Exhibit 532

Act for the true payment of Tithes, 2 & 3 Edward VI c. 13

Exhibit 532 · Statute

Act for the true payment of Tithes, 2 & 3 Edward VI c. 13

Confirms the two Henrician tithe Acts and requires every subject to pay predial tithes in kind as they arise; one who carries off produce before the tithe is set out forfeits treble value; withholding or obstructing is recoverable before the ecclesiastical judge for double value.

Source: Parliament of England (Edward VI)
Date: 1548
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://archive.org/details/statutes-of-the-realm-volume-4-part-1-1547-1-edward-6-to-1584-5-27-elizabeth
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
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Finding REL-2.7: Primary record The Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 converted tithe in each parish into a money rentcharge on the land recoverable by distress; church rates ended in 1868, tithe rentcharge was extinguished on 2 October 1936 with compensation to owners and redemption annuities charged on land, and the last annuities were extinguished from 2 October 1977.