corn rent การใช้
- The Rector received corn rents in lieu of tithes.
- It introduced in their place a cash payment, the " corn rent ".
- The tithes were commuted for land and a corn rent, under an act of enclosure in 1796.
- The annual income of the benefice was stated as ?3.6 . 2, no tithes or corn rents or dividends and any other income.
- Attempts at reform came as early as 1828 when Thomas Greene, a Member of Parliament, introduced a bill that would have replaced the tithes with corn rents, a proposal that failed . Lord Althorp attempted the same measure in 1833, which also failed.
- The Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust ( SBPT ) has co-ordinated a ?50, 000 renovation project to turn it into a multi-purpose community hall under a 99-year lease at a pepper-corn rent, by the Crown Estate Commissioners who own the building.
- The Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust ( SBPT ) has co-ordinated a ?50, 000 renovation project on behalf of the Dunster Tithe Barn Community Hall Trust ( DTBCHT ), into a multi-purpose community hall under a 99-year lease at a pepper-corn rent, by the Crown Estate Commissioners who own the building.