Gerrans Tithe Apportionments 1841

APPORTIONMENT of the RENT CHARGE in lieu of TITHES, in the Parish of Gerrans, in the county of Cornwall.

Whereas an Award of RENT CHARGE in lieu of TITHES, in the Parish of Gerrans, in the County of Cornwall, was, on the Twenty-second day of April, in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-one, confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales, of which Award, with the schedule therein comprised, the following is a Copy :-

Know all Men by these Presents.

WHEREAS I, GEORGE LOUIS have been duly appointed and sworn an Assistant Tithe Commissioner, according to the provisions of the Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales, and have also been duly appointed to ascertain and award the Sums to be paid by way of Rent Charges, instead of the Tithes of the Parish of GERRANS, in the County of Cornwall:

AND WHEREAS I have held divers Meetings, in the said Parish and elsewhere, touching this matter aforesaid, of which Meetings due notice was given, for the information of the Landowners and the Tithe Owners of the said Parish:

AND WHEREAS I have duly considered all the allegations and proofs tendered to me by all parties interested, and have myself made all enquiries touching the premised subject, which appeared to me to be necessary:

AND WHEREAS I find that the Glebe Lands of the said Parish, containing, by estimation, Three Roods, are, by prescription, or other lawful means, absolutely exempt from payment of all Tithes:

AND WHEREAS I find that the estimated quantity, in Statute Measure, of all the lands of the said Parish, exclusive of the Glebe, amounts to Two Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty Acres, which are cultivated as follows: (that is to say,) – One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty Acres as Arable Land; One Hundred Acres as Meadow; Twenty Acres as Orchards and Gardens; and Four Hundred Acres are Moors, Hedges Roads, and Scites of Houses:

AND WHEREAS I find that all the Lands of the said Parish, (except the Glebe,) are subject to the payment of all manner of Tithes in kind:

AND WHEREAS I have estimated the clear Annual Value of the said Tithes, in the manner directed of the said Act of Parliament; and have also taken into account the Rates and Assessments paid in respect of such Tithes, during the Seven Years of Average prescribed by the said Act:

AND WHEREAS due notice was given to me, in the manner prescribed by the said Act, that the clear Average Value of the Tithes of the said Parish, during the Seven Years preceding Christmas, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-five, would not fairly represent the Sum which ought to be the basis of a permanent Commutation of the said Tithes:

AND WHEREAS I have taken into consideration all the allegations and proofs tendered to me, touching the matter of the said Notice, before awarding the Rent Charges hereinafter mentioned:

AND WHEREAS I find that MARY HARTLEY, of ___ in the County of ___ is the owner of One Moiety of all the Tithes arising from certain Lands in the said parish, called Rosteage and Trewarthas, otherwise Trewars:

AND THAT the Rector for the time being is entitled to the other Moiety of the Tithes of the same Lands, and also to the whole of the Tithes arising from certain Lands in the said Parish, known by the names of Tregair, Tregairwoon and Vraddon Hay:

AND ALSO to a Moiety of all the Tithes arising from all the remaining Titheable Lands of the said Parish:

AND THAT RICHARD JOHNS, Esquire, of Trewince, in the said County of Cornwall, is owner of the other Moiety of all the Tithes arising from all the Titheable Lands of the Parish, (except the said Lands called Rosteage and Trevartha, otherwise, Trewars, Tregair, Tregairwoon, and, Vraddon Hay:)

NOW KNOW YE, that I the said GEORGE LOUIS do hereby award, that the Annual Sum of Nineteen Pounds and Twelve Shillings, by way of a Rent Charge, subject to the Provisions of the said Act, shall be paid to the said MARY HARTLEY, her Heirs or Assigns, or to the Persons entitled in Remainder or Revision after her, instead of one Moiety of all the Tithes arising from the aforesaid Lands, called Rosteage and Trewarthas, otherwise, Trewars:

AND THAT the Annual Sum of Three Hundred and Six Pounds and Thirteen Shillings, also by way of Rent Charge, and subject to the provisions aforesaid, shall be paid to the said Rector, for the time being, of the said Parish, instead of all the Tithes arising from the aforesaid Lands called Tregair, Tregairwoon, and Vraddon Hay; one Moiety of all the Tithes arising from all the other Titheable Lands of the said parish:

AND THAT the Annual Sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-three Pounds and Fifteen Shillings, also by way of Rent Charge, subject to the Provisions aforesaid, shall be paid to the said RICHARD JOHNS, his Heirs or Assigns, or to the Persons entitled in Remainder or Revision after him, instead of the Moiety of all the Tithes arising from the Titheable Lands of the said Parish, (except Rosteage and Trewarthas, otherwise, Trewars, Tregairs, Tregairwoon, Vraddon Hay:)

THE AFROREGOING Rent Charges to be in lieu not only of Tithes payable in kind, but also in lieu of all Moduses and Compositions, real and prescriptive, or Customary Payments, payable in respect of all the Lands of the said Parish.

IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, this First Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-one.

Signed, GEORGE LOUIS

Now we THOMAS BISHOP the Elder, and THOMAS BISHOP the Younger, both of the Parish of Tintagel, in the County of Cornwall, Land-surveyors, having been duly appointed VALUERS, to apportion the Total Sum awarded to be paid by way of Rent Charges, in lieu of Tithes, amongst the several Lands of the said Parish of GERRANS, do hereby apportion the Rent Charges as follows:- Gross Rent Charge payable to the Tithe-owners in lieu of Tithes, for the Parish of GERRANS, in the County of Cornwall, Five Hundred and Fifty Pounds, (viz.)-

Value in Imperial Bushels, and decimal parts of an Imperial Bushel, of Wheat, Barley, and Oats ;- viz