tythe
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The parson of a parish, or a gentleman of small fortune who lives upon his estate, may sometimes, perhaps find some advantage in receiving, the one his tythe, and the other his rent, in kind.
From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Smith, Adam
She therefore pays her tythe of mint and cummin, and thanks her God that she is not as other women are.
From Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary
He clothed his armies with this tythe wool.
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs
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 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
In Southwick, a tything of North-Bradley," says Canon Jackson,— "two carucates of land belonged in 1274 to William de Greyville or Greynville, who held under the Abbess of Romsey.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton
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
Thus every liegeman was known to the law, and was taught his duties and obligations; and every tything was responsible for the production of its criminals, and obliged to pay a fine if they escaped.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers by Lord, 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
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