Sowerbutt's Tithes

Rupert Manningtree bit into a custard cream. “Tithe Wars? Damn disgrace, old boy. The tithe-owners, mostly civilians who’d bought them out but also a few Anglicans, trying to squeeze blood from a stone. The nonsense started eventually, the bully-boy bailiffs came in with warrants and began throwing their weight around. Do you know they marched into the Bury markets, waved a piece of paper in the air and started loading up their lorries with pigs and cattle. Nearly started a riot, I almost hit one of the bastards but the constables were there."
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