Parish priests and their people in the middle ages in England . ship was entitled to the rank of Thane. t The Bishop of Oxford and earlier authorities are of opinion thatthe burg geat settl means the right of jurisdiction over Turner conjectures that the place in the kings hall meansa seat in the Witenagemot. 52 PARISH PRIESTS AND THEIR PEOPLE. nues of the mother Church extending over the wholedistrict were jealously guarded against encroachmenton the part of these new foundations. A canon ofEdgar enacts (i) that tithe be paid to the OldMinster to which the district belongs ; (2
Parish priests and their people in the middle ages in England . ship was entitled to the rank of Thane. t The Bishop of Oxford and earlier authorities are of opinion thatthe burg geat settl means the right of jurisdiction over Turner conjectures that the place in the kings hall meansa seat in the Witenagemot. 52 PARISH PRIESTS AND THEIR PEOPLE. nues of the mother Church extending over the wholedistrict were jealously guarded against encroachmenton the part of these new foundations. A canon ofEdgar enacts (i) that tithe be paid to the OldMinster to which the district belongs ; (2) if a thanehas on his boc-land a church at which there is not aburial-place, then of the nine parts let him give tohis priest what he will ; and let every church scotand plough-alms go to the Old Minster. A laterlaw of King Canute enacts that if a thane has erectedon his own boc-land (freehold or charter land) achurch having a legerstowe—a burial-place—he maysubtract one-third part of his tithes from the motherChurch, and bestow them upon his own clerk.*. Snxon Church of timber, nt Greenstead, Essex. A law of Canute incidentally describes four differentclasses of churches which, though divinely they havelike consecration, hold a different rank and have a * Thorpe, Ancient Laws, i. 367. DIOCESAN AND PAROCHIAL ORGANIZATION. 53
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