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to the Papal Court and had been appropriated to the Crown by acts of parliament of 1532-1534.
40.-58.
Books and pamphlets concerning tithes:
40.
William Tooker, B.D., Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Chaplain to James I
.
Of the Fabric of the
Church and Churchmen's livings.
1604. (2
copies).
41.
George Catleton, B.D.
Tithes Examined and Proved to be Due to the Clergy by a Divine Right.
1606.
42.
Sir James Sempill of Beltrees.
Sacrilege Sacredly Handled, That Is, According to the Scripture
Only; for the use of all Churches in general but more especially for those of North Britaine.
1619. (2
copies). Sir James was a Scots lawyer and his book relates specially to the
impropriation of church revenues in those parts of Scotland which had become controlled by
Presbyterian landlords.
43.
Foulke Robartes, B.D.
The Revenue of the Gospel is Tithes, Due to the Ministry of that Word by
that Word.
1613.
Cambridge.
44.1
John Selden, Barrister of the Inner Temple.
The History of Tithes.
1618.
An MS note inside the
cover reads: “
Vide
the Author’s Submission made January 28 A.D. 1618 for the publication of
this book. H. ix. 7 in Dr Tillesley’s Preface to the Reader”. See [44.3] below. This MS note
refers to the licensing of publications. This book was subsequently banned.
44.2
Richard Montagu, B.D., Archdeacon of Hereford, Chaplain to James 1.
Diatribae upon the First
Part of the Late 'History of Tithes ’.
1621.
44.3
Richard Tillesley, D.D., Archdeacon of Rochester.
Animadversions upon M [r] Selden’s
‘
History of Tithes'. The second edition, newly corrected and much augmented, together with an
Answer to an unprinted pamphlet divulged against the former edition.
1621.
Oxford.
44.4
Stephen Nettles, B.D., Rector of Lexden, Vicar of Gt Tey and of Steeple, all in Essex.
An
Answer to the Jewish Part of Mr Selden's ‘History of Tithes’.
1625.
Oxford. (2 copies). This
book led to the author’s ejection from his rectory in 1644 “by force of arms” by Parliamentarian
troops.
45.
William Walker.
A Sermon Preached in St Paul’s Church, London.
1629.
46.
Bartholomew Parsons, B.D., Rector of Ludgershall, Wilts.
The History of Tithes or. Tithes
Vindicated to the Presbyters of the Gospel; begun in a Visitation Sermon.
1637.
Oxford.
47.
Sir Henry Speiman, legal antiquary. See also (39.2) above. Publications relating to tithes and
impropriations:
47.1
De Non Temerandis Ecclesiis.
1646.
Oxford. 3rd edition. (The first was of 1613 and the theory
is very similar to that of F, Robartes,.[43] above).
47.2
An Apology of the Treatise ‘De Non Temerandis Ecclesiis' Against a Treatise by an Unknown
Author, written against it in some particulars. Also his Epistle to Richard Carew, Esquire, of
Anthony in Cornwall concerning Tithes.
1646.
47.3
The Larger Treatise Concerning Tithes.
1647.
Posthumously published by Jeremiah Stephens,
whose own
Tithes Too Hot To Be Touched
is not in the Library. Another account states that “in
this Discourse he (Spelman) asserts Tithes to the Clergy from the Laws of Nature and of Nations;
from the commands of God in the Old and New Testament; and from the particular Constitution
of our own Kingdom.” [47.4(b)].
47.4
Reliquiae Spelmannianae. The Posthumous Works of Sir Henry Spelman, K[nigh]t Relating to
the Laws and Antiquities of England. Publish’d from the Original Manuscripts. With the Life of
the Author.
1698.
Oxford and London, (a) The Life, C2 verso; (b) The Life, C3.
48.
John Warner, D.D., Bishop of Rochester, 1637-1666.
Church Lands Not To Be Sold.
1648.
49.
Robert Boreman, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Plume MSS, bundle G/19: draft booklet
of 28pp. of
The Countryman’s Catechisme.
The published