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which_o be_v the_o time_n of_o the_o limitation_n of_o all_o prescription_n at_o the_o common_a law_n 653._o 2_o inst_z 653._o which_o reject_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o as_o shall_v seem_v allow_v the_o limitation_n of_o a_o prescription_n or_o custom_n to_o forty_o year_n it_o may_v reasonable_o be_v demand_v how_o this_o manner_n of_o discharge_n can_v be_v make_v out_o at_o this_o day_n since_o there_o be_v now_o no_o person_n live_v that_o can_v prove_v how_o the_o abbot_n hold_v and_o enjoy_v their_o land_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o what_o be_v do_v before_o the_o dissolution_n of_o abbey_n must_v now_o be_v prove_v by_o what_o have_v be_v do_v since_o for_o if_o monastery_n land_n have_v be_v hold_v all_o the_o time_n of_o memory_n since_o the_o dissolution_n free_v from_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n it_o shall_v be_v intend_v that_o they_o be_v so_o hold_v before_o and_o therefore_o they_o have_v not_o pay_v or_o be_v question_v since_o the_o 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begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o h._n 4._o the_o cistertian_n attempt_v to_o have_v enlarge_v their_o privilege_n to_o their_o tenant_n and_o farmer_n which_o tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o many_o poor_a parson_n and_o vicar_n that_o have_v cure_v of_o soul_n be_v complain_v of_o in_o a_o parliament_n hold_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o h._n 4._o whereupon_o it_o be_v enact_v that_o not_o only_o the_o cistertian_n but_o all_o other_o order_n that_o put_v any_o bull_n in_o execution_n for_o the_o discharge_n any_o of_o their_o land_n from_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n in_o the_o land_n of_o their_o tenant_n and_o farmer_n shall_v incur_v a_o praemunire_n that_o be_v forfeit_v all_o their_o good_n and_o the_o profit_n of_o their_o land_n during_o life_n and_o be_v likewise_o imprison_v during_o the_o offender_n life_n which_o give_v such_o a_o check_n to_o that_o proceed_n that_o i_o do_v not_o find_v any_o thing_n of_o that_o nature_n after_o attempt_v the_o templar_n after_o in_o the_o council_n of_o vienna_n 432⸫_n the_o templar_n 2_o inst_z 432⸫_n which_o be_v hold_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1311._o and_o in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o e._n 2._o be_v condemn_v for_o heresy_n and_o all_o their_o possession_n by_o act_n of_o parliament_n make_v in_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o the_o same_o king_n be_v transfer_v to_o the_o hospitalier_n or_o knight_n of_o st._n c._n stat._n 17._o e._n 2._o c._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o enjoy_v they_o till_o the_o thirty_o second_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n h._n 8._o at_o which_o time_n by_o act_n of_o parliament_n they_o be_v settle_v upon_o the_o crown_n 24._o 32_o h._n 8._o c._n 24._o but_o where_o it_o be_v say_v in_o kelway_n that_o the_o templar_n be_v condemn_v of_o heresy_n in_o the_o eight_o year_n e._n 2._o and_o their_o land_n give_v the_o same_o year_n to_o the_o hospitalier_n it_o be_v a_o great_a error_n for_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o council_n of_o vienna_n be_v hold_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o that_o king_n and_o chief_o call_v against_o the_o templar_n and_o it_o be_v as_o clear_v that_o their_o land_n be_v not_o here_o in_o england_n settle_v upon_o the_o hospitalier_n till_o the_o seventeen_o of_o the_o same_o king_n and_o though_o the_o land_n of_o the_o lesser_a monastery_n be_v not_o within_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o 31_o h._n 8._o tithe_n where_o the_o lesser_a abbey_n may_v be_v free_v of_o tithe_n to_o be_v free_v of_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n yet_o they_o ought_v to_o enjoy_v all_o such_o privilege_n as_o be_v annex_v to_o the_o land_n and_o therefore_o such_o land_n in_o who_o hand_n soever_o they_o come_v shall_v be_v free_v of_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n yet_o they_o ought_v to_o enjoy_v all_o such_o privilege_n as_o be_v annex_v to_o the_o land_n and_o therefore_o such_o land_n in_o who_o hand_n soever_o they_o come_v shall_v be_v free_v of_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n by_o real_a composition_n and_o prescription_n de_fw-la modo_fw-la decimandi_fw-la 3_o jones_n 3_o but_o not_o by_o prescription_n