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roll_n wherein_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o demand_v no_o more_o than_o six_o mark_n beneficiatus_fw-la but_o who_o be_v these_o parish-priest_n not_o such_o as_o have_v the_o legal_a endowment_n but_o those_o who_o depend_v on_o the_o goodwill_n of_o the_o parson_n or_o people_n and_o be_v hire_v to_o officiate_v in_o chapel_n of_o ease_n or_o to_o perform_v office_n for_o the_o dead_a which_o be_v so_o frequent_a at_o that_o time_n and_o these_o be_v call_v annual_a chaplain_n or_o mass_n chaplain_n and_o be_v distinguish_v from_o domestic_a chaplain_n who_o officiate_v in_o great_a man_n house_n in_o their_o private_a oratory_n 1_o and_o from_o benefice_a person_n as_o appear_v by_o many_o constitution_n but_o whatever_o be_v understand_v by_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n then_o it_o be_v repeal_v 21_o jac._n 1._o 28._o 3._o the_o law_n of_o england_n as_o to_o a_o competent_a subsistence_n for_o the_o vicar_n or_o
these_o i_o shall_v discourse_v in_o order_n so_o as_o to_o clear_v the_o great_a difficulty_n with_o respect_n to_o they_o 1._o as_o to_o appropriation_n by_o the_o statute_n of_o dissolution_n 31_o h._n 8._o 13._o the_o new_a possessor_n be_v to_o enjoy_v their_o parsonage_n appropriate_v tithe_n pension_n and_o portion_n and_o all_o other_o land_n belong_v to_o they_o discharge_v and_o acquit_v of_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n as_o free_o and_o in_o as_o ample_a a_o manner_n as_o they_o be_v enjoy_v before_o 32_o h._n 8._o 7._o it_o be_v enact_v that_o no_o person_n shall_v be_v compel_v or_o otherwise_o sue_v to_o yield_v give_v or_o pay_v any_o manner_n of_o tithe_n for_o any_o manor_n land_n tenement_n or_o other_o hereditament_n which_o by_o law_n or_o statute_n of_o this_o realm_n be_v discharge_v or_o not_o chargeable_a with_o the_o payment_n of_o any_o such_o tithe_n so_o that_o we_o must_v inquire_v into_o the_o state_n of_o parsonage_n appropriate_v before_o the_o dissolution_n and_o how_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n stand_v then_o i_o will_v not_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v church_n appropriate_v to_o monastery_n in_o the_o saxon_a time_n but_o if_o mr._n selden_n doctrine_n hold_v good_a as_o to_o the_o arbitrary_a consecration_n of_o tithe_n till_o the_o twelve_o century_n those_o church_n can_v carry_v the_o tithe_n along_o with_o they_o but_o only_o such_o glebe_n and_o oblation_n as_o belong_v to_o they_o for_o how_o can_v the_o tithe_n pass_v with_o the_o church_n if_o they_o be_v not_o then_o annex_v to_o they_o but_o he_o confess_v 370._o that_o the_o mention_n of_o tithe_n with_o church_n in_o appropriation_n be_v rare_a or_o not_o at_o all_o till_o after_o the_o norman_n the_o reason_n may_v be_v that_o the_o separation_n of_o tithe_n from_o the_o church_n be_v not_o know_v till_o the_o norman_a time_n for_o the_o norman_a nobility_n take_v little_a notice_n of_o the_o saxon_a law_n about_o tithe_n but_o find_v tithe_n pay_v out_o of_o the_o land_n within_o their_o manor_n they_o think_v they_o do_v well_o if_o they_o give_v the_o whole_a tithe_n or_o a_o portion_n and_o share_n of_o they_o as_o they_o think_v fit_a to_o some_o monastery_n either_o abroad_o or_o at_o home_n and_o this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o true_a account_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o appropriation_n among_o we_o it_o be_v endless_a to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o appropriation_n make_v by_o the_o norman_n 31â—punc_fw-la for_o the_o monasticon_fw-la be_v full_a of_o they_o william_n i._o give_v several_a church_n with_o their_o tithe_n to_o battle-abbey_n william_n rufus_n add_v more_o h._n 1._o to_o the_o monastery_n of_o read_v several_a church_n in_o likemanner_n 417._o and_o h._n 2._o more_o hugh_z earl_n of_o chester_n give_v the_o tithe_n of_o several_a manor_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o st._n 202._o werburg_n in_o the_o time_n of_o william_n i._o of_o which_o kind_n the_o instance_n be_v too_o many_o to_o be_v mention_v