Tithes

Eric L. Jones
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Eric L. Jones: University of Buckingham

Chapter Chapter 6 in Barriers to Growth, 2020, pp 45-52 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Tithes were originally a free-will offering to the clergy but became a resented imposition charged at one-tenth of farm produce. The interests of the recipients (clergy and tithe owners who had bought the rights) were opposed to those of agricultural producers. After 1750 the introduction of new crops for animal feed, notably potatoes and Swedish turnips, besides the practice of feeding growing numbers of livestock en route to the London market, aroused conflict. Farmers thought the innovations should not be tithed whereas tithe owners demanded a share of the additional profit. Disputes increased and reached the courts. They were resolved only when rights were bought out by the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836.

Keywords: Conflicts over tithes; New field crops; Livestock in transit; Established institution versus novel practices; Courtroom disputes; Tithe Commutation Act (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44274-3_6

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