petit_fw-la nec_fw-la denarios_fw-la de_fw-la molendinis_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la wareto_o vel_fw-la terra_fw-la nisi_fw-la tantùm_fw-la garbas_fw-la &_o ideò_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la est_fw-la eidem_fw-la eustachio_n quod_fw-la de_fw-fr nullo_fw-la placito_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la sequatur_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la aliquo_fw-la laico_fw-la feodo_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la aliquo_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la contra_fw-la coronam_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la but_o to_o leave_v this_o and_o to_o go_v to_o the_o ii_o and_o iii_o and_o iu_o course_n of_o proceed_v for_o tithe_n in_o temporal_a court_n which_o be_v not_o so_o obuious_o know_v for_o the_o ii_o touch_v the_o writ_n of_o right_n of_o aduowson_n of_o tithe_n and_o the_o indicavit_fw-la it_o have_v be_v clear_a ever_o since_o the_o statut_fw-la of_o westminster_n 2._o cap._n 5._o and_o of_o circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la both_o make_v in_o 13._o ed._n 1._o this_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o long_o since_o be_v receive_v into_o practice_n by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o statut_fw-la and_o so_o call_v in_o act_n of_o parliament_n although_o it_o be_v ancient_o repute_v rather_o as_o a_o ordinance_n make_v 62._o by_o the_o king_n and_o prelate_n that_o if_o a._n parson_n of_o sale_n for_o example_n sake_n libel_n against_o b._n parson_n of_o dale_n in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n for_o so_o much_o tithe_n and_o offering_n possess_v by_o b._n as_o amount_v to_o the_o four_o or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o value_n of_o the_o church_n of_o dale_n b._n may_v have_v he_o prohibit_v by_o a_o indicavit_fw-la direct_v to_o he_o and_o the_o spiritual_a judge_n after_o which_o the_o patron_n of_o a._n have_v no_o other_o remedy_n for_o himself_o or_o his_o encumbent_n what_o right_o soever_o they_o have_v then_o to_o bring_v a_o writ_n of_o right_n in_o the_o common_a plea_n of_o the_o aduowson_n of_o that_o four_o part_n against_o the_o patron_n of_o b._n in_o which_o writ_n the_o right_a of_o those_o tithe_n must_v be_v try_v by_o the_o common_a law_n and_o herewith_o express_o agree_v the_o statut_fw-la of_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o that_o if_o the_o determination_n of_o this_o plea_n shall_v be_v allow_v to_o the_o spiritual_a court_n than_o may_v the_o patron_n aduowson_n of_o such_o a_o part_n be_v there_o lose_v by_o judgement_n according_a to_o the_o canon_n whereas_o the_o right_a of_o aduowson_n and_o patronage_n of_o church_n or_o tithe_n only_o belong_v by_o our_o ancient_a law_n and_o at_o this_o day_n to_o the_o secular_a court_n neither_o be_v the_o writ_n so_o much_o of_o the_o tithe_n as_o of_o the_o aduowson_n of_o the_o tithe_n praecipe_fw-la a._n so_o be_v the_o word_n quod_fw-la reddat_fw-la b._n advocationem_fw-la decimarum_fw-la tertiae_fw-la vel_fw-la quartae_fw-la partis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la c._n etc._n etc._n and_o however_o by_o the_o canon_n law_n the_o right_a of_o tithe_n be_v mere_o spiritual_a and_o so_o not_o due_a to_o the_o rector_n so_o much_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o presentation_n from_o the_o patron_n as_o of_o the_o common_a right_n challenge_v by_o the_o ministry_n whereupon_o also_o part_n lindwood_n like_o a_o canonist_n think_v it_o not_o preiudicall_a to_o the_o patron_n which_o way_n soever_o the_o tithe_n alone_o be_v determine_v of_o in_o regard_n that_o all_o the_o patron_n interest_n be_v he_o say_v original_o in_o the_o foundation_n building_n or_o endow_v of_o the_o church_n with_o manse_n glebe_n or_o rent_n and_o have_v no_o relation_n to_o the_o tithe_n which_o by_o common_a right_n be_v receive_v without_o his_o donation_n yet_o by_o reason_n it_o seem_v both_o of_o our_o ancient_a practise_a law_n of_o dotation_n of_o church_n by_o arbitrarie_a conveyance_n of_o tithe_n at_o the_o owner_n pleasure_n in_o which_o doubtless_o patron_n very_o frequent_o 40._o increase_v the_o revenue_n of_o foundation_n with_o the_o