de_fw-fr non_fw-fr decimando_fw-la unity_n of_o possession_n order_n or_o bull_n of_o pope_n but_o in_o all_o the_o case_n the_o parson_n and_o vicar_n have_v the_o advantage_n by_o the_o dissolution_n of_o all_o those_o abbey_n that_o be_v dissolve_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o twenty_o seven_o h._n 8._o and_o the_o parson_n and_o vicar_n shall_v in_o such_o case_n be_v restore_v to_o their_o tithe_n again_o which_o in_o all_o justice_n they_o ought_v in_o all_o other_o case_n if_o the_o parliament_n have_v not_o see_v reason_n to_o the_o contrary_n the_o lesser_a monastery_n that_o be_v which_o be_v under_o 200_o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la of_o the_o order_n of_o cistertian_n and_o praemonstratense_n be_v as_o have_v be_v say_v dissolve_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o 27_o h._n 8._o have_v lose_v the_o privilege_n of_o be_v discharge_v of_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n unless_o they_o be_v continue_v as_o the_o abbey_n of_o crouden_n be_v but_o those_o monastery_n of_o those_o order_n that_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o the_o statute_n of_o 31._o h._n 8._o retain_v the_o privilege_n of_o those_o order_n in_o not_o pay_v tithe_n but_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o for_o such_o time_n as_o the_o owner_n hold_v they_o in_o their_o own_o manurance_n for_o if_o they_o let_v they_o out_o to_o tenant_n they_o shall_v have_v no_o more_o privilege_n than_o the_o tenant_n of_o those_o order_n of_o the_o cistertian_n and_o praemonstratense_n have_v which_o be_v none_o at_o all_o but_o note_n free_v jones_n 2_o 3_o etc._n etc._n cro._n jac_fw-la 6â—7_n hob._n 6â—8_n land_n of_o the_o lesser_a abbey_n grant_v to_o the_o bieger_n not_o free_v that_o if_o the_o king_n after_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o lesser_a monastery_n which_o have_v be_v of_o any_o of_o the_o order_n that_o be_v discharge_v of_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n have_v grant_v any_o of_o their_o land_n to_o any_o of_o the_o great_a monastery_n which_o be_v not_o dissolve_v till_o the_o statute_n of_o 31_o h._n 8._o yet_o those_o shall_v not_o retain_v the_o privilege_n the_o abbot_n have_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o former_a dissolution_n the_o right_a immediate_o revert_v by_o the_o dissolution_n to_o the_o parson_n and_o vicar_n to_o who_o the_o tithe_n of_o right_n do_v belong_v the_o great_a abbey_n can_v not_o hold_v they_o legal_o discharge_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o second_o dissolution_n so_o that_o there_o be_v a_o manifest_a difference_n between_o this_o and_o the_o case_n of_o walkelate_n and_o wilshaw_z before_o remember_v for_o in_o that_o case_n the_o monastery_n be_v continue_v and_o not_o dissolve_v till_o the_o statute_n of_o 31_o h._n 8._o and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o no_o land_n acquire_v by_o any_o of_o the_o monastery_n of_o those_o order_n which_o be_v so_o free_v from_o payment_n of_o tithe_n after_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n free_v land_n purchase_v after_o the_o friviledge_n grant_v not_o free_v which_o be_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1215._o and_o by_o consequence_n none_o that_o be_v found_v after_o that_o council_n be_v discharge_v of_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n either_o in_o their_o own_o 121._o selden'_v hiss_v of_o tithe_n 121._o or_o their_o tenant_n hand_n for_o by_o that_o council_n the_o privilege_n be_v limit_v to_o such_o land_n as_o these_o order_n have_v at_o the_o time_n of_o that_o council_n and_o although_o any_o abbey_n land_n of_o the_o great_a abbey_n which_o be_v of_o the_o cistertian_n and_o praemonstratensian_a order_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o tenant_n for_o year_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o dissolution_n 559._o dyer_n 277_o b⸪_n p._n 60._o cro._n jac._n 559._o yet_o the_o king_n and_o
