Reference
ABCP103-107
Title
Tithe: William Willis yeoman v. Henry Wagstaffe yeoman: (Wilden)
Date free text
1711/12
Production date
From: 1711 To: 1712
Scope and Content
Interrogatory: is he connected with either party? has Charles Baynton been bribed? how many calves has he bought from Henry Wagstaffe since Easter, & what were they worth at 3 weeks? is not Charles Baynton a person of ill life?
Answers of Henry Wagstaffe, defendant: he kept 15 milch cows, from whom he had 3 calves worth about 7shillings, & of which he had about 5 gallons milk daily, worth about 4 pence per gallon.; he had 3 sows from which he had 5 pigs, worth 1shilling each; 1 dovehouse with 3 dozen young pigeons; 20 hens, 6 ducks, 3 geese, 2 turkeys; from the hens he had 400 eggs worth about 2 shillings 4 pence per 100; from the geese, 6 goslings; from the turkeys, 7 young ones worth about 9 pence each; from his orchard he gathered 6 bushels of apples & pears worth about 2 shillings a bushel. (sic; 2 pence?) But from time immemorial it has been and still is the custom in Wilden to pay for tithe according to a rent or modus; & he & his predecessors at his farm have constantly paid 14 shillings per annum. He also had about 100 sheep from which he took 100 fleeces: & 37 lambs worth about 1shilling each.
5 Feb. 1711/12
Answer (additional): barley is not included in the 14 shillings, but he has no barley in Church slade. The young pigeons were worth about 1 shilling a dozen. Easter offerings included in the 14 shillings.
4 March 1711/12
Libel (additional): Henry Wagstaffe had 1 acre barley in Church slade April - Oct. 1708 which produced 16 bushels; note that Richard Haines & William Smith should be questioned on this (said Thomas Bedford). 1 Apr 1712
Answer of William Willis: articles 1-3 of Wagstaffe's allegations are not true.20 June 1712
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