Part 3 — INDEX OF PERSONS

Abbey of St. Albans, the, improvement of wastes by, 87

Abbot 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, 181

All Souls College— enclosing on estates of, 156 scale of landholding, 69–70 maps of, 163, 172, 221, 222, 223 petition of in Chancery, 235–236

Ashley, Professor W.J.— views of as to date of enclosing movement, 11 " " " legal position of copyholders, 290–292

Aske, Robert— evidence of as to agrarian grievances, 319 " " " monastic economy, 383 Pilgrimage of Grace led by, 134, 319

Bacon, Francis— bills against depopulation introduced by, 387 history of King Henry VII. by quoted, 28, 346 ideal of government of, 398 use of word “yeoman” by, 28 views as to pauperism of, 274

Bath, the Earl of, property of villeins seized by, 42–43

Becon, views of as to agrarian changes, 6, 7

Bell, William, commons enclosed by, 373

Berkeley, Lord Thomas, agreement by to enclose, 181

Bolen, Sir William, enclosing by, 380

Bracton— on assize of novel disseisin, 122 villeinage, 292

Brudenell, Lord, fine imposed on for enclosing, 391

Buckingham, the Duke of— enclosing by, 380 park made by, 148

Burleigh, Lord, advice of to Queen Elizabeth, 341

Cade, Jack, 194

Captain Pouch, part played by in revolt of 1607, 318

Cecil, Sir Robert— views of on poor law, 273–274 " " military importance of ploughmen, 343 " " Statute of Inmates, 4, 279

Cecil, Sir William, letter to concerning Somerset’s policy, 347–348, 368

Celys, the, wool purchased by, 196

Charles I., agrarian policy of government of, 391, 398, 399

Clarkson— Northumbrian manors surveyed by, 5 views of as to equal use of commons, 235 " " " importance of commons, 160 " " " importance of numerous tenantry, 189–190

Cobbett, view of as to social effects of reformation, 382

Coke, Sir Edward— petition of tenants to, 412–413 reports of, 247 view of as to acts against depopulation, 379 " " " copyholders, 289, 291 " " " border tenure, 299 " " " Statute of Merton, 248

Combe, William, enclosing by, 375

Cotton, Sir J., enclosing by, 380

Coventry, Lord, address of to Judges of Assize, 398

Cromwell, Thomas— letter of to Henry VIII., 360–361 " " Rich, 361 responsibility of for agrarian distress, 360 tenants protected by, 361

Crowley— “Information and Petition against the Oppressors of the Poor Commons" by, 365–366 views of as to agrarian changes, 6, 179 " " " attitude of landlords, 384 " " " excessive fines and rents, 307

Cunningham, Dr., account of origin of corn laws, 3

Cushman, Robert, remarks of on emigration, 270

Danbury, Lord, enclosing by, 380

Darcy, Lord— dispute of with tenants, 380 letter to from Commons of Westmoreland, 322

Darrell, William, complaints of tenants against, 374

Davenport, Miss— evidence as to leasing of demesne, 209 " " " progress of pasture-farming, 224

Dawney, Sir John, ordered to reinstate tenants, 361

De Malynes, Gerard, views of as to effect of rise in prices, 199–200

Defoe, “Giving Alms no Charity" by, 105

Delavale, Joshua— account of depopulation at Hartley by, 258 “Seaton Delavale,” 257

Delavale, Robert, enclosing and depopulation carried out by, 192, 257–258

Derby, the Earl of, eviction of tenants by, 361

Durham, the Dean of, account of depopulation by, 261

Edward VI.— agrarian policy in reign of, 352, 362–372 Book of Private Prayer of quoted, 20 Remains of quoted, 6

Elizabeth, agrarian policy in reign of, 14, 372–374

Ely, the Bishop of, letter of Lord North to, 349

Englefield, Sir Francis, enclosing by, 148, 251–252

Everard, diggers led by, 321

Firth, The House of Lords during the Civil War by, 38

Fitzherbert— Book of Husbandry and Surveying by, 5 " " " on commons, 242 " " " borrowing, 109 " " " duty of housewives, 112 " " " enclosing, 151 Surveying on commons, 249 " " copyholders, 288–289 " " enclosing, 150, 152 " " land taken from demesne or waste, 285 " " rack-renting, 150

Fortescue— On the Governance of England by, quoted as to fiscal importance, 346 " " " " " prosperity of peasants, 98, 133

Fowler, Dr. G.H., evidence of as to conditions at Aspley Guise, 73

Fuller— The Holy and Profane State by, quoted as to yeomen, 36–37 " " " " " fiscal importance, 346

Gairdner— Letters and Papers of Henry VIII. edited by, quoted, 319, 322, 323, 324, 326, 327, 330, 334, 343, 347, 350, 361, 380 Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution by, quoted, 399

