A history of tithes - Henry William Clarke

INDEX.

Abel, [3].
Abraham, [1].
Adam, [3], [6].
Advowsons, sale of, [27].
Aelfwold, King of Northumbria, [42].
Aidan, Bishop, [36].
Alcuin, [35].
Alfred, King, [67].
Alien Priories, property of, [139];
annual amount sent to Cluny in France, [170];
dissolved, [170].
Allen, John, his “Inquiry into the Royal Prerogative,” [58].
Althorp, Lord, [202].
Appendices, see Table of Contents, p. [xvi].
Apostolical Constitutions, [5-7].
Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, increased Bishop Roger’s modus for City of London, [187];
the record of the Common Council on this modus, [188].
Asser, [55].
Athelstan, King, law of tithes, [70].
Athon, John de, his “Constitutions of Otho”; refers to canon law which makes rectors repair chancel and nave of churches, [124, note 1].
Baldred, King of Kent, his witan declined to ratify a grant of folcland, [58].
Baron, John, [105].
Bede, [11];
speaks but once of tithes, to be paid to poor, [21];
his account of landowners’ churches, [25], [26], [81], [82].
Bellarmine, Cardinal, [5], [6].
Benefices in England and Wales, [257].
Birch, his “Cartularium Saxonicum,” [37], [39], [58], [61], [143];
discovers earliest Anglo-Saxon census MS., [91].
Birinus, first Archbishop of York, [35].
Bishops, first distributors of church revenues, [18];
British Bishops (A.D. 597), [35];
Anglo-Saxon, [93].
Blunt, in his “History of the Reformation” tells of the condition of the poor at the dissolution of monasteries, [128].
Blackstone, Judge, quadripartite division, [18], [23];
church endowments, [24], [25];
monks, [88];
his views on the origin of arbitrary consecration of tithes, [148].
Bocland defined, [57].
Boniface, Archbishop of Mentz, [40].
British Churches, ancient, no tithes paid to, [14].
Brewer, J. S., [11], [17], [119].
Bromton, John, abbot of Jervaulx in Yorkshire, [48], [49], [114], [115].
Burnet, Bishop, his criticisms on Wharton’s “Anglia Sacra,” [129], [130].
Cain, [3].
Caird, Sir James, valued tithes at six millions, [207].
Canons, Calchyth (Chelsea), A.D. 787, p. [43].
Canute, King, his laws, [121];
made use of thirty-six out of the forty-five articles of the “Church Grith” Laws, [121];
parishioners to keep churches in repair, [156].
Canterbury, primacy of, [37].
Catalogue of Sir Robert Cotton’s library, in A.D. 1632, [99], [100];
second catalogue, 1695;
third, 1705.
Cave, Dr., his character of Wharton, [129].
Chancel, to be kept in repair by owners of tithes, [156].
Charibert, king of Paris, [13].
Charles (Charlemagne), king of France, makes his first public law for payment of tithes, A.D. 779, pp. [33], [34], [40].
Christian ministers, how maintained, [4], [7].
Church Defence Institution, [11].
Church of England established in the kingdom of Kent, [14], [15];
in Northumbria, [36].
Church Grith Law, art. 6, enacts the tripartite division of tithes, [95];
Thorpe, Lingard, Stubbs, and Freeman acknowledge this law, [96], [97];
chapters [x.], [xii.] refute the opinions of opponents of this law.
Church-Scot, [77], [78].
Church Revenues, [258].
Clergy, their share of Church revenues, [18], [79], [132], [258];
“They had not the sole use of tithes,” [21].
Codex Diplomaticus, Kemble, [59], [61], [63].
Colman, Bishop, [37], [38].
Comber, Thomas, Dean of Carlisle, supports, like Dean Prideaux, the divine right of persons to their tithes, and abuses Selden for having denied it, [53].
Commons, House of, petitioned the Crown against paying tithes for timber, [136];
succeeded in 1372 in limiting power of canon of A.D. 1343 as regards timber, [136-138].
Commutation Act, [201];
Paley’s and Adam Smith’s definitions of tithes, [201];
“commuted value,” defined, [203];
an illustration of the, [204];
formula used to find the septennial average, [204];
the 80th sec. left a loophole by which landlords contracted themselves out of payment, [204], [205];
great injustice of paying tithes on agricultural produce only, [206];
tithes valued in 1836 at six millions, [207];
who shared the profits? [207], [208].
