The Parson's Counsellor, With the Law of Tythes or Tything, In Two..

1685. An Influential English Treatise on Tithes Degge, Sir Simon [1612-1704]. The Parson's Counsellor, With the Law of Tythes or Tything. In Two Books. The First Sheweth the Order Every Parson, Vicar, &c. Ought to Observe in Obtaining a Spiritual Preferment, And What Duties are Incumbent upon Him After the Taking the Same, And Many Other Things Necessary for Every Clergy-Man to Know and Observe. The Second Shews, in What Manner all Sorts of Tythes, Offerings, Mortuaries, And Other Church Duties are to be Paid, As Well in London as Elsewhere, And as Well by the Canon as Common and Statute-Laws, And in What Courts and Manner they May be Recovered, What Charges They are Subject to, And Many Other Things Concerning the Same, Necessary for Clergy-Men and All Others to Know. Corrected, And Inlarged in Many Particulars Through the Whole Book, With a Table: &c. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires, For Henry Twyford, 1685. [xxxii], 341, [27] pp. Two parts, each with title page. Pagination continuous. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, upper outside hinge of rear board repaired, gilt tooling to board edges, hinges mended. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks, scratches and fine cracks to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges with some wear around corners and bottom edges, hinges partially cracked. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places, spark burns and light soiling to a few leaves. $200. * Fourth edition, one of two issues from 1685. This influential and oft-cited treatise was first published in 1676. Its final edition, the seventh, was published in 1820. It is divided into two books. The first addresses the procedures parson and vicars must follow to obtain a preferment, the duties imposed by a preferment and various regulations clergymen must observe. The second outlines various tithes, offerings, mortuaries and other church duties, relevant canon, common and statute laws and courts and suits involving tithes. English Short-Title Catalogue R1607. (Inventory #: 81654)