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The payment in kind of one tenth of local produce to the church had been established in [[Anglo-Saxon England]] before the [[Norman Conquest]]. It originally supported the local priest, but in some cases the right to receive the tithe was acquired by an organisation such as a monastery or college, who paid a [[curate]]. With the [[dissolution of the monasteries]], the right to receive tithes was acquired by a number of private landlords. In some instances, a [[tithe barn]] was built to hold the tithes. Tithes themselves were controversial, particularly among [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]]s who resented supporting the established church;<ref>Kain and Prince, p.1</ref> and payment in kind was sometimes not convenient for either the farmer or the tithe owner.
==Conversion to cash payments==
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