Confession, The, its power for exacting tithes, [28].
Constantine, Emperor, [7].
Cotton, Sir Robert, his library, [98-101];
Church Grith law not in his library during his life, [99];
Lord Selborne says it was, [102];
not in the official catalogue of 1632, pp. [99], [100];
first mentioned in Wanley’s catalogue of 1705, p. [100].
Cotton, Sir John, [100], [101];
died A.D. 1702;
Act of Parliament passed in 1702 vesting library in trustees, [100].
Councils, synod at Westminster, A.D. 1175, [133];
in A.D. 1195 by Archbishop of York, [133];
Archbishop Winchelsey’s synod in London, A.D. 1295, [134];
synod at St. Paul’s, London, A.D. 1343;
tithing all manner of timber, [135];
the House of Commons frequently petitioned against this canon; arbitrary appropriation of tithes abolished by the third Lateran Council, [148];
again in A.D. 1215, [150];
Archbishop Stratford’s council in London in A.D. 1342, the 4th canon of which provided for poor, [157];
the third Lateran council had forbidden “infeudations,” [159].
Crab, Friar, [10].
Cranmer, Archbishop, surrendered landed estates to Henry VIII., [182].
Cromwell, Earl of Essex, his advice to Henry VIII., how and why to divide the monastic lands, [125], [126].
Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canterbury, [40].
Danegeld, [17].
Danes, treaty with, between Edward the Elder and Guthrum II., for payment of tithes, [69].
Decretals, forged, of Isidore, [10].
Degge, Sir Simon, his “Parson’s Counsellor,” [128];
he said, “The poor have a share in the tithes,” [129];
a brief sketch of his life, [130];
Lord Selborne quotes a garbled edition of Degge’s Counsellor, [130], [131].
Deusdedit, Archbishop of Canterbury, [37].
Dibdin, Mr. Chancellor, in his new edition of Dr. Brewer’s work wrongly translates “portiones,” [11], [17], [22], [23];
differs from Brewer on the division of tithes, [11];
omits material evidence, [119];
his error on the “Penitential” of Theodore, [119];
his “blend,” [119].
Diocese and parish at one time, synonymous, [83].
Dionysius, “Exiguus,” mentions nothing about tithes, [5].
Dominicans, [170].
Dunstan, Archbishop, [148], [163];
first episcopal pluralist, [165].
Eadbert, bishop of Lindisfarne in A.D. 686, paid tithes to the poor, but not to the Church, [21], [51].
Earl of Chester, charter of, [176].
Ecclesiastical Commission created in 1836, particulars of its “Common Fund” in 43rd Report, [141], [173].
Edgar’s, King, laws, [79];
manorial churches received one-third of the tithes, [79];
threefold division of churches, [80];
first English law expressly appropriating tithes, [80];
canons of, [86];
important gloss, [86].
Edmund, King, the laws of, [77];
bishops to keep churches in repair, [156].
Edwin, King, [36].
Edward the Confessor, his alleged laws for tithes, [19].
Edward the Elder, King, his treaty with King Guthrum II., by which the Danes were to pay tithes, [69].
Egbert, King, [37], [58].
Egbert, Archbishop of York, his works, [29];
his Excerptions, [30-32], [103];
his alleged tripartite division of tithes an anachronism, [30];
sources of Egbert’s excerptions, [32].
Englishman’s Brief, [9], [138], [139], [142], [143], [145].
Esdaile, Edward Jeffries, owner of tithes of St. Botolph without Aldgate, with particulars, [199], [200].
Ethelbert, king of Kent, became a Christian, [13];
created and endowed three bishoprics, [15];
the Anglo-Saxon Church was thus State Established, [15, note 3];
enacted no laws for payment of tithes, [19].
Ethelbert, King of East Angles, [48].
Ethelred II., called the Unready, returns from exile, A.D. 1014, p. [102];
his Church Grith law for the tripartite division of tithes, [94], [95], etc.
Ethelwulf’s, King, charters, [59], [60], [62], [65].
Exon Domesday, [58].
Extraordinary tithe-rent charge, how it originated, [211], [213];
redeemed, [213].
Felix, a Burgundian missionary, [35].
Fire Acts, [188], [190].
First Fruits and Tenths, their origin, [2].
Folcland defined, [56].
Franciscans, [170].
