The parson's counsellor with the law of tithes or tithing in two books : the first sheweth the order every parson, vicar, &c. ought to observe in obtaining a spiritual preferment, and what duties are incumbent upon him ... : the second shews in what manner all sorts of tithes, offerings, mortuaries, and other church-duties are to be paid ... / written by Sir Simon Degge, Kt.

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Author:	Degge, Simon, Sir, 1612-1704.
Title:	The parson's counsellor with the law of tithes or tithing in two books : the first sheweth the order every parson, vicar, &c. ought to observe in obtaining a spiritual preferment, and what duties are incumbent upon him ... : the second shews in what manner all sorts of tithes, offerings, mortuaries, and other church-duties are to be paid ... / written by Sir Simon Degge, Kt.
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND RIGHT REVEREND FATHER in GOD THOMAS, LORD BISHOP OF Lichfield and Coventry.

To the Courteous Reader.

The Contents.

THE TABLE.

THE Parson's COUNSELLOR.

CHAP. I. The First Chapter shews, Who may, or may not, be a Parson, Vicar, &c.

CHAP. II. The Second Chapter shews, how one that is fitly qualified to be a Parson, ought to behave himself in obtaining a Li∣ving.

CHAP. III. The third Chapter shews, in what Case it is necessary that the Bishop have a Jure Patronatus, and how the same is to be proceeded in, and what is the effect and fruit of the same.

CHAP. IV. Shews how the Law stood concerning pluralities before the Statute of 21 H. 8. cap. 13. Who are qualified within that Law to have pluralities, and how qualified persons ought to behave themselves in taking the se∣cond livings, so that the former may not be void.

CHAP. V. The fifth Chapter shews what Symony is, and who shall be said to be guilty of it, and what are the dangers en∣suing thereupon.

CHAP. VI. The Sixth Chapter shews, what a Clerk is to do before, at, and after, his admission, institution and in∣duction, to make him a complete Par∣son.

CHAP. VII. The Seventh Chapter shews the duty of the Parson, Vicar, &c. after Induction, and the former Ceremonies perfor∣med; and treats of non-residence, and the penalties thereof, and for what reasons the same may be ex∣cused.

CHAP. VIII. Shews what Dilapidation is, and in what manner punishable, and what remedies the Successor hath.

CHAP. IX. The ninth Chapter shews for what Causes a Parson, Vicar, &c. may be deprived by any Statute-Law; and what matters are allowed for good causes of Deprivation at the Com∣mon Law.

CHAP. X. The Tenth Chapter shews, what Lea∣ses Parsons, Vicars and other Eccle∣siastical Persons may make of their Glebe, Tithes, Farms, &c. and what Farms they may take, and within the danger of what Statutes they may fall.

CHAP. XI. The Eleventh Chapter shews, what Priviledges belong to the Clergy at this day by the Common and Statute Laws of this Realm.

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To his Worthy and Re∣verend Son in Law M^r. Antho∣ny Trollop, Rector of Norbury in Derbyshire.

THE LAW OF TITHES or TITHING.

CHAP. I. The First Chapter shews, what Tithes are, the several sorts and kinds thereof, and in what manner due.

CHAP. II. The second Chapter shews to whom Tithes are due, and by whom to be paid.

CHAP. III. The third Chapter shews of what things Tithes are due, and in what man∣ner the Tithes of Hay and Corn are to be paid.

CHAP. IV. The Fourth Chapter sets forth where, and in what Cases, and in what manner, the Tithes of Wood are to be paid.

CHAP. V. The Fifth Chapter shews where, and in what Cases, Tithe is due for the herbage or agistment and Pasturage of Cattle, and who is to pay the same.

CHAP. VI. The Sixth Chapter shews where, and in what manner, the Tithes of Calves, Milk, Cheese, Wool, Lambs, Piggs, &c. are payable.

CHAP. VII. The Seventh Chapter shews where, and in what manner, the Tithes of Seeds, Fruit, Mast, Bees, &c. is to be paid.

CHAP. VIII. The Eight Chapter shews where, and in what manner, Tithes of Pigeons, Coneys, Fish, Deer and other Beasts and Birds ferae naturae, are Ti∣thable.

CHAP. IX. The Ninth Chapter shews, what Tithes are to be paid for Mills, and what kind and nature they be of.

CHAP. X. The Tenth Chapter shews, whether Tithes ought to be paid of Hawking, Hunting, Fishing, Fowling, &c.

CHAP. XI. The Eleventh Chapter is concerning the Tithes of Ducks, Geese, Hens, Swans, and other domestick Fowls and Birds.

CHAP. XII. The Twelfth Chapter shews, of what things Tithe shall not be paid.

CHAP. XIII. The Thirteenth Chapter shews, what Force Custom has as well in the form and manner of Tithing as in the discharge of the payment thereof, and wherein Custom and Prescrip∣tion differ.

CHAP. XIV. The Fourteenth Chapter shews, what Priviledg and Liberty the Parson, Vicar, &c. hath in the ground, where the Tithes arise, for the dry∣ing, making, ordering and carrying a∣way the same.

CHAP. XV. The Fifteenth Chapter shews, to what Charges the Glebe lands belonging to a Rectory, the Tithes are Sub∣ject.

CHAP. XVI. The Sixteenth Chapt. shews, how far pre∣scription will prevail in the manner of Tithing, and in what cases the Parson, Vicar, &c. shall be bound by a modus decimandi.

CHAP. XVII. The Seventeenth Chapter shews how a modus decimandi or Prescrip∣tion may be lost or destroyed.

CHAP. XVIII. The Eighteenth Chapter shews, by what Conveyances, and by what names, Tithes may be granted, con∣veyed, demised, &c. and what De∣mises Parsons and Vicars may make of their Glebe and Tithes.

CHAP. XIX. The Nineteenth Chapter shews, what barren Lands are free from the payment of Tithes within the Sta∣tute of 2 E. 6. cap. 13.

CHAP. XX. The Twentieth Chapter shews, what a real Composition is, and in what Cases Lands shall be freed of the payment of Tithes by such Composi∣tion real.

CHAP. XXI. The One and Twentieth Chapter shews, what Monastery Lands are, or may be, free from the Payment of Tithes.

CHAP. XXII. The Two and Twentieth Chapter shews, what Personal Tithes are, and in what manner they are payable.

CHAP. XXIII. The Twenty Third Chapter shews, what Oblations, Offerings, &c. are, and where due.

CHAP. XXIV. The Twenty Fourth Chapter shews, what Mortuaries are, and in what Cases they are due at this day, and how much is to be paid for the same.

CHAP. XXV. The Five and Twentieth Chapter shews, how Tithes are to be paid in London.

CHAP. XXVI. The Twenty Sixth Chapter shews, in what Courts the Right of Tithes is determinable, and how, and in what manner to be recovered, and in what Cases Prohibitions are usu∣ally granted, and how prosecuted and defended.

Here follows a Catalogue of the several Monasteries, that upon the general Survey taken in the 26th. year of H. 8. were retur∣ned to be of the annual value of 200 l. per an. and upwards within England and Wales, and by consequence dissolved by the Statute of 31 H. 8. cap. and by that means are capable of being discharged of the payment of Tithes, with the date of their Foundations, as near as I can compute, with what Orders they were of; In which observe, that A. stands for Abbey, P. for Priory, Ben. for Benedictins, Cist. for Cistertians, Praem. for Praemonstra∣tenses, Car. for Carthusians, C. S. A. for Ca∣nons of St. Austin, F. for Founded, T. for Tem∣pore, and in the valuations I have rejected all ob. and q.

Books Printed for Hen∣ry Twyford.