the_o parson_n or_o vicar_n be_v not_o by_o this_o act_n bar_v of_o any_o legacy_n give_v or_o offer_v to_o be_v make_v to_o they_o 9_o no_o mortuary_n to_o be_v pay_v in_o wales_n calais_n or_o barwick_n or_o in_o the_o march_n of_o wales_n but_o where_o accustom_v 10._o it_o be_v provide_v that_o the_o four_o welsh_a bishop_n and_o the_o archdeacon_n of_o chester_n may_v notwithstanding_o this_o act_n take_v their_o accustom_a mortuary_n 11._o that_o where_o less_o have_v accustomable_o be_v take_v for_o mortuary_n than_o be_v limit_v by_o the_o act_n there_o no_o more_o than_o be_v due_a by_o the_o custom_n shall_v be_v take_v sir_n edward_n coke_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o there_o be_v no_o mortuary_n due_a before_o this_o act_n custom_n 2_o inst_z 491⸫_n mortuary_n due_a only_o by_o custom_n by_o any_o law_n but_o by_o custom_n only_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o statute_n of_o circumspect_a agatis_fw-la which_o be_v ubi_fw-la mortuarium_fw-la dari_fw-la consuevit_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o duty_n be_v former_o only_o suable_a for_o in_o the_o court_n christian_n but_o now_o i_o conceive_v a_o action_n of_o debt_n will_v lie_v at_o common_a law_n upon_o this_o statute_n for_o though_o this_o statute_n be_v only_o negative_a that_o they_o shall_v not_o take_v above_o such_o rate_n yet_o it_o imply_v affirmative_a as_o the_o statute_n of_o 2_o e._n 6._o for_o barren_a ground_n and_o the_o statute_n for_o the_o sheriff_n fee_n and_o due_n other_o statute_n for_o those_o mortuary_n that_o prelate_n ancient_o pay_v to_o the_o king_n of_o this_o realm_n bishop_n mortuary_n to_o the_o king_n by_o bishop_n i_o shall_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o but_o refer_v those_o that_o be_v curious_a to_o inform_v themselves_o to_o sir_n edward_n coke_n commentary_n upon_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la 491._o 2_o inst_z 491._o in_o the_o ten_o of_o h._n 4._o b⸪_n 10_o h._n 4._o 1._o b⸪_n a_o vicar_n claim_v a_o mortuary_n by_o custom_n and_o not_o by_o the_o canon_n or_o any_o other_o law_n quod_fw-la nota_fw-la these_o mortuary_n be_v in_o some_o place_n call_v coarse_a present_n name_n their_o name_n or_o coarse_a presentee_n as_o doctor_n cowel_n say_v because_o where_o due_a they_o use_v to_o pay_v before_o the_o coarse_a be_v bury_v when_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o be_v bury_v the_o bishop_n of_o chester_n claim_v by_o custom_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o any_o priest_n chester_n cro._n car._n 237_o 238._o bishop_n of_o chester_n his_o demand_n as_o archdeacon_n of_o chester_n die_v within_o the_o archdeaconry_n of_o chester_n for_o a_o mortuary_n his_o best_a horse_n or_o mare_n saddle_n bridle_n and_o spur_n his_o best_a gown_n a_o cloak_n his_o upper_a garment_n next_o it_o his_o best_a hat_n his_o tipper_n his_o best_a signet_n or_o ring_n and_o this_o custom_n be_v deny_v by_o the_o plaintiff_n in_o a_o prohibition_n but_o what_o the_o success_n be_v i_o have_v not_o hear_v but_o the_o mortuary_n due_a to_o the_o archdeacon_n of_o chester_n be_v except_v and_o the_o bishop_n of_o chester_n hold_v that_o archdeaconry_n as_o i_o have_v be_v inform_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o commendam_fw-la and_o execute_v it_o by_o a_o deputy_n chap._n xxv_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n show_v how_o tithe_n be_v to_o be_v pay_v in_o london_n the_o livelihood_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o london_n pay_v tithe_n in_o london_n how_o to_o be_v pay_v i_o mean_v the_o secular_a clergy_n consist_v heretofore_o chief_o in_o voluntary_a offering_n and_o personal_a tithe_n which_o little_o differ_v from_o voluntary_a offering_n for_o though_o a_o great_a doctor_n tell_v we_o that_o in_o praecipuis_fw-la festivitatibus_fw-la tenetur_fw-la quis_fw-la offer_n christianus_n hostiensis_n c._n omnis_fw-la christianus_n &_o cogi_fw-la potest_fw-la maxim_n cum_fw-la sit_fw-la quasi_fw-la generalis_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la ubique_fw-la terrarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o if_o you_o ask_v he_o which_o be_v those_o feast_n at_o which_o the_o people_n be_v bind_v to_o offer_v etc._n idem_fw-la de_fw-fr paroc_n sect._n in_o quibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o tell_v you_o dies_fw-la dominicos_fw-la &_o dies_fw-la festivos_fw-la but_o there_o be_v no_o canon_n or_o law_n that_o prescribe_v any_o certainty_n in_o the_o quantity_n value_n or_o thing_n to_o be_v offer_v i_o can_v give_v they_o no_o proper_a name_n than_o voluntary_a or_o freewill_n offering_n but_o no_o soon_o be_v popery_n abolish_v in_o this_o nation_n but_o these_o voluntary_a offering_n and_o personal_a tithe_n soon_o come_v to_o little_a and_o notwithstanding_o it_o be_v enact_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o 2_o e._n 6._o that_o all_o that_o by_o law_n or_o custom_n