Reference
ABCP35-38
Title
Tithe: George Sheires or Sheeres, vicar, v. Wendy Oxenford.
Date free text
19 June 1639
Production date
From: 1639 To: 1639
Scope and Content
libel: defendant has not paid Easter offering, tithe of eggs, or burial dues.
deposition ex parte complainant:
William Harper of Potton, yeoman, aged 40, has lived in Potton from birth; remembers vicars having tithe for 24 years; Oxford has lived in Potton with wife & family the last 2 years; married couples should pay 4d to vicar for Easter offering; Oxford has a dovehouse, & 2 milch kine; and a child of his was buried in Potton; he believes that those who keep poultry give at Easter 3 eggs for a cock & 2 for a hen. Deponent paid 6s.8d. for his father's burial.
Richard Purratt of Potton, gent., 60, has lived there 12 years; paid 6s.8d. when wife buried.
Interrogatory ex parte Sheires. 13 Jan.1639/40
Rule of King's Bench for writ of prohibition nisi etc. (Potton)
Level of description
file