Freeman, E. A., on lawyers, [25];
on letter of Kentish men to Athelstan, [75];
on tithe law passed at Greatanlea, [75];
on Edmund’s law, [79];
contradicts himself on the Church Grith law, [108-110];
letter to Fuller, [108-109];
his pedantry and inconsistency, [111] and [note 2].
Fuller, Rev. M., “Our Title Deeds,” its errors, [19], [68], [69], [73], [116], [119];
dedicated his work to Lord Selborne, [119];
Freeman’s letter to him about the “Church Grith law,” [108], [109];
omits material evidence against Price’s opinion, [107];
passes over the threefold division of Church revenues stated by the rectors of Reading, [132];
admits threefold division in Grith law, [117];
fails to “shake its authority,” [118], [119].
George, bishop of Ostia, [42].
Greatanlea, Council of, [74].
Grith and Mund, [95].
Guthrum I., King, his treaty with Alfred, in which there was nothing about tithes, [67];
received from King Alfred East Anglia and Northumberland, [69].
Guthrum II., his treaty with Edward the Elder in which the Danes were to pay tithes, [69].
Habam, King Ethelred’s ordinances of, [95].
Haddan and Stubbs’ “Concilia” iii. on Ethelwulf’s charters, [61], [63], [65];
their opinions on Theodore’s “Penitential,” [20-23].
Hale, William, archdeacon of London, first questioned the tripartite division of tithes, [85];
foundation of his arguments, [107];
gets Price’s opinion on the Church Grith law, [107];
seeks and receives another opinion, which is adverse to Price’s, [107];
Selborne, Fuller, Dibdin and others avoid quoting this adverse opinion, [107].
Hallam, Henry, [81].
Hasted, the historian of Kent, [175].
Higbert, Archbishop of Lichfield, [41], [42].
Holinshed, [48].
Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury, parishes traced to, [83].
Hook, Dean of Chichester, [15].
Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, intr., [xiii].
Huntingdon the chronicler, [54].
Ina, King, Church-scot in his Laws, A.D. 690, p. [78];
tithes not mentioned, [78].
Inclosure Awards, [257].
Incumbents of churches, now free-holders, but up to A.D. 1180 held their positions according to will of patron, [148];
before Richard I. and John, lay patrons, nominated, instituted, and inducted them, [150].
Infeudations defined, [159];
third Lateran Council, A.D. 1180 had forbidden them, [159].
Ingulph, [55], [65], [66].
Irish missionaries, [12].
Isidore, Archbishop of Seville, forged decretals, [10].
Jaenbert, Archbishop of Canterbury, [40].
Johnson’s, John, “Laws and Customs,” [69];
founded on “Concilia,” [105];
the Church Grith law unknown to him, [105].
Josephus, [10].
Josseline, secretary to Archbishop Parker, [101].
Justus, Bishop, [15], [16], [36], [37].
Kemble, John, [5], [14], [33];
on Offa’s grant, [50];
his six canons in testing charters, [59];
his opinions on Ethelwulf’s charters, [63-65];
supports Athelstan’s tithe-law, [71];
synods and councils not different in meaning, [74], [79].
Kennett, Bishop of Peterborough, on one-third of tithes to manor churches, [85], [86];
“the parish priest was the bank,” [24].
Kentish men, letter of, to Athelstan, [75].
Lambarde, William, his collection of Anglo-Saxon laws, A.D. 1568, [104].
Landlords’ or manorial churches, [23], [24];
earliest account of, [25], [26];
Edgar’s laws giving them one-third of the tithes, [26], [79];
how this one-third passed into the whole according to Lord Selborne, [123], [149].
Laurentius, Archbishop, [36].
Legatine Councils in England, [42].
Lindisfarne, bishopric of, [36].
Lingard, Dr., on Bede’s “Tributum,” [22];
on Egbert’s excerptions, [30];
on Athelstan’s law, [72];
his remarks on the letter of the Kentish men to King Athelstan, [75];
on Church Grith law, [96], [116].
London, tithes in the city and liberties of, [186-200];
first Fire Act enacting tithes, [188];
second Fire Act, [190];
parishes receiving tithes by these Fire Acts enumerated, [190-192];
forty-one parishes out of the eighty-six now united, their incomes and populations, [192];
other parishes in the city and liberties not included in Fire Acts, their incomes and populations, [194-200];
the tripartite division of church revenues in London churches, [193].
Magdeburg centuries, [43].