instead_o thereof_o i_o shall_v set_v down_o the_o state_n of_o the_o parochial_a clergy_n under_o these_o appropriation_n which_o be_v very_o mean_a and_o intend_v so_o to_o be_v be_v supply_v by_o the_o english_a clergy_n 1._o where_o the_o church_n and_o tithe_n be_v appropriate_v to_o a_o monastery_n the_o vicar_n have_v only_o such_o a_o competency_n as_o the_o bishop_n think_v fit_a to_o allow_v till_o vicarage_n come_v to_o be_v endow_v for_o right_o understand_v this_o matter_n of_o appropriation_n as_o it_o stand_v here_o in_o england_n these_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v 1._o that_o there_o be_v a_o parochial_a right_n of_o tithe_n settle_v in_o the_o saxon_a time_n which_o i_o infer_v from_o the_o law_n of_o edgar_n and_o canutus_n where_o the_o tithe_n be_v require_v to_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o mother-church_n saxon._n and_o if_o the_o lord_n of_o a_o manor_n have_v a_o church_n on_o his_o own_o free-land_n 62._o he_o may_v retain_v a_o three_o part_n of_o the_o tithe_n for_o the_o use_v of_o it_o 444._o these_o law_n be_v so_o plain_a and_o clear_a 11._o that_o mr._n selden_n do_v not_o deny_v they_o 262._o and_o he_o confess_v the_o first_o limitation_n of_o profit_n to_o be_v contain_v in_o they_o but_o what_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o the_o mother-church_n to_o which_o the_o tithe_n be_v give_v mr._n selden_n will_v have_v it_o the_o monastery_n or_o mother-church_n but_o afterward_o he_o grant_v 264._o that_o a_o parochial_a right_n to_o incumbent_n be_v hereby_o settle_v which_o be_v the_o first_o legal_a settlement_n of_o tithe_n in_o a_o parochial_a manner_n but_o these_o law_n of_o edgar_n and_o canutus_n be_v so_o solemn_o enact_v that_o as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v 224._o they_o be_v particular_o call_v leges_fw-la anglicae_fw-la the_o old_a english_a law_n in_o the_o old_a latin_a mss._n it_o be_v a_o common_o receive_v opinion_n among_o the_o lawyer_n of_o the_o best_a rank_n 44._o that_o before_o the_o lateran_n council_n there_o be_v no_o parochial_a settlement_n of_o tithe_n here_o 641._o my_o lord_n coke_n find_v no_o such_o decree_n of_o the_o lateran_n council_n under_o alexander_n 3._o 5_o h._n 84._o 2._o a._n d._n 241._o 1179._o 422._o and_o therefore_o he_o refer_v it_o to_o a_o decretal_a of_o innocent_a 3._o 220._o as_o to_o the_o lateran_n 293._o council_n which_o lyndwood_n mention_n b._n it_o plain_o speak_v of_o feudal_n tithe_n which_o a_o person_n enjoy_v by_o the_o church_n grant_v and_o such_o might_n before_o that_o council_n be_v give_v to_o what_o church_n the_o person_n please_v but_o be_v there_o no_o difference_n between_o feudal_n and_o parochial_a tithe_n and_o what_o proof_n be_v there_o of_o any_o ancient_a infeodation_n of_o tithe_n here_o 404._o mr._n selden_n himself_o think_v lyndwood_n apply_v the_o custom_n of_o other_o country_n to_o his_o own_o but_o as_o to_o the_o parochial_a right_n of_o tithe_n among_o we_o it_o stand_v thus_o by_o the_o saxon_a law_n the_o parochial_a be_v settle_v after_o the_o norman_a invasion_n these_o law_n be_v neglect_v and_o slight_v by_o the_o norman_n h._n i._n by_o his_o charter_n restore_v they_o h._n 1._o c._n 11._o and_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o law_n of_o edgar_n and_o canutus_n be_v repeat_v the_o norman_n go_v on_o notwithstanding_o and_o so_o these_o law_n be_v discontinue_v in_o practice_n but_o hadrian_n 4._o who_o be_v a_o englishman_n by_o birth_n observe_v the_o disorderly_a payment_n of_o tithe_n here_o publish_v a_o constitution_n to_o require_v the_o parochial_a payment_n of_o they_o as_o be_v observe_v by_o p._n pithaeus_n a_o very_a learned_a and_o impartial_a man._n after_o he_o alexander_n 3._o in_o a_o decretal_a direct_v to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o his_o suffragans_fw-la 4._o complain_v that_o whereas_o the_o parishioner_n have_v former_o pay_v their_o tithe_n entire_o where_o they_o ought_v to_o pay_v they_o the_o contrary_a custom_n have_v obtain_v and_o some_o withdraw_v the_o 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