Exhibit 518 ยท Statute
Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales, 6 & 7 William IV c. 71
a Sum of Money equal in Value, according to the Prices ascertained by the then next preceding Advertisement, to the Quantity of Wheat, Barley, and Oats respectively mentioned therein to be payable instead of the said Tithes, in the Nature of a Rent-charge issuing out of the Lands charged therewith
Commutes tithes in each parish into a yearly money rentcharge issuing out of the land, valued by a seven-year average to 1835 and varying with the price of wheat, barley and oats, recoverable by distress; one of the three commissioners is appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and two by a Secretary of State.
- Source
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Date
- 18 August 1836
- Quoted from
- s. LXVII, pp. 605-06 (OCR of the King's Printer copy; margin notes interleaved in the OCR)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/6-7/71/pdfs/ukpga_18360071_en.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- The Act did not end compulsory payment. Commissioners: s. I.