Malmesbury chronicler, [54].
Manorial churches, see [Landlord’s churches].
Market-gardens Act of 1873, how it originated, [211];
orchards, [211].
Masçon, provincial council of, [10], [11].
Mellitus, Bishop, [15], [16], [36].
Mendicant friars, [170];
their ruling idea, [170];
their views about tithes, [171].
Milman, Dean of St. Paul’s, [34].
Mirror, The, [127].
Monasteries in England, their number up to A.D. 1215, pp. [143], [146], [147], [169];
annual value of their properties, [159];
brief account of, [163-185];
monasteries commenced to decline, [170];
precedents to guide Henry VIII. in dissolving monasteries, [177], [178];
total number dissolved, and their annual value, [185];
the three abbots who were executed, [184].
Monks, [18], [88];
the four privileged orders exempted from paying tithes, [161];
these lands still exempt, [162].
Norman Conquest gave a great impulse to building monasteries, [168];
number of bishops, [168].
Odo, Archbishop of Canterbury, [87], [88];
the source of his canon on tithes, [88].
Offa, king of Mercia, full particulars of, [40-42];
his alleged law of tithes, A.D. 794, p. [47].
Old Latin translators, [111], [112];
they omit fifteen Anglo-Saxon laws which Thorpe has published, [112].
Oswy, king of Northumberland, [37-39].
Otho’s “Constitutions,” A.D. 1237, p. [124].
Papal Legates in England, [35].
Parish Churches, their origin, [81], [93];
Selden’s opinion, [84];
opinions of other writers, [93].
“Parochia,” different meanings, [83].
Parsonage houses, number of, [258].
Paulinus, first Archbishop of York, [36].
Peel, Sir Robert, solved the tithe problem, [202].
“Penitentials” of Archbishop Theodore, [20], [21], [51].
Pepin, King, [34].
Perpetual curate, how it differs from vicar, [158].
Peter’s pence, [42].
Poor, the, Archbishop Theodore first refers to tithes paid to, [51];
Bishop Eadbert gave tithes to, [51];
tithes to poor in Edgar’s law, [85];
Archbishop Stratford, 4th canon in 1342 on paying a part of the tithes to, [157];
first Poor Law Act, [125];
Blackstone on the, [127];
the people also supported the poor in Edgar’s canons, [68], [127];
“the poor have a share in the tithes,” says Degge, [129];
four Acts of Parliament giving the poor a right to a part of the tithes, [131];
43 Eliz., c. ii., for relief of poor, [131].
Popes:
Clement I., [5], [6];
Gregory the Great, [11], [13];
his reply to Augustine’s letter, [16], [35];
Sylvester, [17], [129];
Simplicius, [17];
Gelasius, [17];
Honorius III., [37];
Boniface V., [37];
Vitalian, [39];
Adrian I., [40], [41];
Alexanders III.’s letter to English hierarchy commanding the people to pay tithes, [133];
Innocent III., A.D. 1200, ordered payment of tithes, [149].
Population in Anglo-Saxon times, [91].
Price, Richard, his opinion of the “Church Grith Law,” [106];
the value of this opinion, [107].
Prideaux, Dean of Norwich, [47];
his mistaken interpretation of Offa’s grant, A.D. 794, p. [50];
his mistaken interpretation of Ethelwulf’s charters, [53], [54];
supports Athelstan’s alleged tithe law, [72];
abuses Selden and his “History of Tithes,” [53].
Pulman, John, [19].
Quadripartite division of church revenues, [16-18].
Queens:
Anne, [2];
Bertha, [13].
Records, city of London, [193, note].
Redemption of tithes, [209];
two values on it, when forming Bill for, [207];
illustrations of the modus operandi, [207], [208].
Repairs of Churches, Edmund’s law makes bishops do it, [77];
Canute’s makes the parishioners, [156];
canon law makes owner of rectorial tithes repair chancel and nave, [124, note 1].
Roger, Bishop of London, his modus decimandi for the city of London, [186];
tripartite division of these revenues, [186].
Roman Mission to England, [13], [14], [35].
Russell, Lord John, borrowed Peel’s machinery for tithe problem, [202], [203];
originated extraordinary tithe rent charge, [211], [212];
his “permanent settlement” of the tithe question, a delusion, [215].
Saxon Chronicle, [54].
