Abbey of St. Albans, the, improvement of wastes by,87Abbot of Cerne, the, agreement by to enclose,181" Glastonbury, the, agreement by to enclose,181" Malmesbury, the, agreement by to enclose,180–181" Peterborough, the, dispute of with copyholders,360" St. Peter's, Gloucester, the, agreement by to enclose,181All Souls College—enclosing on estates of,156scale of landholding,69–70maps of,163,172,221,222,223petition of in Chancery,235–236Ashley, Professor W.J.—views of as to date of enclosing movement,11" " " legal position of copyholders,290–292Aske, Robert—evidence of as to agrarian grievances,319" " " monastic economy,383Pilgrimage of Grace led by,134,319Bacon, Francis—bills against depopulation introduced by,387history of King Henry VII. by quoted,28,346ideal of government of,398use of word “yeoman” by,28views as to pauperism of,274Bath, the Earl of, property of villeins seized by,42–43Becon, views of as to agrarian changes,6,7Bell, William, commons enclosed by,373Berkeley, Lord Thomas, agreement by to enclose,181Bolen, Sir William, enclosing by,380Bracton—on assize of novel disseisin,122villeinage,292Brudenell, Lord, fine imposed on for enclosing,391Buckingham, the Duke of—enclosing by,380park made by,148Burleigh, Lord, advice of to Queen Elizabeth,341Cade, Jack,194Captain Pouch, part played by in revolt of 1607,318Cecil, Sir Robert—views of on poor law,273–274" " military importance of ploughmen,343" " Statute of Inmates,4,279Cecil, Sir William, letter to concerning Somerset’s policy,347–348,368Celys, the, wool purchased by,196Charles I., agrarian policy of government of,391,398,399Clarkson—Northumbrian manors surveyed by,5views of as to equal use of commons,235" " " importance of commons,160" " " importance of numerous tenantry,189–190Cobbett, view of as to social effects of reformation,382Coke, Sir Edward—petition of tenants to,412–413reports of,247view of as to acts against depopulation,379" " " copyholders,289,291" " " border tenure,299" " " Statute of Merton,248Combe, William, enclosing by,375Cotton, Sir J., enclosing by,380Coventry, Lord, address of to Judges of Assize,398Cromwell, Thomas—letter of to Henry VIII.,360–361" " Rich,361responsibility of for agrarian distress,360tenants protected by,361Crowley—“Information and Petition against the Oppressors of the Poor Commons" by,365–366views of as to agrarian changes,6,179" " " attitude of landlords,384" " " excessive fines and rents,307Cunningham, Dr., account of origin of corn laws,3Cushman, Robert, remarks of on emigration,270Danbury, Lord, enclosing by,380Darcy, Lord—dispute of with tenants,380letter to from Commons of Westmoreland,322Darrell, William, complaints of tenants against,374Davenport, Miss—evidence as to leasing of demesne,209" " " progress of pasture-farming,224Dawney, Sir John, ordered to reinstate tenants,361De Malynes, Gerard, views of as to effect of rise in prices,199–200Defoe, “Giving Alms no Charity" by,105Delavale, Joshua—account of depopulation at Hartley by,258“Seaton Delavale,” 257Delavale, Robert, enclosing and depopulation carried out by,192,257–258Derby, the Earl of, eviction of tenants by,361Durham, the Dean of, account of depopulation by,261Edward VI.—agrarian policy in reign of,352,362–372Book of Private Prayer of quoted,20Remains of quoted,6Elizabeth, agrarian policy in reign of,14,372–374Ely, the Bishop of, letter of Lord North to,349Englefield, Sir Francis, enclosing by,148,251–252Everard, diggers led by,321Firth,The House of Lords during the Civil Warby,38Fitzherbert—Book of HusbandryandSurveyingby,5" " " on commons,242" " " borrowing,109" " " duty of housewives,112" " " enclosing,151Surveyingon commons,249" " copyholders,288–289" " enclosing,150,152" " land taken from demesne or waste,285" " rack-renting,150Fortescue—On the Governance of Englandby, quoted as to fiscal importance,346" " " " " prosperity of peasants,98,133Fowler, Dr. G.H., evidence of as to conditions at Aspley Guise,73Fuller—The Holy and Profane Stateby, quoted as to yeomen,36–37" " " " " fiscal importance,346Gairdner—Letters and Papers of Henry VIII.edited by, quoted,319,322,323,324,326,327,330,334,343,347,350,361,380Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolutionby, quoted,399Gardiner,History of England1603–1642 by, quoted,398Gaskell—Artisans and Machineryby,106The Manufacturing Population of Great Britain,106Gasquet,Henry VIII. and the English Monasteriesby,383Gay, Professor—views of as to progress of pasture-farming,10,195,224,263–265" " revolt of 1607,318,320" " small disturbance caused by enclosure,11Gneist, R. von,400Gonner, Professor—evidence of as to continuity of enclosures,11" " " enclosures of eighteenth century,263" " " fines for depopulation,386" " " immigration into towns,275Grenvilles, the, lands of Buckland Abbey granted to,194Hales, John—bills introduced by,367,385charge to juries by,367departure from England of,371evidence of as to enclosing by peasants,151,167" " " in fifteenth century,11–12,166" " population,105" " rack-renting,199" " rise in prices,199part played by on Royal Commission of 1548–1549,167,360–367remarks of on commons,7value of evidence of,5–6,386Warwick’s attack on,368Hammond, J.L. and Barbara, views of as to enclosures of eighteenth century,3,183Harrington, Sir J.