# Tithe Act 1536 (repealed)

Hen8/28/11 · revised to 1 July 2018

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## Introductory text

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## First Fruits shall be due to the King from Time of the Avoidance. Tithes and Profits accruing during the Avoidance shall belong to the next succeeding Incumbent.

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## II Penalty on the Ordinary receiving Profits of any Benefice during Vacation, and not paying them to the next Incumbent; Treble Value, &c.

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## III Ordinary may retain Expences of Cure, and collecting the Profits, &c.

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## IV Incumbents may devise Profits of Corn sown on their Glebe.

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## V Leases by Vicars and other Spiritual Persons becoming void by their Resignation; Such Leases declared valid for Six Years, after Resignation or other Avoidance by Acte of Lessor: Successors may distrain, &c. for the Rent, &c.

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## VI Lessees may hold to the End of the Year after the Death of Lessor, paying Rent to the Successor.

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## VII Successor on a Month’s Notice shall have the Parsonage and Glebe not sown.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Hen8/28/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tithe-act-1536-repealed
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