Gardiner, History of England 1603–1642 by, quoted, 398

Gaskell— Artisans and Machinery by, 106 The Manufacturing Population of Great Britain, 106

Gasquet, Henry VIII. and the English Monasteries by, 383

Gay, Professor— views of as to progress of pasture-farming, 10, 195, 224, 263–265 " " revolt of 1607, 318, 320 " " small disturbance caused by enclosure, 11

Gneist, R. von, 400

Gonner, Professor— evidence of as to continuity of enclosures, 11 " " " enclosures of eighteenth century, 263 " " " fines for depopulation, 386 " " " immigration into towns, 275

Grenvilles, the, lands of Buckland Abbey granted to, 194

Hales, John— bills introduced by, 367, 385 charge to juries by, 367 departure from England of, 371 evidence of as to enclosing by peasants, 151, 167 " " " in fifteenth century, 11–12, 166 " " population, 105 " " rack-renting, 199 " " rise in prices, 199 part played by on Royal Commission of 1548–1549, 167, 360–367 remarks of on commons, 7 value of evidence of, 5–6, 386 Warwick’s attack on, 368

Hammond, J.L. and Barbara, views of as to enclosures of eighteenth century, 3, 183

Harrington, Sir J.— views of as to decay of feudalism, 191 " " " effect of Tudor agrarian policy, 388–389 " " " rise of middle-classes, 38

Harrison— 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, 19

Harry Clowte, 333

Hasbach— quotation by as to advantages of copyhold tenure, 86 views of on age of marriage, 106 " " effects of Tudor commercial policy, 13

Henry II., Assize of Novel Disseisin established by, 122

Henry VII.— commercial policy of, 112–113, 197 demand of peasants for conditions obtaining under, 98–99 enclosures made before reign of, 11–12, 166

Harrington on agrarian policy of, 38, 191, 388–389

Henry VIII.— commercial policy of, 112–113, 197 intervention to protect tenants under, 360–362 letter of Cromwell to, 360–361

Herbert, Lord, History of King Henry VIII. by, quoted, 398

Herbert, 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, 42 park of attacked by peasants, 194, 326 rebellion in West put down by, 324 share of in monastic estates, 324, 380

Humberstone— manors of Duke of Devonshire surveyed by, 5 remarks of, on relation of lords to tenants, 349–350 " " on variety of manorial customs, 293

Huntingdon, the Earl of, request to elect his nominee, 387

Jack of the North, 333

Jack of the Style, 318

Jackson, Cyril, Report of on Boy Labour, 342

James I., agrarian policy of Government of, 374–375, 394, 398

Johnson, 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, 261

Kalm, Account of a Visit to England (translated by J. Lucas) by, on open field system, 389

Ket, Robert— manor held by, 326 programme of agrarian reform put forward by, 334–337 rebellion in Norfolk led by, 331–333

King, Gregory— statistics of as to population, 21 " " " yield of an acre, 111

Kitchin, Court Leet by, on copyhold tenure, 289

Latimer, Bishop— complaints of by landlords, 368 remarks of on education of yeomen, 134–135 views of on agrarian changes, 6, 134–135, 347, 365, 386

Laud, Archbishop— activity of on Depopulation Commission, 391, 399, 420–421 complaints of by landlords, 420–421

Lamond, Miss E.M., introduction by to The Commonweal of this Realm of England, 7, 11, 105, 263, 331, 364, 366, 367, 368, 377, 385

Leadam, 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, 154–155 views of on copyhold tenure, 289–290, 292, 293 " " enclosing for arable, 10, 195, 224 " " geographical distribution of enclosures, 8, 262

Lee, J.— A Vindication of a Regulated Enclosure by, evidence of as to enclosures of seventeenth century, 11, 151 number of labourers employed, 22 views of on uselessness of legislation, 319 " " yardlands, 67

Leicester, the Earl of, manor purchased by, 302

Leonard, Miss E.M.— evidence of as to exclusion of immigrants by towns, 376 letter from Justices quoted by, 278–279 views of on enclosures of seventeenth century, 11 " " results of agrarian policy of Tudors and Stuarts, 348, 389–390

Lever, sermons by, 6

Lloyd, oppression of tenants by, 390

Locke, Two Treatises of Government by, quoted as to limits of Government action, 400

Mackay, T., views of on origin of Poor Law, 266–267

Maitland, F.W.— evidence of as to fixed copyhold rents, 119, 305 view of as to nature of common rights, 244

Merton College— letter to subwarden of, 30, 410–411 rents on estates of, 119 scale of landholding on estates of, 66–68, 73, 76, 85, 163

Moore, John— evidence of as to enclosures of seventeenth century, 5, 11, 167 " " " pauperism caused by enclosures, 278