—views of as to decay of feudalism,191" " " effect of Tudor agrarian policy,388–389" " " rise of middle-classes,38Harrison—views of on copyholders,49,56–57" " depopulation,105" " diet of artificers and husbandmen,132–133" " Poor Laws,271,273" " prosperity of yeomen,10,21,40" " superfluous trades,19Harry Clowte,333Hasbach—quotation by as to advantages of copyhold tenure,86views of on age of marriage,106" " effects of Tudor commercial policy,13Henry II., Assize of Novel Disseisin established by,122Henry VII.—commercial policy of,112–113,197demand of peasants for conditions obtaining under,98–99enclosures made before reign of,11–12,166Harrington on agrarian policy of,38,191,388–389Henry VIII.—commercial policy of,112–113,197intervention to protect tenants under,360–362letter of Cromwell to,360–361Herbert, Lord,History of King Henry VIII.by, quoted,398Herbert, William, Earl of Pembroke—estates of, consolidation of peasant holdings on,67–69" " demesne lands on usually leased,203" " " " leased to capitalist farmers,210" " " " " " small holders,204–205" " " " " " village,205–206" " " " proportion of pasture on,225–226" " statistics of duration of tenure and of fines on,298" " " " tenants on,25" " villeins on,42park of attacked by peasants,194,326rebellion in West put down by,324share of in monastic estates,324,380Humberstone—manors of Duke of Devonshire surveyed by,5remarks of, on relation of lords to tenants,349–350" " on variety of manorial customs,293Huntingdon, the Earl of, request to elect his nominee,387Jack of the North,333Jack of the Style,318Jackson, Cyril, Report of on Boy Labour,342James I., agrarian policy of Government of,374–375,394,398Johnson, the Rev. A.H.—views of, on decay of yeomanry in nineteenth century,139" " enclosure of commons,9" " entailing of land,39" " geographical distribution of enclosures,261Kalm,Account of a Visit to England(translated by J. Lucas) by, on open field system,389Ket, Robert—manor held by,326programme of agrarian reform put forward by,334–337rebellion in Norfolk led by,331–333King, Gregory—statistics of as to population,21" " " yield of an acre,111Kitchin,Court Leetby, on copyhold tenure,289Latimer, Bishop—complaints of by landlords,368remarks of on education of yeomen,134–135views of on agrarian changes,6,134–135,347,365,386Laud, Archbishop—activity of on Depopulation Commission,391,399,420–421complaints of by landlords,420–421Lamond, Miss E.M., introduction by toTheCommonwealof this Realm of England,7,11,105,263,331,364,366,367,368,377,385Leadam, I.—evidence of as to independence of peasants,120–121,325,330" " " protection of tenants by Government,357,360,362" " " size of enclosures,154–155" " " status of enclosers,154–155views of on copyhold tenure,289–290,292,293" " enclosing for arable,10,195,224" " geographical distribution of enclosures,8,262Lee, J.—A Vindication of a Regulated Enclosureby, evidence of as to enclosures ofseventeenth century,11,151number of labourers employed,22views of on uselessness of legislation,319" " yardlands,67Leicester, the Earl of, manor purchased by,302Leonard, Miss E.M.—evidence of as to exclusion of immigrants by towns,376letter from Justices quoted by,278–279views of on enclosures of seventeenth century,11" " results of agrarian policy of Tudors and Stuarts,348,389–390Lever, sermons by,6Lloyd, oppression of tenants by,390Locke,Two Treatises of Governmentby, quoted as to limits of Government action,400Mackay, T., views of on origin of Poor Law,266–267Maitland, F.W.