tithe_n of_o their_o demesne_n as_o also_o of_o that_o other_o ancient_a use_n of_o inuestiture_n wherein_o the_o very_a interest_n of_o all_o the_o glebe_n tithe_n annex_v and_o other_o revenue_n be_v transfer_v into_o the_o encumbent_n by_o the_o patron_n it_o be_v think_v fit_a that_o the_o aduowson_n of_o the_o tithe_n alone_o shall_v be_v equal_o repute_v for_o what_o concern_v the_o patron_n with_o any_o other_o part_n of_o the_o church_n revenue_n and_o the_o law_n have_v be_v clear_a thus_o and_o so_o still_o practise_v 108._o since_o the_o statute_n before_o cite_v they_o permit_v not_o the_o spiritual_a court_n to_o hold_v plea_n of_o tithe_n of_o the_o value_n of_o the_o four_o part_n where_o the_o patronage_n be_v questionable_a but_o will_v have_v the_o aduowson_n thereof_o try_v always_o by_o the_o common_a law_n after_o the_o prohibition_n of_o indicavit_fw-la which_o be_v purchase_v aswell_o at_o the_o suit_n of_o the_o patron_n as_o of_o the_o parson_n recite_v that_o the_o parson_n defendant_n in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n tenet_n d._n medietatem_fw-la or_o quartam_fw-la partem_fw-la omnium_fw-la decimarum_fw-la provenientium_fw-la de_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr advocatione_n of_o the_o patron_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o quia_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la praedictus_fw-la the_o patron_n iacturam_fw-la advocationis_fw-la decimarum_fw-la praedictarum_fw-la incurreret_fw-la si_fw-la praedictus_fw-la rector_n in_fw-la causa_fw-la illa_fw-la that_o be_v the_o parson_n plantif_a obtineret_fw-la vobis_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la ne_fw-la placitum_fw-la illud_fw-la teneatis_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la donec_fw-la discussum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la illorum_fw-la pertineat_fw-la earundem_fw-la decimarum_fw-la advocatio_fw-la and_o then_o according_a as_o the_o right_n shall_v afterward_o be_v try_v in_o the_o writ_n of_o right_a the_o spiritual_a judge_n be_v to_o give_v 5._o sentence_n the_o same_o statute_n allow_v to_o the_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n conisan_n of_o the_o five_o and_o of_o all_o part_n less_o than_o a_o four_o of_o the_o value_n of_o the_o church_n in_o tithe_n controvert_v betwixt_o two_o parson_n and_o no_o indicavit_fw-la 2._o be_v grantable_a to_o forbid_v the_o suit_n of_o one_o of_o they_o commence_v for_o any_o less_o part_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o patron_n right_o only_o neither_o upon_o they_o by_o consequence_n have_v any_o writ_n of_o right_n of_o any_o part_n of_o tithe_n that_o d._n appear_v not_o to_o be_v a_o four_o part_n of_o the_o church_n value_n be_v allowable_a but_o for_o this_o point_n how_o the_o law_n be_v before_o those_o statute_n of_o 13._o ed._n 1._o be_v a_o great_a question_n in_o our_o year_n book_n and_o diverse_a be_v the_o opinion_n touch_v it_o some_o 147._o think_v that_o before_o the_o statut_fw-la of_o west_n 2._o cap._n 5._o out_o of_o which_o join_v with_o circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la they_o limit_v the_o indicavit_fw-la to_o the_o four_o part_n no_o writ_n of_o right_n of_o aduowson_n of_o any_o tithe_n lay_v by_o the_o common_a law_n other_o guess_v that_o before_o that_o time_n a_o prohibition_n or_o indicavit_fw-la lie_v upon_o every_o suit_n in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n b._n for_o tithe_n and_o that_o the_o patron_n may_v have_v have_v his_o writ_n of_o a._n right_n upon_o such_o prohibition_n against_o the_o suit_n of_o his_o encumbent_n either_o of_o a_o five_o or_o six_o part_n and_o that_o these_o statute_n restrain_v he_o to_o the_o value_n of_o the_o four_o part_n at_o least_o other_o have_v herein_o other_o fancy_n but_o it_o be_v plain_a first_o that_o long_o before_o those_o statute_n tithe_n be_v demandable_a of_o the_o owner_n detain_v they_o of_o their_o own_o nature_n and_o pleadable_a in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n and_o that_o affirm_v in_o fleta_n be_v regular_o before_o true_a decimae_fw-la 37._o in_o quantum_fw-la decimae_fw-la it_o suit_n against_o the_o parishioner_n debent_fw-la in_fw-la