Hall and goods;£1; George Hewitt of Rawroyd 13s.; John Mosley of Norcroft 8s.; William Shirt house and grounds 10s,; Jowitt-house 12s.; John Wainwright Lane head 5s.; Thomas Pashley house and grounds 5s." The total, which includes six houses at 8d. each among the sixty names, amounts to £17 19s. 0d.
It will be noticed in this Decree of 1615, that this "Vicar's Pen sion" was a perfectly voluntary gift on the part of the proprietors, after they had purchased the tithes of their property, making these "Pensions in lieu of Tithes" a Rent Charge upon their estates payable by themselves, their heirs, and assignees for ever. It is evidently a charge upon the property in the nature of a reserved rent which does not belong to either landlord or tenant, neither of whom can properly be said to pay it out of their own pockets, inasmuch as the property itself comes into the landlord's possession legally subject to this payment. This Pension includes the original £4 13s. 4d., making up the required income of £20 by estimating the Easter offerings and surplice fees at £3 a year.
It was about this time when the parishioners gave the minister a house, garden, croft, and other conveniences valued at "about 20s. or 30s. a year."
On the second page of the old Parish Register there is the following record subscribed by "Chr. Walbancke, 1684:"
"A particular of all the Rights and dues that doth yearely belonge to the Minister of Cawthorne for the tyme being for ever Respectively as followeth;
"Imprimis, one dwelling-house and one lathe or Barne and Parcell of Ground enclosed, wherein the said house and Lathe stand, the minister for the tyme being for ever yearely paying for the Barne unto the heyres or assignes of Richard Green late of Micklethwait within Cawthorne aforesaid deceased the yearely Rent of eighte shillings.
"Item, due and payable to the said Minister of Cawthorne for the tyme being for ever forth of the tythes of Cawthorne by vertue of a decree forth of his Majesties Courte of Exchequer, together allsoe with the Easter offerings and the fees for Christenings weddings and Burialls, according to the computation mentioned in the said
