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'''Annates''' ({{IPAc-en|'|æ|n|eɪ|t|s}} or {{IPAc-en|'|æ|n|ə|t|s}};<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] second edition |title=annates |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/7855 |access-date=13 January 2019| date=1989 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> {{langx|la|annatae}}, from ''{{lang|la|annus}}'', "year"){{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}} were a payment from the recipient of an [[Catholic Church|ecclesiastical]] [[benefice]] to the collating authorities. Eventually, they consisted of half or the whole of the first year's profits of a [[benefice]]; after the appropriation of the right of collation by the [[Holy See|Roman see]], they were paid to the [[papal treasury]], ostensibly as a proffered contribution to the [[Roman Catholic Church|church]].{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}} They were also known as the "first fruits" ({{lang|la|[[First Fruits|primitiae]]}}), a religious offering which dates back to earlier [[Ancient Greek religion|Greek]], [[Religion in ancient Rome|Roman]], and [[Judaism|Hebrew]] religions.

==History==
{{further|First Fruits}}
This custom was of only gradual growth. At a very early period, bishops who received episcopal consecration in [[Rome]] were wont to present gifts to the various ecclesiastical authorities concerned. Out of this custom, there grew up a prescriptive right to such gifts.<ref name=Kirsch>{{citation-attribution|1=[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01537b.htm Kirsch, Johann Peter. "Annates." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 13 May 2019}}</ref>

The ''jus deportuum, annalia'' or ''annatae'', was originally the right of the [[bishop]] to claim the first year's profits of the living from a newly inducted incumbent, of which the first mention is found under [[Pope Honorius III]] (d. 1227), but which had its origin in a custom, dating from the 6th century, by which those ordained to ecclesiastical offices paid a fee or tax to the ordaining bishop. Originally, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, ''annatæ'' or ''annalia'', signified only the first-fruits of those lesser benefices of which the pope had reserved the patronage to himself, and granted outside of the consistory. It was from these claims that the papal annates, in the strict sense, in course of time developed. These accrued to the [[Apostolic Camera]] (Papal treasury).<ref name=Kirsch/>

The earliest records show the ''annata'' to have been, sometimes a privilege conceded to the bishop for a term of years, sometimes a right based on immemorial precedent. In course of time the popes, under stress of financial crises, claimed the privilege for themselves, though at first only temporarily. Thus, in 1305, [[Pope Clement V]] claimed the first-fruits of all vacant benefices in England, and in 1319 [[Pope John XXII]] those of all Christendom vacated within the next two years. In those cases the rights of the bishops were frankly usurped by the [[Holy See]], now regarded as the ultimate source of the episcopal jurisdiction.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}}<!--whole paragraph-->

==Classification==
These annates may be divided broadly into four classes,{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}} though the chief features are common to all:{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}}<!--whole section-->

# the ''{{lang|la|servitia communia}}'' or ''{{lang|la|servitia Camerae Papae}}'': a payment by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop, due upon his induction, of the anticipated revenue of the next year in his new benefice.{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}} This payment is traceable to the ''{{lang|la|oblatio}}'' paid to the pope when consecrating bishops as metropolitans or patriarchs. When, in the middle of the 13th century, the consecration of bishops became established as the sole right of the pope, the oblations of all bishops of the West were received by him; by the close of the 14th century, these became fixed at one year's revenue.{{refn|group=lower-alpha|For cases see [[du Cange]]<ref>[[Du Cange]], ''Glossarium'', s. ''Servitium Camerae Papae''</ref> and [[J. C. L. Gieseler|Giesler]].<ref>[[J. C. L. Gieseler|Gieseler]], ''Eccles. Hist.'', vol. iii. div. iii., notes to p. 181, &c. (Eng. trans., Edinburgh, 1853).</ref>}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}}
# the ''{{lang|la|jus deportuum}}, {{lang|la|fructus medii temporis}}'', or ''{{lang|la|annalia}}'': the annates due to the bishop or archbishop for benefices under his control but "reserved" by the church for the maintenance of the Papacy.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}}
# the ''{{lang|la|quindennia}}'': the annates of benefices attached to communities or corporations, which—under a 1469 bull of [[Pope Paul II|Paul II]]—were not paid at every presentation but instead offered every fifteen years.{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}}
# the ''{{lang|la|servitia minuta}}'': a small additional payment eventually added to other annates as a kind of notarial fee.{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}}

==National variation==
It must not be supposed that this system ever was worked with absolute uniformity and completeness throughout the various parts of [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Christendom]]. There were continual disagreements and disputes: the central authorities endeavouring to maintain and extend this most important of their financial schemes, and the subordinate ecclesiastics doing their best to get rid of the impost altogether or to transmute it into some less objectionable form.{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}} The easy expedient of rewarding the officials of the Curia and increasing the papal revenue by "reserving" more and more benefices was met by repeated protests, such as that of the bishops and barons of England (the chief sufferers), headed by [[Robert Grosseteste]] of [[Bishop of Lincoln|Lincoln]], at the council of Lyons in 1245.{{refn|group=lower-alpha|[[Guillaume Durand|Durandus]] represents contemporary clerical hostile opinion and attacks the corruptions of the officials of the Curia.<ref>{{Citation |last=Durand |first=Guillaume |author-link=Guillaume Durand |title=De Modo Generalis Concilii Celebrandi |language=la}}</ref>}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}} The subject frequently became one of national interest, on account of the alarming amount of [[Coin|specie]] which was thus drained away, and hence numerous enactments exist in regard to it by the various national governments.{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}}