Schmid, Dr. Reinhold, published Church Grith Law in his “Anglo-Saxon Laws,” [108];
Thorpe’s opinion thereon, [108];
referred to by Hale’s unnamed correspondent, [107].
Selborne, the Earl of, [5], [10], [49];
his views on the Church Grith law, [96];
quotes Stubbs’ private letter against tripartite division of tithes, [97];
wrongly quotes marginal writing on MS. of Grith law, [101];
erroneous strictures on art. 43 of law, [102];
his witnesses to upset this law, [102-116];
their evidence against him, [102-116];
omits material evidence which militates against his views on this law, [105], [107];
his fallacious inferences from negative evidence, [102-106];
quotes Freeman’s letter to Fuller on Church Grith law, [108];
incorrect and misleading description of contents of the “Worcester Volume,” Nero, A. 1, [117], [118];
his remarks on 15 Rich. II. c. vi. open to grave objections, [154];
his opinion as to the origin of tithe endowments to parishes, [149].
Selden, John, [3], [5], [10], [11];
on legatine councils of A.D. 787, pp. [43], [45];
on Offa’s laws of A.D. 794, p. [48];
his interpretation of Ethelwulf’s charter, [65], [66];
but expresses a doubt, [66];
his remarks on the treaty between Edward the Elder and Guthrum II., [69];
supports Athelstan’s tithe law, [71];
supports Edmund’s law, [79], [83];
his remarks on Edgar’s laws, [84];
quotes Egbert’s excerptions from the Worcester Volume, [103];
his use of the expression, “arbitrary consecration” of tithes, meaning that a layman could give his tithes without the sanction of the bishop, to whatever spiritual person he willed, [149].
Smith, Dr. Thomas, his catalogue of the Cottonian library in A.D. 1695, [100];
Church Grith law omitted, [100].
Soames, History of Anglo-Saxon Church, [40].
Spelman, Sir Henry, [5], [67];
his “Concilia” in A.D. 1639, p. [103].
Statutes—
— 17 Edw. III. c. 28, [136], Commons petition against timber tithe.
— 18 Edw. III. c. 9, [136], Commons petition against timber tithe.
— 21 Edw. III. c. 48, [136], Commons petition against timber tithe.
— 25 Edw. III. c. 37, [136], Commons petition against timber tithe.
— 45 Edw. III. c. 3, [136], petition granted.
— 12 Rich. II. c. 7, [127], Support of poor by towns.
— 15 Rich. II. c. 6, [153], [157], provision for poor and vicar.
— 16 Rich. II. c. 5, [161], Act of Premunire.
— 2 Hen. IV. c. 4, [161], against purchasing bulls for exemption.
— 4 Hen. IV. c. 12, [154], perpetual vicar created and endowed.
— 19 Hen. VII. c. 12, [127], support of poor by towns.
— 24 Hen. VIII. c. 12, [179], restraint of appeals to Rome.
— 27 Hen. VIII. c. 20, [179], for payment of tithes.
— 27 Hen. VIII. c. 21, [188], tithes of City and Liberties of London.
— 27 Hen. VIII. c. 26, [127], support of poor by towns, etc.
— 27 Hen. VIII. c. 28, [180], monasteries under £200 a year dissolved.
— 28 Hen. VIII. c. 16, [179], pope’s power over tithes abolished.
— 31 Hen. VIII. c. 13, [184], monasteries over £200 a year dissolved.
— 31 Hen. VIII. c. 13, [126], owners of abbey lands to use hospitality.
— 31 Hen. VIII. c. 13, [184], lands of privileged orders now exempt from paying tithes.
— 32 Hen. VIII. c. 7, [185], lands of privileged orders now exempt from paying tithes.
— 32 Hen. VIII. c. 8, [160], all abbey properties given to king.
— 37 Hen. VIII. c. 12, [188], tithes of 2s. 9d. in the £ in London.
— 2 and 3 Edw. VI. c. 13, [76], payment of personal tithes.
— 2 and 3 Edw. VI. c. 13, adds to 27 Hen. VIII. c. 20, and 32 Hen. VIII. c. 7.
— 1 Eliz. c. 19, [183], tithes in exchange for episcopal lands.
— 13 Eliz. c. 20, [131], profits of benefices to the poor.
— 18 Eliz. c. 11, s. 7, [131], confirms the above Act.
— 43 Eliz. c. 2, [131], for relief of the poor.
— 22 and 23 Car. II. c. 15, [188], Fire Act for tithes in London.
