Catalogue description Royal Commission on Tithe Rentcharge 1934: Minutes and Papers

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Reference: IR 101
Title: Royal Commission on Tithe Rentcharge 1934: Minutes and Papers
Description:

This series comprises records of the Royal Commission on Tithe Rentcharge includes a copy of a Land Registry publication of 1932, State-Guaranteed Title to Land; notes of deputations to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries from tithe owners and tithe payers, 1933; minutes of meetings, reports, evidence, correspondence etc., 1934 to 1935; and a memorandum on tithe rentcharge and registration of title to land, written in 1935 by the Chief Land Registrar; and the draft report of the Commission.

Date: 1932-1935
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Royal Commission on Tithe Rentcharge, 1934-1934

Physical description: 14 file(s)
Publication note:

The final report was published as Cmd. 5095 in 1936.

Administrative / biographical background:

The Royal Commission on Tithe Rentcharge, chaired by Sir John Fischer Williams, CBE, KC, was appointed by Royal Warrant dated 27 August 1934. Its terms of reference were 'to enquire into and report upon the whole question of tithe rentcharge in England and Wales and its incidence, with special reference to stabilised value, statutory remission, powers of recovery, and method and terms of redemption'.

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