Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	fee_n	lease_n	tenant_n	4,677	5	10.0235	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

leo_n the_o great_a he_o be_v pope_n from_o cccc_o xl_o to_o cccc_o lx_o have_v diverse_a sermon_n yet_o remain_v de_fw-fr ieiunio_fw-la decimi_fw-la mensis_fw-la &_o eleemosynis_fw-la wherein_o he_o be_v very_o earnest_a and_o large_a in_o stir_v up_o every_o man_n devotion_n to_o offer_v to_o his_o parish_n church_n part_n of_o his_o receive_v fruit_n but_o speak_v not_o a_o word_n of_o any_o certain_a quantity_n the_o like_a may_v be_v note_v in_o some_o homily_n of_o sa●●liana_n s._n chrysostom_n touch_v the_o church_n maintenance_n in_o which_o you_o may_v wonder_v how_o tithe_n be_v omit_v if_o either_o devotion_n or_o doctrine_n have_v near_o the_o begin_n of_o these_o cccc_o year_n make_v payment_n of_o they_o especial_o in_o the_o more_o eastern_a part_n of_o any_o common_a use_n for_o the_o late_a part_n of_o those_o year_n see_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o this_o chapter_n ii_o but_o beside_o the_o offering_n of_o ten_o yearly_a as_o be_v do_v by_o the_o devout_a sort_n 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these_o can_v well_o be_v understand_v unless_o you_o interpret_v they_o to_o mean_a church_n ancient_o endowd_v with_o tithe_n and_o what_o be_v then_o about_o the_o year_n dccc_o say_a to_o be_v ancient_o endowd_v must_v be_v refer_v back_o into_o some_o part_n of_o the_o time_n we_o now_o speak_v of_o neither_o be_v the_o monument_n of_o that_o time_n without_o example_n of_o such_o endowment_n it_o be_v report_v that_o pippin_n about_o the_o year_n dcc.l_o grant_v the_o tithe_n of_o all_o that_o lay_v between_o ourt_n and_o lesche_n two_o river_n of_o ardoinne_n to_o a_o church_n consecrate_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o s._n monon_n so_o i_o take_v that_o in_o octob._n s._n monon_n life_n beato_n viro_fw-la ob_fw-la titulum_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la mactato_fw-la pipinus_fw-la rex_fw-la regaliter_fw-la decimas_fw-la obtulit_fw-la quas_fw-la habet_fw-la inter_fw-la letiam_fw-la &_o vrtam_fw-la so_o about_o the_o year_n 15._o dc.lxxx_o decimancula_fw-la in_o rodulfi_n curte_n that_o be_v the_o right_a of_o a_o tithe_n of_o small_a value_n in_o a_o place_n call_v rodulf_n court_n be_v consecrate_v to_o the_o church_n of_o arras_n and_o in_o a_o confirmation_n by_o king_n pipin_n of_o the_o foundation_n de●a●re_fw-la of_o the_o abbey_n of_o fulda_n which_o be_v make_v in_o dcc.xlii_o consecration_n of_o tithe_n to_o the_o same_o abbey_n either_o already_o make_v or_o thereafter_o to_o be_v make_v be_v special_o confirm_v whatsoever_o it_o have_v or_o thereafter_o shall_v have_v in_o donis_fw-la oblationibus_fw-la decimisque_fw-la fidelium_fw-la absque_fw-la ullius_fw-la personae_fw-la contradictione_n firmitate_fw-la perpetuâ_fw-la fruatur_fw-la be_v the_o word_n but_o these_o kind_n of_o grant_n it_o seem_v be_v not_o yet_o in_o much_o use_n and_o what_o be_v of_o they_o i_o guess_v may_v have_v beginning_n not_o long_o before_o dcc_n year_n from_o our_o saviour_n for_o if_o they_o have_v be_v know_v much_o before_o the_o precedent_n of_o they_o can_v hardly_o 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exemption_n or_o discharge_v of_o payment_n original_o by_o privilege_n prescription_n unity_n grant_n or_o composition_n and_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o dissolution_n i._o from_o those_o arbitrarie_a consecration_n and_o frequent_a appropriation_n of_o tithe_n whereof_o we_o have_v hitherto_o make_v mention_n to_o monastery_n or_o other_o religious_a place_n as_o college_n of_o regulars_n chantry_n and_o free-chappels_a come_v the_o present_a and_o common_a infeodation_n of_o they_o into_o lay_v hand_n which_o begin_v in_o the_o age_n of_o our_o father_n for_o the_o portion_n of_o tithe_n convey_v to_o they_o out_o of_o close_n part_n of_o manor_n and_o whole_a demesne_n by_o the_o owner_n together_o with_o the_o tithe_n grant_v and_o possess_v with_o appropriate_v church_n be_v first_o by_o the_o statut_fw-la of_o dissolution_n of_o monastery_n in_o 31._o hen._n 8._o and_o by_o that_o other_o of_o 1._o ed._n 6._o give_v to_o the_o crown_n and_o from_o thence_o grant_v to_o lay_v 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name_n of_o infeodation_n but_o that_o some_o be_v here_o observe_v that_o of_o odo_n bishop_n of_o bayeux_n and_o earl_n of_o kent_n which_o be_v before_o cite_v out_o of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o abbot_n of_o s._n augustine_n in_o canterbury_n the_o word_n be_v decimas_fw-la aliquas_fw-la quas_fw-la mei_fw-la fideles_fw-la habebant_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o can_v that_o be_v according_a to_o the_o word_n other_o than_o tithe_n that_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o some_o of_o his_o tenant_n you_o may_v add_v that_o of_o robert_n s._n john_n cite_v before_o out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o bosgrave_n where_o he_o have_v by_o the_o gift_n of_o his_o brother_n william_n certain_a tithe_n which_o he_o give_v to_o the_o priory_n for_o maintenance_n of_o a_o fourteen_o monk_n and_o observe_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o deed_n there_o so_o out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o osney_n it_o appear_v before_o that_o decimatio_fw-la nicholai_n de_fw-fr stodeham_n quam_fw-la fromundus_n capellanus_fw-la 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