— 44 Geo. III. c. 89, [190], increases tithes in London.
— 6 and 7 Wm. IV. c. 71, [201], Commutation Act of 1836.
— 6 and 7 Wm. IV. c. 77, [141], created Ecclesiastical Commission.
— 2 and 3 Vict. c. 62, s. 27, [213], on tithes of orchards.
— 36 and 37 Vict. c. 42, [213], on tithes of market gardens.
— 49 and 50 Vict. c. 54, [213], redemption of extraordinary tithes.
— 54 Vict. c. 8, [225], for recovery of tithes.
Stephens, Serjeant, tithes as odious, [23].
Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury, his Canon set apart a portion of the tithes for the poor, [97].
Streaneshalch (Whitby), [37], [38].
Stubbs, William, Bishop of Oxford, [45];
supports Athelstan’s tithe law, [71], [79], [83];
supports Grith law of A.D. 1014 in his “Constitutional History,” [96], [97];
contradicts his historical statements in private letters as regards this law, [97];
Selborne quotes one of his letters, [97];
the bishop quotes Stratford’s canon recognising the claim of poor to a share of the tithes, [97];
admits that the poor have a claim on the tithes and other church endowments, [157].
Terra Regis defined, [58].
Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, [39], [40];
first to have mentioned tithes, [20], [51].
Theophylact, Bishop of Todi, [42].
Thorpe, Benjamin, [14], [67], [72];
his opinion on Wilkins’s “Concilia,” [106];
frequent references.
Tillesley, Archdeacon, [6].
Tithes, Old Testament quotations of their payment, [1];
their appropriation to monasteries, [8];
how first given to the Christian Church, [8];
the clergy had not the sole use of them, [21];
Legatine Council in England, A.D. 787, for their payment, [43];
first civil law in England for their payment, [44];
Lord Selborne’s opinion on the 17th Injunction of the Legatine Council, [45];
Athelstan’s law on, [70];
definition of, [76];
duties of parish priests for their tithes in pre-Reformation times, [142];
these duties no longer performed, [144];
parishes held their tithes by common right, but monasteries by grants or prescriptions, [151];
traced from their origin, [151];
appropriated to monasteries of two kinds, [151];
tithes of Church in Wales, [214-222];
commuted in 1836, [201];
in London, [186-200].
The total value in 1836 of commuted tithes according to counties, see [Appendix F];
see [Appendix G] for the number of parishes in England and Wales paying tithes, and the number of rectors and vicars receiving them.
For their divisions, see the heading “[Tripartite].”
Tripartite division of tithes, by the laws of Edgar, [79];
of Ethelred II’s, [95];
of Canute’s, [121];
this division in London, [193];
is stated by the rectors of Reading, [132].
Tripartite division of Church revenues, [7], [17], [82], [86], [95], [189].
Trustees of Sir R. Cotton’s Library, [100].
Vergil, Polydore, Archdeacon, [48].
Vicar, origin of, [152];
the “perpetual vicar” of 4 Hen. IV. c. 12, [154], [155];
this law as regards the vicar is important in two ways, [128];
not originally a freeholder, [158];
number of vicars employed in the old parishes receiving tithes, see [Appendix G];
a list of the small or vicarial tithes, [155];
generally endowed by the bishops with one-third of the tithes following Edgar’s appropriation, [158, note 1];
vicars owe to Acts of Parliament their endowments and permanent freehold position, [158, note 1];
Lord Selborne’s remarks on 15 Rich. II. c. 6 open to grave objections, [154].
Wales, tithes of the four dioceses of, [216-224];
Bangor, [217], [218];
Llandaff, [218], [219];
St. Asaph, [219], [220];
St. David’s, [220-222];
tithe-rent charge in possession of Ecclesiastical Commission in Wales in the year 1889, [222], [223];
amount of prebendal tithes still outstanding on leases, [223];
amount paid to the Welsh dioceses out of the Common Fund in 1889, [223];
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the gross income for 1890, [224];
Church and Nonconformist populations respectively, [224].
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attacks Bishop Burnet’s “History of the Reformation,” [129];
his character by the bishop and by Dr. Cave, [129], [130];
the bishop’s exposure of the errors of “Anglia Sacra,” [129, note 3];
he had two parishes at the age of 24, and wrote his “Defence of Pluralities,” [129];
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he omitted it in his “Concilia”;
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