—evidence of as to fixed copyhold rents,119,305view of as to nature of common rights,244Merton College—letter to subwarden of,30,410–411rents on estates of,119scale of landholding on estates of,66–68,73,76,85,163Moore, John—evidence of as to enclosures of seventeenth century,5,11,167" " " pauperism caused by enclosures,278More, Sir Thomas—evidence of as to enclosing for pasture,6" " " monastic economy,382remarks of on condition of workmen and artificers,45" " nature of Government,274,372Nasse, view of as to objects of enclosure,10Norden—evidence of as to agriculture in Somersetshire,110–111,171" " constitution of a manor,350evidence of as to copyhold and customary tenure,47,50" " " enclosure by peasants,151" " " fixity of copyholders' rents,118" " " relations between lords and freeholders,30" " " rise in prices,308" " " security of freeholders,30,35" " " unpopularity of surveyors,349" " " villeinage,46" " " wickedness of depopulation,150North, Lord, letter of to Bishop of Ely,349Northumberland, the Earl of—fines on estates of,299,305letter to,303petition to,303–304Page, statistics of as to commutation of labour services,52Paget, Sir William, letter of to Somerset on peasants' revolts,319,338–339,368Parker, Archbishop, address of to Norfolk rebels,332Pembroke, the Earl of,seeHerbert, Sir WilliamPetruschevsky—The Rebellion of Wat Tylerby, on improvement of wastes,87on land speculation by peasants,81Pollard, Professor,264,371Pollock and Maitland,seeMaitlandPowell, E.,The East Anglian Risingby, evidence of as to landholders,21–22Poyntz, Sir Nicholas, oppression of tenant by,362Pseudonismus—Considerations concerning Common Fields and EnclosuresandA Vindication of the Considerations concerning Common Fields and Enclosures, evidence of as to the abuse of commons,171, 278 evidence of as to depopulation,167" " " enclosing in seventeenth century,11,388" " " legislation checking conversion to pasture,388Pyrce Plowman,202,318,333Raleigh, Walter (junior), on subsidies,346Raleigh, Walter (senior), part played in revolt of 1549,194Reyce, account by of prosperity of freeholders in Suffolk,40Rich, Lord—enclosing by,380letter of Cromwell to,361Rogers, Thorold, statistics of as to prices,13,196,198Rous, evidence of as to enclosing in fifteenth century,12Russell,Ket’s Rebellion in Norfolkby, quoted,98,321,324,335,368St. John, Sir John, oppression of tenants by,362Sanders, part played by in agrarian dispute at Coventry,326Sandes, Richard, paper by on the evils of depopulation,416–417Sandys, Archbishop, letter of to Queen Elizabeth,48–49Savine, Dr. A.—views of on copyhold tenure,287,292,300" " monastic economy,203,225,226,383" " villeinage in sixteenth century,41Saye and Sele, Lord, name of returned among enclosers,376Schanz, Professor G., statistics of as to export of woollen cloth,196Seebohm, Dr. F., Domesday statistics quoted by,27Shakespeare, references to works of,194,343Sheffield, Sir R., enclosing by,380Shrewsbury, the Earl of—dispute of with tenants,327enclosing by,380letter from,338–339Slater, Dr. G.—Summary of Depopulation Acts by,353views of on effect of statutes against depopulation,389" " geographical distribution of enclosures,262" " policy of Clarendon,400Smith, Sir Thomas—De Republica Anglorumby, on copyholders,56–57" " " " Court of Star Chamber,358" " " " villeinage,46" " " " yeomen,28,32Somerset, the Duke of—Act giving security to tenants on demesnes of,294,365agrarian policy of,362–370Commission on Enclosures appointed by,366Court of Requests used by,367execution of,370proclamation issued by,7,367Starkey, Thomas,A Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Thomas Lupsetby, on agrarian changes,5Starkey, Thomas,A Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Thomas Lupsetby, on encouragement of marriage,105Starkey, Thomas,A Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Thomas Lupsetby, on entailing of lands,39Starkey, Thomas,A Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Thomas Lupsetby, on relations between lords and tenants,195Steffen, Dr. G., statistics of as to price changes,13,198Strype, J.,Ecclesiastical Memorialsby, quoted,315,331,366,367,368,370,380Stuarts, the,seeCharles I., James I.Throgmorton, Sir John, oppression of tenants by,373Tom of Trumpington,333Tusser,Six Hundred Points of Husbandryby, evidence of as to agrarian changes,5Unwin, Professor G.—evidence of as to formation of compact holdings by peasants,84,164" " " growth of capitalists in woollen industry,186Vermuyden, engaged to drain Great Level,395Vinogradoff, Professor P.—Domesday statistics quoted by,27rights of common explained by,244views of as to equality of shares in fields,77,92Walter of Henley on yield of an acre,111Warwick, the Earl of—attack of on Hales,368" on Somerset led by,380character of Government of,371–372Ket’s rebellion crushed by,324,332share of in monastic estates,380Westmoreland, the Earl of, disputes of with tenants,380Willoughbys, the,192Wilson, Dr. Thomas—views of on Canon Law,307" " usury,109,147,307Winstanley—diggers led by,321,337–338,376views of,337–338Witte, Sir J., enclosing by,380Wolsey, Cardinal, agrarian policy of,359–360,397–398Yorke, Sir John—land speculation by,381oppression of tenants by,285,390Young, Arthur—views of as to open field system,401,405" " " rents,118
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