tythe
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To the lover of architecture, or mediæval history, the greatest interest will attach to the large tythe barn which we come to on emerging into the field from the further side of the churchyard.
From Evesham by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)
It is not for any wise man, to beleeve the tythe of the tales and slanders, which flie abroad of the zealous: Lewd men would fain strike at all goodnes through their sides.
From A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich by Ward, Samuel
The tythe in the greater part of those parishes which pay what is called a modus, in lieu of all other tythe is a tax of this kind.
From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Smith, Adam
There is no farmer who does not compute before hand what the church tythe, which is a land tax of this kind, is, one year with another, likely to amount to.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
Aug. 20th to 27th, much disquietnes and controversy abowt the tythe corne of Hulme.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
The old horn, by which the tenure is held, had been blown from the Town Hall, summoning the commoners to their rights, and the tything men, whose duties are unique, have ably fulfilled them.
From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William
Mr. Rogers was for allowing of two thousand sheep, one with another, to a tything, but my Cosin Scott saies that is too high.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
The door opened and the tything men entered.
From Some Three Hundred Years Ago by Brewster, Edith Gilman
His fear for little Jane's safety so increased that he became restless and soon received a sharp rap on the shins from the tything man.
From Some Three Hundred Years Ago by Brewster, Edith Gilman
And the tale, or tything, of hym wente forth anoon in to al the cuntree of Galilee.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
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