Tithe Payments
Tithes were originally paid as one tenth of the produce of the land (crops, eggs, cattle, timber, fishing, etc.) to the rector as alms and for payment for his services. The tithes were often stored in a tithe barn attached to the parish. After the dissolution of the monasteries some of the land in question, having passed out of church ownership, had tithes paid to private landlords. Enclosure acts made further modifications in the pattern, either by abolishing tithe payments entirely or replacing them with monetary payments. Various other arrangements also replaced payment in kind, though not systematically.
By the time of the Act there was considerable discontent over payment of tithes, most notably in the form of the Tithe War of 1831-1836 in Ireland.
Read more about this topic: Tithe Commutation Act 1836
Famous quotes containing the word tithe:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 23:23.