Early Annals of Trowbridge. 



Lambs. 

 Calves. 



Young Beasts. 



Unprofitable ") 

 Cattle. j 



After Feeding. 

 Piggs, &c., 



Offerings. 



Customary Dues 



tenth pound of weight, or if sold off before their time for each 

 Sheope a Farthing for every moneth they have been kept 

 in the s d Parish, and so for all Sheepe taken in as joystments 

 to be paid at s a Lady day. 



The Tenth of all Lambs fallen w th in y e s d Parish to be 

 paid on S* Markes day 



The Tenth of all Calves fallen in y e s d Parish to be p d at 

 Whitsuntide, and in case they be fewer than Ten for every 

 calfe sold the tenth of the money they were sold for, if killed 

 by the owner a shoulder of the calfe, otherwise it is in the 

 choice of the s d Rector to reckon the Calves of two or more 

 years together and so take his Tenth (which they call 

 driveing) and the same also in Lambs and Piggs. 



If Calves are weaned and kept by the owner till they come 

 to be milkt or yokt, no Tythe is to be paid for their feeding 

 in the mean while, but if they be sold before they come to 

 be milkt or yokt the tenth of the Money which they are 

 sold for is to be paid to the Rector. 

 For every Ground fed with unprofitable Cattle, such as 

 Grasing Beasts, Horses &e. the Tenth of the Rent or Yearly 

 Yalue of y e Ground is to be paid in lieu of Tythe, or if such 

 unprofitable Cattle be put into a Ground with other that 

 pay Tythe (as aboves d ) The Tenth penny of which y e weekly 

 feeding of such Cattle is worth, only every man that pays 

 Tythe is allowed the keeping of his Market Horse Tythe 

 free and for the Cattle that plow the Land no Tythe is to be 

 paid, (that is to say) for Cattle that are kept only for that 

 use. But those that are kept for Carriage on the Roade are 

 reckon'd as unprofitable Cattle. 



If a ground that is mowed be after let to another person, 

 the later occupant is to pay for the Tythe of the after feeding 

 of it according to the above mentioned Customes 



The Tenth or the Seaventh of Piggs. The Tythe of 

 Apples, Peares and other fruit, and of Geese and Turkies. 

 For every Hen an Egge, and for every Cock two to be paid 

 at Easter. 



The Easter offering of every communicant w th in y e said 

 Parish two pence, for every Garden of Herbs a penny to be 

 paid at Easter ; of large Gardens, as of Pease, Beans, or 

 nurseries of Fruit Trees, to be paid in kind. 

 . For the two mills of Trowbridge Ten Shillings per annum 

 to be paid at Easter. 



For every Parishioner married (either w th in or w th out y e 

 s d Parish) by a License five shillings, by banns published a 

 shilling, for every woman at the time of her Churching 

 Fourpence at least, for the breaking of y e Ground for any 

 buried in the Chancell Ten Shillings, For every Funeral 

 Sermon Ten Shillings at least and the Mourning pulpit Cloth 



