COMMON RIGHTS 251 



Parson is to have his full Tithe. But if after Candlemas, and are 

 sold before Shear-Day, for so many Months as they go, Fourpence 

 a Score. If Sheep be under a Month's feeding, no Tithe is due : 

 but if above a Month, Tithe is due, as above mentioned. If any 

 one remove his Sheep and depasture them in another Parish, what 

 Tithe is due in that Place where they are kept is to be abated out 

 of the Tithe at home. 



Tithe-Gozlings, at Seven, Eight, Nine or Ten, and for Chickens GOZLINGS. 

 a Penny is paid per annum. 



For Communicants, every one at Easter Two-pence Oblations COMMUNI- 

 Married or Single, unless it be a Single Man or Woman born in c 

 Town and then they are to pay but a Penny. 



For Tithe Pigs, if there be seven of a Litter, the Parson is to PIGS. 

 have One, allowing (as for the Calves) half-pence a piece ; if under 

 Seven the Owner must pay half-pence apiece ; every Litter to be 

 tithed by itself. 



For Eggs, every Family five Eggs, if they have any hens ; if no EGGS. 

 Hens a Penny is to be paid. 



For Pidgeons the Tenth is to be paid ; as also for Fruit. PIDGEONS. 



Of Hemp the Tenth Sheaf. HEMP. 



Of Honey the Tenth Part. HONEY. 



No Tithe of Wood was ever paid in the memory of Man, but WOOD. 

 instead, and for Pasturage on the Common, there is a Penny paid 

 called anciently a Plow- Penny. 



No Tithe of Hay and Fodder in Smithy- Fen is or hath been HAY. 

 paid in Kind, within the Memory of Man : but there is certain 

 Parcels of the Ground before-mentioned, yearly laid out for the 

 Parson, amounting to the number of Forty Acres, instead of the 

 Tithe of the said Fen ; which is likewise exempted therefrom by 

 Virtue of the Composition in the twenty-six Articles. All the antient 

 Inclosures do pay Tithe of Hay in Kind, when they happen to be 

 mown ; but divers late Inclosures are exempted by the Composition, 

 made between the Lords, the Parson and the Tenants ; because 

 the Parson hath allotted (instead thereof, and of a Sheep- Walk, 

 and of such other Tithes as have not been usually paid within this 



