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The examiner examined or, H. Wolstenholme's examination of the reasons why the people called Quakers do not pay tithes, considered: and the Conduct and Doctrine of the said People vindicated against his unjust Reflections upon them. By George Bewley.
Bewley, George, 1748 or 9-1828.Date: 1781
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A short vindication of the clergy's right to tythes , Occasioned by a message from a speaker, among the people call'd Quakers, to a clergyman of the church of England. In a letter to said speaker. By Stephen Clarke, M.A. rector o[f] Burythorpe, in Yorkshire.
Clarke, Stephen, Rector of Burythorpe.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]
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George Keith's judgment, concerning tythes and hat honour, &c. Taken out of his observations upon H. M's. remarks, upon his book of immediate revelation. 4th observation. Which is suitable to the foregoing treatise.
Keith, George, 1639?-1716.Date: 1706?]
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Considerations touching the likeliest means to remove hirelings out of the church . Wherein is also discours'd of tythes, church-fees, church-revenues; and whether any maintenance of ministers can be settled by law. The author John Milton.
Milton, John, 1608-1674.Date: re-printed in the year, 1743
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An old looking-glass for the laity and clergy of all denominations, who either give or receive money under pretence of the Gospel being considerations touching the likeliest means to remove hirelings out of the Church of Christ. Wherein are also discoursed of tythes, church-fees, church-revenues, christnings, marriages, burials, and whether any maintenance of Gospel-servants ought to be settled by law. By John Milton, author of Paradise lost. With the life of Milton: also large extracts from his works, concerning bishops. [Twelve lines of quotations].
Milton, John, 1608-1674.Date: M,DCC,LXX. [1770]
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George Murgatroyd WoodwardDate: Dec. 1 1791Reference: 29458i
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Cerinthus and Ebion or, the heresie of tything under the Gospel detected: in some observations upon a book entituled, An essay concerning the divine right of tythes: by the author of the Snake in the grass. Together with an essay concerning the first rise of tythes: and a essay against their divine right.
Lindley, Benjamin, d. 1723.Date: 1708
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A new and seasonable address to the disciplinarians of the people called Quakers, relative to tithes and taxes . By Catholicus.
Matthews, WilliamDate: 1798
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A brief account of Stratford-Upon-Avon , with a particular description and survey, of the collegiate church, the mausoleum of Shakspeare; containing all the armorial bearings, and monumental inscriptions therein: To which is added, by way of Appendix, Some Account of the Lives of the Three Eminent Prelates, who Derive their Sirnames from Stratford, the Place of their Nativity.
Date: [1800]
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Liber regis , vel thesaurus rerum ecclesiasticarum. By John Bacon, Esq. Receiver of the First Fruits. With an appendix, containing proper directions and precedents relating to presentations, institutions, inductions, dispensations, &c. and a complete alphabetical index.
Ecton, John, d. 1730.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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Edward Stanley, the Irish secretary kneels at a low altar which supports a large scroll on which he writes and is held up by a capering devil. Lithograph by R. Seymour, 1832.
Robert SeymourDate: 1 Oct 1832Reference: 608215i
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Paying tythes inconsistent with the principles of the people called Quakers : wherein the reasons for their refusal are briefly stated, the pleas and excuses made by some for complying with demands of that nature, are considered and refuted, as also the discipline of the society which requires dealing with, and finally censuring those who will not be reclaimed, vindicated.
Date: 1774
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The clergy-Man's pretence of divine right to tithes , Examined and Refuted. Being a Full answer to W. W.'s Fourth Letter, in his Book, Intituled, The Clergy's Legal Right to Tithes asserted. To which he hath also annexed, a Justification of the Divine right, Erroneously so called. By John Gratton.
Gratton, John, 1641-1712.Date: 1703
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Tithes indefensible Or, Observations on the origin and effects of tithes. Addressed to country gentlemen.
Thompson, Thomas, banker.Date: Anno 1792
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The standard of the Lord of Hosts exalted the banner of the Prince of Peace displayed. Being a message unto the King, the Ministers of State and the members of both Houses of Parliament, to take away the heavy burthen of tithes, and to set at liberty the African slaves. By John Bousell, Of the City of Norwich, a Disciple of Jesus Christ, and a Dissenter from the People called Quakers.
Bousell, JohnDate: [1790]
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Tithes indefensible or, observations on the origin and effects of tithes, with some remarks on the tithe laws. By Thomas Thompson, F. S. A. and Honorary Member of the Board of Agriculture. The third edition, with an appendix on a commutation of tithes, and including a short account of tithes in Scotland.
Thompson, Thomas, banker.Date: Anno 1796
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A treatise on agistment tithe, in which the nature, right, objects, mode of payment, and method of ascertaining the value of each species of it, are fully stated and explained . By Tho. Bateman, A.M. chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Gordon, vicar of Whaplode, Lincolnshire, &c.
Bateman, Tho. (Thomas), Vicar of Whaplode.Date: 1778
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The history of tythes : That is, the practice of payment of them. The positive laws made for them. The opinions touching the right of them. A review of it is also annext, which both confirms it, and directs in the use of it. By J. Selden.
John SeldenDate: M.DC.XVIII. [1618, i.e. 1680]
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A Brief account of some severe prosecutions in the Court of Exchequer, against several of the people called Quakers, for non-payment of tythes Notwithstanding that provision is made for the more easie recovery thereof, by two late acts. Humbly presented to the Queen and Parliament.
Date: MDCCVI. [1706]
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A country farmyard: a woman refuses to let a clergyman walk away with a pig offered as tithes unless he also takes her child. Engraving, 17--.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 27225i
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The dying testimony and exercise of William Fisher, concerning the payment of tythes
Fisher, William, d. 1709.Date: 1710
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The dying testimony and exercise of William Fisher, concerning the payment of tythes
Fisher, William, d. 1709.Date: 1748-9. [i.e. 1749]
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A tall, thin military officer carries on his shoulders an enormously fat parson dressed in gown and bands followed by a dejected-looking farmer. Etching by J. Gillray, 1783.
James GillrayDate: April 10 1783Reference: 585052i
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News from the Country: or The Plough-man's lamentation: by way of dialogue, between a Country-Parson a lawyer, and a Plough-man . Concerning a Quaker's not paying Tythes.
Date: 1709

