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Tithe transcription

  • 16-07-2015 11:38pm
    #1
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,299 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Wondering if anyone can tell me what the underlined word is in the attached image?
    Original here
    ...a composition for the Tythes claimable by him incumbent of
    the said parish, and we do further certify that the average
    price of wheat being the…???…grown in such County
    for the period of seven years ending the first day of November...

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  • #2
    lottpaul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭lottpaul


    2 words -- being the corn principally grown


  • #3
    Hermy
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    You know I thought that at first and then I gave up on it.
    Thanks for the confirmation.:)

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  • #4
    Hermy
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    Also does anyone happen to know what is meant by late Irish currency?

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  • #5
    lottpaul
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    Hermy wrote: »
    Also does anyone happen to know what is meant by late Irish currency?


    "In 1801 Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland were united to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. However, the Irish pound continued to exist and was not replaced by sterling until January 1826. The conversion rate had long been thirteen Irish pounds to twelve pounds sterling." as per wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling#Currency_of_Great_Britain_.281707.29_and_the_United_Kingdom_.281801.29


    The vestry meeting referred to in your document took place in October 1827, just a year after the abolition of the Irish pound and the adoption of sterling as the currency for the new UK. The Irish acre, mile, pound, etc had always been different to their English counterparts and I suppose standardisation was part of the economic and political union.


  • #6
    shanew
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    areas given on the Tithe records are usually in 'Irish' or 'Plantation' acres, which were larger than Statute or English acres (about 1.6x), and from a similar timeframe Lewis Topgraphical dictionary of 1837 gives most areas in Irish acres, and distances in 'Irish Miles', and has occasional mention of amounts in Irish pounds. As far as I know the areas used for Griffith's Primary Valuation were in English or Statute acres.


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  • #7
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,299 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Brilliant stuff - thank you both.

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