[230]: Within living memory the tithe paid to the parson or other tithe owner, was actually the tenth sheaf in every row throughout the harvest field. The corn might not be carried till the owner's agent had "docked" these sheaves, (i.e. marked each by crowning it with a dock leaf). He might begin his count with any one of the first ten, for obvious reasons. The docked sheaves were conveyed to the tithe barn either before or after the carrying of the others.
[232]: Hughes. County Geography of Cambs, p. 98.
[235]: From my History of Cambridgeshire.
[236]: See Hughes' Geography of Cambridgeshire.
[237]: The history of the Houses outside our county we only touch upon where connected with spots inside.