A Treatise of the Law of Tithes: Compiled in Part from Some Notes of Richard Wooddeson, Esq

A Treatise Of The Law Of Tithes: Compiled In Part From Some Notes Of Richard Wooddeson, Esq — Samuel Toller — This edition presents a comprehensive study of tithes in English law, from the early history of tithes to modern remedies. The work surveys the origin and establishment of tithes in Europe, their division into predial, mixt, and personal kinds, and the differing rights of rectors and vicars, including endowments, impropriations, and portionaries. It explains things titheable by common right and by special custom, and details exemptions such as modus decimandi, compositions real, and exemptions ratione ordinis. It covers the remedies for recovery of tithes, including ecclesiastical jurisdiction, the courts of common law and equity, sequestration, and the statutory framework that governs tithes in London and other jurisdictions. The text includes appendices and addenda with catalogues of monasteries dissolved under Henry VIII and other historical inventories. The work remains a foundational reference for scholars and practitioners dealing with the law of tithes, its history, and its practice.