ECR 52 226
Reference code
ECR 52 226
Title
Asthall and Fulbrook, Oxfordshire: Letter concerning tithes
Level
Item
Date
23 August 1774
Extent & medium
1 folio
Content description
Francis Knollis, Burford, to William Lenthal concerning the same as ECR 52 225. "It will be unnecessary to observe to you who are versed in husbandry that altho' clover is generally seeded after the recto has had tithe of a crop of hay, yet sometime the farmer will not cut a first crop but suffer it to stand for seed and afterwards plow in the roots. But whether it is seeded after a crop first cut or fet late and then let stand for seed it cannot alter the nature of the thing itself; for by what culture it becomes seed is no concern of the vicar. Seed it is and as such titheable by him ... I mead by all seeds, those of every kind which are not in the common acceptation termed corn, and I believe no farmer ever understood either clover-seed, st. foin-seed or turnip to be comprehended in that word. All garden seeds you know I receive tithe of, and should the course of husbandry in my parish undergo any further alterations by the introduction of other seeds from the continent or elsewhere, the tithe of them and every other produce of the land (not being hay or corn) will unalienably remain the right of the vicar and as such in justice to myself and successors will constantly be claimed."
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