12 Mar 1772
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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 12, 1772
Page
1
In March records from Stonegrave, the rector challenged two parishioners over tithes in kind for a milk and ales. The villagers argued that an annual in-kind tithe was a temporary composition, and the rector decreed the temporary tithe in kind plus costs.
The readable fragment lists ship names and origins such as London and New England, with scattered references to locations like Granadess and Salcombe. The text resembles a shipping or trade notice page and includes jumbled phrases about winds, arrivals, and vessels.
In a lengthy session the Commons debated bills of divorce and the grounds used to obtain them, with speakers decrying collusive evidence and urging legal judgments from courts below. The discussion touched on reform, the ethics of prevailing practices, and the need to curb hasty divorces as questions on marital law and parliamentary procedure drew sharp remarks.
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