The Cloisters, Temple.
Minor Queries.
_Marriage Tithe in Wales._--_Has Tithe of Marriage Goods_ (called in
Welsh "Degwm Priodas") been ever demanded or paid in _recent times_?
This appears to have often been the custom since the act of parliament
(about 1549) declaring such tithe to be illegal: but will the _custom_
of three centuries (if such a _custom_ has anywhere continued) confer a
right to this peculiar tithe, in spite of the act of parliament? What
was the nature of this tithe? and was it paid by either party in case of
widowhood?