foro_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la intentari_fw-la wherewith_o bracton_n 407._o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o also_o agree_v but_o it_o be_v as_o plain_a that_o before_o those_o statute_n if_o the_o rector_n of_o two_o church_n of_o several_a auowry_n have_v controvert_v the_o right_a of_o a_o four_o part_n or_o of_o the_o value_n of_o either_o of_o their_o church_n more_o in_o tithe_n by_o suit_n commence_v in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n the_o patron_n of_o the_o rector-defendant_n may_v have_v have_v a_o indicavit_fw-la to_o prohibit_v the_o prosecution_n and_o hold_v of_o the_o plea_n bracton_n teach_v we_o that_o and_o have_v the_o form_n of_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o give_v his_o reason_n quia_fw-la posset_n patronus_fw-la iacturam_fw-la suae_fw-la advocationis_fw-la incurrere_fw-la but_o somewhat_o doubtful_o he_o limit_n the_o quantity_n of_o the_o tithe_n to_o the_o six_o part_n at_o the_o least_o beyond_o which_o denomination_n the_o indicavit_fw-la he_o think_v lay_v not_o for_o any_o part_n his_o word_n be_v si_fw-mi contentio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inter_fw-la rectores_fw-la de_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la decimis_fw-la quae_fw-la
as_o it_o be_v jure_fw-la posâ—liminij_fw-la or_o as_o we_o say_v by_o way_n of_o remitter_n that_o be_v they_o be_v so_o annex_v that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v transfer_v again_o into_o lay-hand_n more_o than_o any_o other_o tithe_n which_o be_v the_o ancient_a revenue_n of_o the_o church_n whence_o it_o have_v be_v adjudge_v also_o in_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o baieux_n that_o tithe_n so_o convey_v be_v not_o 2._o subject_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o droict_n de_fw-mi retreat_z lignagier_n that_o be_v the_o right_a of_o the_o heir_n apparant_v redeem_v a_o inheritance_n sell_v by_o his_o ancestor_n within_o a_o year_n and_o a_o day_n or_o some_o such_o certain_a time_n but_o this_o point_n of_o remitter_n they_o ground_n not_o so_o much_o upon_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o tithe_n as_o upon_o a_o old_a law_n of_o s._n lewes_n wherein_o liberty_n be_v give_v that_o all_o person_n decimas_fw-la percipientes_fw-la in_o nostra_fw-la terra_fw-la &_o in_o feudis_fw-la moventibus_fw-la mediate_v vel_fw-la immediate_a de_fw-la nobis_fw-la quas_fw-la clerici_fw-la perciperent_fw-la si_fw-la eas_fw-la laici_fw-la non_fw-la perciperent_fw-la possint_fw-la eas_fw-la relinquere_fw-la dare_v &_o alius_fw-la quocunque_fw-la iusto_fw-la titulo_fw-la &_o licito_fw-la modo_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la concedere_fw-la tenendas_fw-la imperpetuum_fw-la nostro_fw-la vel_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la successorum_fw-la assensu_fw-la minimè_fw-la requisito_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereas_o by_o the_o way_n some_o of_o their_o lawyer_n 30._o say_v that_o feudal_a tithe_n there_o purchase_v by_o clergy_n man_n be_v at_o this_o day_n subject_a to_o the_o doict_n de_fw-fr noweaux_fw-fr acquests_n i._o a_o kind_n of_o fine_n for_o alienation_n which_o i_o can_v not_o yet_o learn_v how_o it_o well_o stand_v with_o this_o of_o s._n lewes_n but_o they_o common_o interpret_v it_o as_o a_o ordinance_n to_o this_o end_n that_o when_o the_o church_n the_o parish_n 35._o church_n only_o to_o which_o they_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v due_a have_v get_v they_o free_a by_o sale_n or_o gift_n or_o otherwise_o they_o shall_v be_v perpetual_o annex_v to_o it_o and_o be_v it_o not_o for_o this_o ordinance_n which_o interpretation_n have_v thus_o apply_v their_o lawyer_n ought_v to_o have_v inquire_v more_o careful_o about_o the_o original_n of_o every_o infeodation_n for_o where_o it_o begin_v from_o a_o layman_n there_o what_o cause_n be_v of_o remitter_n and_o these_o kind_n of_o feudall_a tithe_n also_o of_o their_o own_o nature_n be_v mere_a lay_v possession_n and_o determinable_a in_o that_o kingdom_n only_o before_o the_o secular_a judge_n as_o it_o appear_v not_o only_o in_o a_o old_a ordinance_n of_o philip_n le_fw-fr beau_n touch_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o