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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3105/A/PI/9
TitleBenefice Income: Tithe lead ore account books
Date1744-1879
DescriptionThe vicar of Wirksworth was entitled to a proportion of every dish of lead mined. The proportion was set in 1778 at 1/40th of every dish, though the vicar argued it had earlier been 1/10th of every dish on a new freeing. The tithe lead ore account books give details by mine, with the name of the worker. The book covering 1782-1794 (D3105/A/PI/9/5) is marked ‘Dean of Lincoln’s tithe ore book’. The Dean of Lincoln was patron and appropriator of the living of Wirksworth
LevelSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorParish of Wirksworth St Mary
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