I understand that parishes, in their churchwardens' account, not only assessed property and land for collecting tithes, but were also involved in assessing the same property and land for the national land tax. Does anyone know whether ecclesiastical property and land such as vicarages, parsonages and the church itself had to pay tithes and taxes in the 1700s and early 1800s? ~~ Keith Griffiths

Dear Keith I am not expert and Eve may contradict me but I haven't come across a national land tax in that time period but there was a poor law rate to support the poor and also tithes. The Poor rate was additional to the Tithe which was the Biblical 10% and paid only to the Church of England Parson by everyone, including Methodists. It was often converted from goods to cash and was an additional source of income for the Parson which he used for his own needs. A Parish would be described as being worth x pound equalling the income from the benefice and tithe. The clergy were not exempt from contributing to poor relief. regards Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Griffiths" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:04 PM Subject: [OEL] Ecclesiasitical property and land >I understand that parishes, in their churchwardens' account, not only >assessed property and land for collecting tithes, but were also involved in >assessing the same property and land for the national land tax. > > Does anyone know whether ecclesiastical property and land such as > vicarages, parsonages and the church itself had to pay tithes and taxes in > the 1700s and early 1800s? > ~~ > Keith Griffiths > > > ================= > Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ================= > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >