CHAPTER VIII

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_Tithe Laws Made by Anglo-Saxon Kings, pages 67-80._

Lord Selborne’s denial that tithes are referred to in the laws of Alfred, 68. Fuller’s errors about the tithe laws of King of Kent, 68. Edward and Guthrum II. passed a tithe law, 69. Athelstan’s law on tithes, 70. This is the first general law in England for payment of predial and mixed tithes, 71. Opinion of Lord Selborne and Dr. Lingard on Athelstan’s law, 71. Kemble, Stubbs, and Prideaux express a contrary opinion, and Mr. Thorpe by implication, 71, 72. What constituted a Witenagemót? 73. Kentishmen’s letter to King Athelstan, 75. Lingard and Freeman on this letter, 75. Definition of tithe, 76. Tithe laws of King Edmund, 77. Church-scot, 78. King Edgar’s laws, 79. Threefold division of churches, 80. First English law expressly appropriating tithes, 80.

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