The Tithe Commutation Act of 1836, was passed into law on the 13th of August. The Act reformed the long-standing system by which tithes were paid to the Church of England. Instead of payments made in agricultural produce, tithes were converted into a monetary charge calculated according to the price of corn. Intended to reduce disputes and modernise church finance, the Act nonetheless altered the traditional relationship between land, parish, and ecclesiastical obligation, making tithe-giving less visible and, in many areas, more contentious.