===Britain===
{{anchor|England}}
In the [[Kingdom of England]], which included [[Wales]] after the [[Conquest of Wales by Edward I|English conquest of 1277 to 1283]], the annates were originally paid for the most part to the [[archbishop of Canterbury]], but were claimed for three years by {{nowrap|[[Pope John XXII|John XXII]]}} in the early 14th century and permanently usurped by his successors. The payments were originally governed by a valuation made by [[Walter Suffield]], the [[bishop of Norwich]], for {{nowrap|[[Pope Innocent IV|Innocent IV]]}} in 1254; this was emended by [[Pope Nicholas III|Nicholas III]] in 1292.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}} In 1531{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}} or 1532,{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}} the total payments comprised around [[GBP|£]]3,000 a year and {{nowrap|[[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]}} prohibited their collection. In 1534, [[Thomas Cromwell]] obtained from parliament the [[Act in Restraint of Annates]], which restored the annates as a payment owed to the Crown.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}} A new valuation was established by the commissioners who wrote the ''[[King's Books]]'' ({{lang|la|Liber Regis}}) in 1535. In February 1704, they were granted by [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] to the assistance of the poorer clergy, a scheme since known as "[[Queen Anne's Bounty]]".{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}} The 1535 valuations were still in use in 1704, and their continued use was inherent in the act of Parliament{{which|date=November 2024}} setting up Queen Anne's Bounty; consequently the 'first fruits' payments did not increase to reflect the true value of livings; by 1837, the [[Ecclesiastical Commissioners]] reported first fruits to bring in £4,000–5,000 a year whereas church income was around £3m a year and the true value of first fruits would therefore have been over £150,000 a year.<ref>{{cite journal|title=FIRST FRUITS|journal=Hansard House of Commons Debates|date=4 May 1837|volume=38|pages=cc530-9|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1837/may/04/first-fruits#S3V0038P0_18370504_HOC_17|accessdate=17 November 2015}}</ref>

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In [[Scotland]], the ''annat'' or ''ann'' is half a year's stipend allowed to the executors of a minister of the [[Church of Scotland]] above what was due to him at the time of his death.<ref>Ann Act 1672 (c. 24)</ref> This is neither assignable by the clergyman during his life nor can it be seized by his creditors.{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}}<!--whole paragraph-->

===France===
In [[France]], in spite of royal edicts{{refn|group=lower-alpha|As those under [[Charles VI of France|Charles VI]], [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]], [[Louis XI of France|Louis XI]], and [[Henry II of France|Henry II]].}} and even denunciations of the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], at least the custom of paying the ''servitia communia'' held its ground until the infamous decree of August 4 during the [[French Revolution]] in 1789.{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}}

===Germany===
In Germany, it was decided by the [[concordat of Constance]], in 1418, that bishoprics and abbacies should pay the ''servitia'' according to the valuation of the Roman chancery in two half-yearly instalments. Those reserved benefices only were to pay the ''annalia'' which were rated above twenty-four gold florins; and as none were so rated, whatever their annual value may have been, the annalia fell into disuse. A similar convenient fiction also led to their practical abrogation in France, Spain and Belgium. The [[Council Of Basel|council of Basel]] (1431–1443) wished to abolish the ''servitia'', but the [[concordat of Vienna]] (1448) confirmed the Constance decision. Politically, the collection was opposed by [[Martin Luther]] his 1520 ''[[To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation]]'', in which he wrote:<ref>[https://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/web/nblty-05.html An Open Letter to The Christian Nobility] by Martin Luther (1483–1546), iclnet.org</ref>
{{blockquote|Every prince, nobleman and city should boldly forbid their subjects to pay the annates to Rome and should abolish them entirely; for the pope has broken the compact, and made the annates a robbery, to the injury and shame of the whole German nation. He gives them to his friends, sells them for large amounts of money, and uses them to endow offices. He has thus lost his right to them, and deserves punishment.}}

The practice of collecting ''servitia'' continued through the Reformation, in spite of the efforts of the [[congress of Ems]] (1786) to alter it, still remains nominally in force. As a matter of fact, however, the revolution caused by the secularization of the ecclesiastical states in 1803 practically put an end to the system, and the ''servitia'' have either been commuted ''via gratiae'' to a moderate fixed sum under particular concordats, or are the subject of separate negotiation with each bishop on his appointment.{{sfn|Baynes|1878|pp=61–62}} In [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], where the bishops received salaries as state officials, the payment was made by the government.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=64–65}}

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* [[Index of Vatican City-related articles]]
* [[Kickback (bribery)|Kickback]]
* [[Papal States]]
* [[Secretariat for the Economy]]

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==References==
* {{cite EB9 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Annates |volume=2  |pages=61–62 }}

'''Attribution'''
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