ing at the leaft, both knowledging themselves to be his highness true and loyal fubjects, and declaring themselves to be content willingly to obferve, keep and maintain all the laws and ftatutes of this realm, as to true and good subjects appertaineth or else the fame confrere or confreres, making default of fuch his repair and prefentment, as is before said, fball in no wife claim and enjoy any pension by virtue of this act: any thing in the fame contained notwithstanding: unless the perfon or perfons fo making default of repair, and appearance, can shew and declare themfelves to have been detained, or by a neceffary mean impeached and letted of their will, purpose, and defire to have come hither, and to have accomplished the whole contents of this ftatute accordingly."

By the fuppreffion of thefe greater houfes, by the two laft acts, the King obtained a revenue of above one hundred thousand pounds a year, befides a large fum in plate and jewels; but the religious of thefe houfes had almost all of them fomething given for their prefent fubfiftence, and the penfions affigned them for life were to continue until they fhould be preferred to fome dignity or cure of greater value than thefe penfions, 2 Burn's Ecclef. Law, 481.

See Hanfon and Fielding, E. 13 Geo. I. ante, p. 231. Corporation of Bury Saint Edmund's, and Lewis, E, 12 Geo. II. ante, p. 364.

37 HEN.

37 HEN. VIII. CHAP. 12.

In what manner they shall be punished who refuse
to pay tithes, due to be paid in London."

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tention, ftrife, and variance hath rifen and grown within the city of London and the liberties of the fame, between the parfons, vicars, and curates of the faid city, and the citizens and inhabitants of the fame, for and concerning the payment of tithes, oblations, and other duties within the faid city and liberties. For appeafing whereof, a certain order and decree was made thereof by the most reverend father in God, Thomas archbishop of Canterbury, metropolitan, and primate of all England, Thomas Audeley knight, Lord Audeley of Walden, and then lord chancellor of England now deceased, and other of the King's Majesty's most honourable privy council, and alfo the King's letters patents and proclamation was made thereof, and directed to the faid citizens concerning the fame ; whereupon it was after enacted in the parliament A rehearsal of holden at Westminster by prorogation the fourth day the ftat. of 27 of February, in the twenty-seventh year of the King's concerning the Majefty's most noble reign, by authority of the in London. fame parliament, that the citizens and inhabitants. of the fame city should, at Eafter then next coming, pay unto the curates of the faid city and fuburbs, all fuch and like fums of money for tithes, oblations, and other duties, as the faid citizens and inhabitants, by the order of the faid lord chancellor, and other the King's moft honourable council, and the King's faid proclamation, paid or ought to have paid by force and virtue of the faid order. at. Eafler, which was in the year of our Lord God, one thou4 K 3

fand

payment of tithes

Arbitrators chofen between the

parlons, vicars and curates of London, and the

citizens and inbabitants of the fame, touching the payment of tithes.

fand five hundred and thirty-five; and the fame pay-
ments fo to continue from time to time, until fuch
time as any other order or law fhould be made, pub-
lished, ratified, and confirmed by the King's High-
ness, and the two and thirty perfons by his Grace
to be named, as well for the full establishment con-
cerning the payment of all tithes, oblations, and
other duties of the inhabitants within the faid city,
suburbs, and liberties of the fame, as for the making
of other ecclefiaftical laws of this realm of England;
and that every perfon denying to pay, as is aforefaid,
fhould, by the commandment of the mayor of Lon-
don for the time being, be committed to prison, there
to remain until fuch time as he or they should have
agreed with the curate, or curates for their faid
tithes, oblations, and other duties, as is aforesaid,
as in the faid act more plainly appeareth: fithen
which act divers variances, contentions, and ftrifes
are newly risen and grown between the faid parfons,
vicars, and curates, and the faid citizens and inha-
bitants, touching the payment of their tithes, obla-
tions, and other duties, by reafon of certain words
and terms specified in the faid order, which are not
fo plainly and fully fet forth as is thought conve-
nient and meet to be: for appeafing whereof, as
well the faid parfons, vicars, and curates, as the
faid citizens and inhabitants have compromitted and
put themselves to ftand to fuch order and decree
touching the premiffes, as fhall be made by the faid
right reverend father in God, Thomas Archbishop of
Canterbury, metropolitan and primate of England,
the right honourable Sir Thomas Wryothefly knt.
Lord Wryothefly and lord chancellor of England, the
right honourable Thomas Duke of Norff. lord trea-
furer of England, the right honourable Sir William
Pawlet knt. Lord St. John, lord prefident of the
council, and lord great mafter of of the King's

moft

!