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The examiner examined or, H. Wolstenholme's examination of the reasons why the people called Quakers do not pay tithes, considered: and the Conduct and Doctrine of the said People vindicated against his unjust Reflections upon them. By George Bewley.

A short vindication of the clergy's right to tythes , Occasioned by a message from a speaker, among the people call'd Quakers, to a clergyman of the church of England. In a letter to said speaker. By Stephen Clarke, M.A. rector o[f] Burythorpe, in Yorkshire.

George Keith's judgment, concerning tythes and hat honour, &c. Taken out of his observations upon H. M's. remarks, upon his book of immediate revelation. 4th observation. Which is suitable to the foregoing treatise.

Considerations touching the likeliest means to remove hirelings out of the church . Wherein is also discours'd of tythes, church-fees, church-revenues; and whether any maintenance of ministers can be settled by law. The author John Milton.

Oversize ephemera. EPH+50.

A Church of England rector seated at table as a servant brings a roasted pig on a dish. Aquatint after G.M. Woodward.

A new and seasonable address to the disciplinarians of the people called Quakers, relative to tithes and taxes . By Catholicus.

Liber regis , vel thesaurus rerum ecclesiasticarum. By John Bacon, Esq. Receiver of the First Fruits. With an appendix, containing proper directions and precedents relating to presentations, institutions, inductions, dispensations, &c. and a complete alphabetical index.

Edward Stanley, the Irish secretary kneels at a low altar which supports a large scroll on which he writes and is held up by a capering devil. Lithograph by R. Seymour, 1832.

The clergy-Man's pretence of divine right to tithes , Examined and Refuted. Being a Full answer to W. W.'s Fourth Letter, in his Book, Intituled, The Clergy's Legal Right to Tithes asserted. To which he hath also annexed, a Justification of the Divine right, Erroneously so called. By John Gratton.

Tithes indefensible Or, Observations on the origin and effects of tithes. Addressed to country gentlemen.

A treatise on agistment tithe, in which the nature, right, objects, mode of payment, and method of ascertaining the value of each species of it, are fully stated and explained . By Tho. Bateman, A.M. chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Gordon, vicar of Whaplode, Lincolnshire, &c.

The history of tythes : That is, the practice of payment of them. The positive laws made for them. The opinions touching the right of them. A review of it is also annext, which both confirms it, and directs in the use of it. By J. Selden.

A Brief account of some severe prosecutions in the Court of Exchequer, against several of the people called Quakers, for non-payment of tythes Notwithstanding that provision is made for the more easie recovery thereof, by two late acts. Humbly presented to the Queen and Parliament.

A country farmyard: a woman refuses to let a clergyman walk away with a pig offered as tithes unless he also takes her child. Engraving, 17--.

The dying testimony and exercise of William Fisher, concerning the payment of tythes

The dying testimony and exercise of William Fisher, concerning the payment of tythes

A tall, thin military officer carries on his shoulders an enormously fat parson dressed in gown and bands followed by a dejected-looking farmer. Etching by J. Gillray, 1783.

News from the Country: or The Plough-man's lamentation: by way of dialogue, between a Country-Parson a lawyer, and a Plough-man . Concerning a Quaker's not paying Tythes.