Genealogy Chat

I have a possible burial for an ancestor in 1762 in rural Lincolnshire, his occupation at death appears to be shown as tithe-man. Whilst I am aware of tithes & what they are, can anyone shed anymore light on what this occupation might have referred to in the mid 18th century? At the baptism of his children in the 1730's he was described as a yeoman.

This is quite interesting as it gives a good idea of what tithes were in relation to farming

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1830/dec/21/inconveniences-of-tithes

The Middle English Dictionary has the definition...

The chief administrative officer of a tithing. A constable.

http://tinyurl.com/ofz4g54

So he collected the tithes due!

Chris

Tithing
In Western ecclesiastical law, the act of paying a percentage of one's income to further religious purposes. One of the political subdivisions of England that was composed of ten families who held freehold estates.
Residents of a tithing were joined in a society and bound to the king to maintain peaceful relations with each other. The person responsible for the administration of the tithing was called the TITHING-MAN; he was a forerunner of the constable.

TITHING, Eng. law. Formerly a district containing ten men with their families. In each tithing there was a TITHING MAN whose duty it was to keep the peace, as a constable now is bound to do. St. Armand, in his Historical Essay on the Legislative Power of England, p. 70, expresses, an opinion that the tithing was composed not of ten common families, but of ten families of lords of a manor.

Thanks for your contributions. My initial internet search didn't throw up the links you have provided.