† tithing mann.2
Obsolete.
A tithe collector.
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proctorc1425
tithe gatherer1591
tither1591
tithing man1618
titheman1645
decimator1660
tithe-farmer1677
tithe proctor1767
1618 R. Brathwait Good Wife sig. I3 Meagre Death's an vniust Tithingman, This was my First, not Tenth, and we do say, ‘With Tenth, not First we vse our Tithe to pay.’
1693 Rector's Bk. Clayworth (1910) 103 Tything men 3 entred ye Fields.
1736 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 705/2 He may often lose his whole Crop, in waiting for the Incumbent's Tything-man.
1798 H. Wood Coll. Decrees Court Exchequer in Tithe-causes III. 279 The plaintiff..insisted upon..the tenth [haycock] to be marked and set out as his tithe, which the defendant then complied with, and told him, that his tithing man had tithed them unequally.
1807 ‘P. Plymley’ Three More Lett. on Catholics iii. 11 Soften some of the most odious powers of the tything-man.
1881 Ipswich Jrnl. 30 Apr. 8/2 The farmers would draw 10 turnips, and tell the tithing man to take one.
1910 Country Life 5 Nov. 633/1 Legend says that it was customary in the old time to preserve him [sc. the smallest pig in the litter] for the benefit of the parson when the tithing man came round.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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