Tithing
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The English land division called the tithing was one tenth of a hundred, or equal to ten hides, though this relationship was often notional. Allied to this concept was a local administrative unit also called a tithing, with essentially legal responsibilities, exercised by a "tithingman" or "headborough". Both meanings originated in Anglo-Saxon times, through arrangements for the management of estates, taxation and criminal law, for example in the procedure known as "view of frankpledge." They...
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