An answer to the severall petitions of late exhibited to the High Court of Parliament and to His Excellency the Lord General Cromwell by the poor husband-men, farmers and tenants in severall counties of England for the taking away of tithes paid to priests and impropriators.
- Title
- An answer to the severall petitions of late exhibited to the High Court of Parliament and to His Excellency the Lord General Cromwell by the poor husband-men, farmers and tenants in severall counties of England for the taking away of tithes paid to priests and impropriators.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for I.M.,
- 1652.
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- Subject terms
- Tithes -- Great Britain.
- Land tenure -- Great Britain.
- Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
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Contents
- title page
- An Answer to the severall Petitions of late exhibited to the High Court of Parliament, And to his Ex∣cellency the Lord Generall Cromwell, by the poor Husbandmen, Farmers, and Tenants in severall Counties of England, for the taking away of Tithes paid to Priests and Impropriators.
- The Petitioners by that which hath been already decla∣red may easily discern, that there will be many suffe∣rers and sad losers, if tithes impropriate shall be ta∣ken away. In the next place it shall be discovered, who they are that shall be the Gayners, when all Lands are tithe-free.
- The Petitioners are alike grieved with the Ministers of the Gospell for their maintenance by tithes, As they are with Im∣propriators, all must be taken away from them. It being an easy matter, say they, to order a more honou∣rable maintenance for them. But in what way they de∣clare not. We shall not say any thing concerning the Mi∣nisters divine right to tithes; Nor of the conveniencie thereof for their maintenance. We shall proceed in the same way as before, and shew to the Petitioners their mistakes in the Clergies Revenue; And in their own expectations.