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And the tale, or tything, of hym wente forth anoon in to al the cuntree of Galilee.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

The old horn, by which the tenure is held, had been blown from the Town Hall, summoning the commoners to their rights, and the tything men, whose duties are unique, have ably fulfilled them.

From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William

Thus every liegeman was known to the law, and was taught his duties and obligations; and every tything was responsible for the production of its criminals, and obliged to pay a fine if they escaped.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers by Lord, John

Scott does assure me that I may modestly allow a thousand sheep to a tything, one with another.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John

In Southwick, a tything of North-Bradley," says Canon Jackson,— "two carucates of land belonged in 1274 to William de Greyville or Greynville, who held under the Abbess of Romsey.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton