See also:

• TITHING (for tithe, tenth; Lat. decuma)

TITHING (for tithe, tenth; See also:

• LAT

Lat. decuma)  , formerly a unit of See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In some districts the men who were See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to be in See also:

• FRANKPLEDGE (Lat. francum plegium)

frankpledge (q.v.) were grouped in associations of tell, twelve or more individuals called tithings . When a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who was accused of any See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

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 (for tithe, tenth; Lat. decuma)

tithing, then it was upon the tithing that the See also:

• AMERCEMENT, or AMERCIAMENT (derived, through the Fr. (I merci, from Lat. merces, pay)

amercement See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell . See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South of the See also:

• THAMES

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
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia the tithing was originally a See also:

• DISTRICT

district and not a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere association of persons; but in See also:

• NORTHUMBRIA (regnum Northanhymbrorum)

Northumbria it is doubtful whether the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of frankpledge and tithing, either See also:

• PERSONAL

personal or territorial, was ever established . If, as seems likely, the territorial tithing is older than the personal, each territorial See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred (q.v.) was probably divided into ten tithings .