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See also:TITHING (for tithe, tenth; See also:Lat. decuma) , formerly a unit of See also:local See also:administration in See also:England . In some districts the men who were See also:bound to be in See also:frankpledge (q.v.) were grouped in associations of tell, twelve or more individuals called tithings . When a See also:person who was accused of any See also:crime was not forthcoming, inquiry was made whether he was in frankpledge; if he were not, and had no right of exemption, the township was amerced, but if he were in a See also:tithing, then it was upon the tithing that the See also:amercement See also:fell . See also:South of the See also:Thames the tithings were districts normally identical with the township which discharged the duties of the frankpledge . Some townships, however, contained more than one tithing . There are also indications that in the See also:ancient See also:kingdom of See also:Mercia the tithing was originally a See also:district and not a See also:mere association of persons; but in See also:Northumbria it is doubtful whether the See also:system of frankpledge and tithing, either See also:personal or territorial, was ever established . If, as seems likely, the territorial tithing is older than the personal, each territorial See also:hundred (q.v.) was probably divided into ten tithings . |
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