tithe_n and_o in_o the_o protocolle_n or_o register_n of_o the_o chancery_n of_o france_n but_o also_o in_o a_o late_a arrest_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n where_o a_o curate_n sue_v before_o a_o official_a for_o his_o canonica_n portio_fw-la which_o have_v be_v there_o sometime_o 15._o adjudge_v the_o four_o part_n but_o be_v arbitrary_o determine_v against_o some_o other_o churchman_n that_o enjoy_v the_o tithe_n of_o the_o parish_n who_o plead_v to_o the_o jurisdiction_n that_o the_o tithe_n be_v feudall_a and_o desire_v that_o he_o will_v not_o hold_v plea_n of_o what_o so_o much_o belong_v to_o the_o king_n court_n but_o the_o official_a first_o give_v sentence_n that_o the_o defendant_n shall_v bring_v in_o his_o proof_n of_o the_o tithe_n be_v feudall_n which_o fail_v he_o proceed_v to_o the_o point_n of_o the_o action_n thereupon_o by_o appel_n comme_fw-fr d'abus_fw-la it_o come_v into_o the_o parliament_n of_o paris_n which_o after_o solemn_a argument_n give_v 551._o judgement_n that_o the_o official_a have_v usurp_v over_o the_o royal_a jurisdiction_n in_o that_o he_o have_v at_o all_o proceed_v after_o the_o simple_a allegation_n of_o infeodation_n which_o alone_o bind_v the_o hand_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n that_o have_v no_o more_o power_n to_o inquire_v of_o the_o infeodation_n or_o of_o tithe_n as_o feudall_n then_o of_o any_o other_o lay_v inheritance_n and_o in_o the_o same_o case_n reference_n be_v make_v to_o some_o other_o judgment_n of_o like_a nature_n and_o the_o reason_n give_v in_o the_o arrest_n be_v main_o because_o tithe_n of_o their_o own_o nature_n and_o original_o be_v not_o otherwise_o spiritual_a or_o belong_v to_o a_o spiritual_a court_n then_o only_o as_o they_o be_v annex_v to_o a_o church_n or_o some_o other_o hallow_a place_n la_fw-fr raison_fw-fr est_fw-fr be_v the_o word_n que_fw-fr suyvant_fw-fr le_fw-fr doctrine_n de_fw-fr s·_fw-la thomas_n nous_fw-fr tenons_n qu'en_n la_o loy_n de_fw-fr grace_n les_fw-fr dixmes_fw-fr sont_fw-fr deves_n non_fw-it de_fw-fr droict_n divin_v mais_fw-fr positif_a &_o l'esglise_fw-fr en_fw-fr naissant_a n'a_fw-fr este_fw-la faict_n dame_n de_fw-fr ce_fw-fr droict_n ains_fw-fr par_fw-fr le_fw-fr don_n &_o concession_n des_fw-fr rois_fw-fr prince_n &_o autres_fw-fr a_fw-fr qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr droict_n il_fw-fr appertenoit_fw-fr whence_o if_o they_o be_v annex_v to_o any_o church_n they_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n that_o be_v give_v ancient_o for_o they_o but_o be_v as_o feudall_a inheritance_n although_o they_o once_o be_v in_o the_o church_n yet_o a_o new_a character_n of_o be_v mere_a lay_n be_v restore_v to_o they_o those_o 1111._o infeodation_n of_o tithe_n be_v there_o very_o frequent_a and_o in_o very_a many_o parish_n the_o tithe_n be_v take_v only_o by_o lay_v man_n but_o for_o they_o so_o much_o custom_n in_o payment_n and_o non_fw-la payment_n of_o the_o ten_o have_v ever_o hold_v in_o that_o church_n which_o may_v alone_o be_v prove_v out_o of_o some_o passage_n in_o gerson_n and_o in_o 36._o johannes_n maior_n who_o tell_v we_o that_o plurimi_fw-la in_o italia_n &_o francia_n de_fw-fr multis_fw-la rebus_fw-la quotam_fw-la non_fw-la daunt_v but_o it_o may_v more_o full_o be_v manifest_v by_o edict_n of_o late_a time_n in_o one_o of_o charles_n the_o nine_o and_o another_o of_o henry_n the_o three_o dixmes_fw-fr se_fw-fr leveront_fw-fr selon_fw-fr la_fw-fr coustume_n des_fw-fr lieux_fw-fr &_o la_fw-fr cotte_n accustumee_fw-fr in_o iceux_fw-fr et_fw-fr ou_fw-fr la_fw-fr dit_fw-fr coustume_n serra_fw-mi obscure_a &_o incertain_a serra_fw-mi suivie_a celle_fw-fr des_fw-fr lieux_fw-fr circumuoisin_n the_o french_a custom_n according_a to_o diverse_a usage_n of_o their_o province_n be_v frequent_a for_o pay_v a_o less_o part_n than_o the_o ten_o and_o clear_o allow_v 7._o by_o diverse_a judgement_n neither_o be_v the_o canon_n law_n which_o allow_v not_o custom_n suffer_v to_o be_v there_o practise_v and_o for_o custom_n of_o pay_v none_o or_o de_fw-fr non_fw-fr decimando_fw-la in_o some_o case_n they_o hold_v there_o also_o and_o that_o by_o force_n of_o that_o lex_fw-la famigerata_fw-la as_o 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