent_fw-la ratione_fw-la praedicta_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quia_fw-la dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la vult_fw-la 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it_o be_v constitute_v that_o 1125._o nullus_fw-la abbas_n nullus_fw-la prio_fw-la nullus_fw-la omnino_fw-la monachus_n vel_fw-la clericus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la sive_fw-la decimam_fw-la seu_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la beneficia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la de_fw-la dono_fw-la laici_fw-la sine_fw-la proprij_fw-la episcopi_fw-la autoritate_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la suscipiat_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la praesumptum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la irrita_fw-la erit_fw-la donatio_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o some_o allowance_n be_v give_v to_o these_o canon_n by_o the_o king_n yet_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a thât_v the_o practice_n be_v for_o diverse_a year_n afterward_o otherwise_o and_o that_o church_n with_o tithe_n be_v most_o common_o give_v by_o lay_a patron_n without_o the_o bishop_n assent_n or_o institution_n and_o that_o as_o well_o by_o fill_v they_o with_o incumbent_n as_o appropriate_v they_o to_o monastery_n chapter_n or_o otherwise_o beside_o the_o example_n that_o may_v enough_o prove_v 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reverendo_fw-la &_o patri_fw-la diligendo_fw-la paschali_fw-la summo_fw-la pontifici_fw-la anselmus_fw-la seruus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cantuariensis_n debitam_fw-la subiectionem_fw-la &_o orationum_fw-la assiduitatem_fw-la postquam_fw-la revocatus_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la redij_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la ostendi_fw-la decreta_fw-la apostolica_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o romano_n concilio_n praesens_fw-la audivi_fw-la ne_fw-la scilicet_fw-la aliquis_fw-la de_fw-la manu_fw-la regis_fw-la aut_fw-la alicuius_fw-la laici_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la inuestituras_fw-la acciperet_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la hoc_fw-la eius_fw-la homo_fw-la fieret_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la haec_fw-la transgredientem_fw-la consecrare_fw-la praesumeret_fw-la quod_fw-la audientes_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la eius_fw-la ipsi_fw-la etiam_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o alij_fw-la minoris_fw-la ordinis_fw-la tam_fw-la gravitèr_fw-la aceperunt_fw-la ut_fw-la assererent_fw-la se_fw-la nullo_fw-la modo_fw-la huic_fw-la 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