be_v bind_v to_o make_v their_o offering_n shall_v thenceforth_o pay_v they_o to_o the_o parson_n etc._n etc._n yet_o that_o do_v not_o much_o amend_v the_o matter_n so_o that_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o secular_a clergy_n in_o london_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o very_a low_a ebb_n there_o be_v no_o tithe_n as_o have_v be_v say_v chargeable_a upon_o house_n unless_o by_o way_n of_o a_o modus_fw-la decimandi_fw-la whereupon_o the_o clergy_n of_o london_n in_o the_o 37th_o 12._o stat._n 37_o h._n 8._o c._n 12._o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n h._n 8._o make_v their_o application_n to_o the_o parliament_n and_o obtain_v a_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o the_o confirm_v a_o decree_n make_v by_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o divers_a other_o great_a lord_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o settle_v the_o matter_n the_o effect_n whereof_o follow_v which_o be_v print_v among_o the_o other_o act_n of_o parliament_n 1._o decree_n the_o decree_n that_o the_o citizen_n of_o london_n from_o thenceforth_o for_o ever_o shall_v pay_v yearly_a without_o fraud_n or_o guile_n to_o their_o parson_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o time_n be_v for_o every_o ten_o shilling_n rend_v of_o all_o house_n shop_n warehouse_n cellar_n and_o stable_n within_o the_o say_a city_n of_o london_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o same_o 16_o d._n ob_fw-la and_o for_o every_o 20_o s._n rent_n 2_o s._n 9_o d._n and_o so_o ascend_v for_o every_o ten_o shilling_n rend_v 2._o that_o if_o any_o dwell_a house_n shop_n etc._n etc._n shall_v be_v lease_v by_o fraud_n or_o covin_z reserve_v less_o rent_n than_o have_v be_v accustom_v or_o shall_v by_o reason_n of_o fine_a or_o by_o fraud_n or_o covin_z make_v any_o lease_n without_o reserve_v any_o rent_n than_o the_o farmer_n or_o tenant_n shall_v pay_v after_o the_o same_o rate_n the_o say_a house_n etc._n etc._n be_v last_o let_v for_o without_o covin_z but_o note_v that_o if_o the_o house_n etc._n etc._n be_v let_v at_o as_o great_a a_o rent_n as_o the_o same_o be_v set_v at_o at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o make_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n than_o no_o fraud_n can_v be_v aver_v although_o a_o fine_a or_o income_a be_v give_v for_o the_o say_a lease_n 3._o 659._o 2_o inst_z 659._o that_o if_o a_o house_n etc._n etc._n be_v lease_v and_o no_o rent_n at_o all_o reserve_v than_o such_o house_n etc._n etc._n shall_v pay_v such_o rate_n as_o the_o same_o be_v let_v for_o at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o make_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n but_o where_o great_a rent_n be_v reserve_v it_o be_v to_o pay_v according_a to_o the_o best_a improve_a value_n but_o where_o house_n have_v be_v always_o hold_v by_o the_o owner_n 660⸫_n 2_o inst_z 660⸫_n and_o by_o consequence_n no_o rent_n pay_v that_o be_v casus_fw-la omissus_fw-la in_o this_o statute_n and_o such_o house_n will_v be_v free_v of_o payment_n of_o tithe_n by_o this_o law_n but_o if_o it_o be_v a_o house_n that_o yield_v rend_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o make_n of_o the_o decree_n and_o be_v now_o let_v without_o rent_n it_o shall_v pay_v tithe_n according_a to_o the_o rate_v it_o be_v set_v for_o at_o the_o make_n of_o the_o decree_n although_o no_o fine_a at_o all_o be_v pay_v for_o such_o lease_n 5._o the_o tithe_n upon_o this_o decree_n can_v be_v sue_v for_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n because_o the_o act_n itself_o declare_v how_o they_o shall_v be_v recover_v 6._o that_o if_o the_o owner_n hold_v the_o house_n themselves_o than_o they_o shall_v pay_v tithe_n after_o the_o rate_n the_o same_o be_v set_v for_o at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o decree_n 7._o that_o if_o any_o person_n take_v any_o house_n etc._n etc._n by_o lease_n and_o he_o and_o his_o executor_n etc._n etc._n live_v in_o part_n of_o it_o and_o set_v out_o part_n the_o principal_a farmer_n or_o taker_n his_o executor_n etc._n etc._n shall_v pay_v their_o tithe_n for_o he_o and_o their_o part_n after_o the_o rate_n aforesaid_a and_o of_o such_o part_n as_o be_v farm_a out_n according_a to_o the_o rate_n it_o be_v set_v at_o and_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n tithe_n be_v to_o be_v pay_v where_o one_o take_v a_o lease_n
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