moft honourable houfhold, the right honourable Sir
John Ruffell, knt. Lord Ruffell, and Lord privy
feal, the right honourable Edward Earl of Hertf.
Lord great Chamberlain of England, the right ho-
nourable John Viscount Life high Admiral of Eng-
land, Sir Richard Lifter knt. chief justice of Eng-
land, Sir Edward Mountague knt, chief justice of
the common bench at Westminster, and Sir Roger
Cholmeley knt. chief baron of the Exchequer, for
a final end and conclufion to be had and made
touching the premiffes for ever. And to the
intent to have a full peace, and perfect end
between the faid parties, their heirs and fucceffors,
touching the faid tithes, oblations, and other duties
for ever Be it enacted by authority of this present
parliament, That fuch end, order, and direction, as
shall be made, decreed, and concluded by the fore-
named archbishop, lords, and knights, or any fix
of them, before the first day of March next en-
suing, of, for, and concerning the payments of the
tithes, oblations, and other duties within the faid
city, and the liberties of the fame, and inrolled in
the King's high court of chancery of record, fhall
stand, remain, and be as an act of parliament, and
fhall bind as well all citizens and inhabitants of the
faid city and liberties for the time being, as the said
parfons, vicars, curates, and their fucceffors for ever,
according to the effect, purport, and intent of the
faid order and decree, fo to be made and enrolled.
And that every perfon denying to pay any of his or
their tithes, oblations, or other duties contrary to
the faid decree fo to be made, fhall by the command-
ment of the mayor of London for the time being, and
in his default or negligence, by the lord chancellor
of England for the time being, be committed to pri-
fon, there to remain till fuch time as he or they
have agreed with the curate and curates for his or
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their

The penalty of

them which re

fufe to pay their tithes according

to the arbitra

tor's decree.

London.

Parfons, vicars, curates, tithes.

their faid tithes, oblations, and other duties, as is aforefaid.

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S touching the payments of tithes in the city of London, and the liberties of the fame: it is fully ordered and decreed, by the most reverend father in God, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate and metropolitan of England, Thomas Lord Wryethefly, lord chancellor of England, William Lord St. John, prefident of the King's Majefty's council, and lord great mafter of his Highnefs houfhold, John Lord Ruffell, lord privy feal, Edward Earl of Hertford, lord great chamberlain of England, John Vicount Lifle, high admiral of England, Richard Lifter knt. chief juftice of England, and Roger Cholineley, knt. chief baron of his Grace's Exchequer, this prefent twenty-fourth day of February, anno Domini, fecundum curfum computationem Ecclefiæ Anglicane, millefimą quingentefimo quadragefimo quinto, according to the ftatute in fuch cafe lately provided, That the citizens and inhabitants of the faid city of London, and liberties of the fame, for the time being, fhall yearly without fraud or covin for ever pay their tithes to the parfons, vicars, and curates of the faid city, and their fucceffors for the time being, after the rate hereafter following, that is to wit: Of every ten fhillings rent by the year of al! and every house and houfes, fhops, warehoufes, cellars, and tables, and every of them within the faid city and liberty of the fame, fixteen pence ob. And of every twenty fhillings rent by year of all and every fuch house and houses, fhops, warehoufes, cellars, and ftables, and every of them within the faid city and liberties, two fhillings nine pence. And fo above the rent of twenty fhil

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lings by year, afcending from ten fhillings to ten hillings, according to the rate aforefaid.

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