More, Sir Thomas— evidence of as to enclosing for pasture, 6 " " " monastic economy, 382 remarks of on condition of workmen and artificers, 45 " " nature of Government, 274, 372

Nasse, view of as to objects of enclosure, 10

Norden— evidence of as to agriculture in Somersetshire, 110–111, 171 " " constitution of a manor, 350 evidence 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, 150

North, Lord, letter of to Bishop of Ely, 349

Northumberland, the Earl of— fines on estates of, 299, 305 letter to, 303 petition to, 303–304

Page, statistics of as to commutation of labour services, 52

Paget, Sir William, letter of to Somerset on peasants' revolts, 319, 338–339, 368

Parker, Archbishop, address of to Norfolk rebels, 332

Pembroke, the Earl of, see Herbert, Sir William

Petruschevsky— The Rebellion of Wat Tyler by, on improvement of wastes, 87 on land speculation by peasants, 81

Pollard, Professor, 264, 371

Pollock and Maitland, see Maitland

Powell, E., The East Anglian Rising by, evidence of as to landholders, 21–22

Poyntz, Sir Nicholas, oppression of tenant by, 362

Pseudonismus— Considerations concerning Common Fields and Enclosures and A 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, 388

Pyrce Plowman, 202, 318, 333

Raleigh, Walter (junior), on subsidies, 346

Raleigh, Walter (senior), part played in revolt of 1549, 194

Reyce, account by of prosperity of freeholders in Suffolk, 40

Rich, Lord— enclosing by, 380 letter of Cromwell to, 361

Rogers, Thorold, statistics of as to prices, 13, 196, 198

Rous, evidence of as to enclosing in fifteenth century, 12

Russell, Ket’s Rebellion in Norfolk by, quoted, 98, 321, 324, 335, 368

St. John, Sir John, oppression of tenants by, 362

Sanders, part played by in agrarian dispute at Coventry, 326

Sandes, Richard, paper by on the evils of depopulation, 416–417

Sandys, Archbishop, letter of to Queen Elizabeth, 48–49

Savine, Dr. A.— views of on copyhold tenure, 287, 292, 300 " " monastic economy, 203, 225, 226, 383 " " villeinage in sixteenth century, 41

Saye and Sele, Lord, name of returned among enclosers, 376

Schanz, Professor G., statistics of as to export of woollen cloth, 196

Seebohm, Dr. F., Domesday statistics quoted by, 27

Shakespeare, references to works of, 194, 343

Sheffield, Sir R., enclosing by, 380

Shrewsbury, the Earl of— dispute of with tenants, 327 enclosing by, 380 letter from, 338–339

Slater, Dr. G.— Summary of Depopulation Acts by, 353 views of on effect of statutes against depopulation, 389 " " geographical distribution of enclosures, 262 " " policy of Clarendon, 400

Smith, Sir Thomas— De Republica Anglorum by, on copyholders, 56–57 " " " " Court of Star Chamber, 358 " " " " villeinage, 46 " " " " yeomen, 28, 32

Somerset, the Duke of— Act giving security to tenants on demesnes of, 294, 365 agrarian policy of, 362–370 Commission on Enclosures appointed by, 366 Court of Requests used by, 367 execution of, 370 proclamation issued by, 7, 367

Starkey, Thomas, A Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Thomas Lupset by, on agrarian changes, 5

Starkey, Thomas, A Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Thomas Lupset by, on encouragement of marriage, 105

Starkey, Thomas, A Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Thomas Lupset by, on entailing of lands, 39

Starkey, Thomas, A Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Thomas Lupset by, on relations between lords and tenants, 195

Steffen, Dr. G., statistics of as to price changes, 13, 198

Strype, J., Ecclesiastical Memorials by, quoted, 315, 331, 366, 367, 368, 370, 380

Stuarts, the, see Charles I., James I.

Throgmorton, Sir John, oppression of tenants by, 373

Tom of Trumpington, 333

Tusser, Six Hundred Points of Husbandry by, evidence of as to agrarian changes, 5

Unwin, Professor G.— evidence of as to formation of compact holdings by peasants, 84, 164 " " " growth of capitalists in woollen industry, 186

Vermuyden, engaged to drain Great Level, 395

Vinogradoff, Professor P.— Domesday statistics quoted by, 27 rights of common explained by, 244 views of as to equality of shares in fields, 77, 92

Walter of Henley on yield of an acre, 111

Warwick, the Earl of— attack of on Hales, 368 " on Somerset led by, 380 character of Government of, 371–372 Ket’s rebellion crushed by, 324, 332 share of in monastic estates, 380

Westmoreland, the Earl of, disputes of with tenants, 380

Willoughbys, the, 192

Wilson, Dr. Thomas— views of on Canon Law, 307 " " usury, 109, 147, 307

Winstanley— diggers led by, 321, 337–338, 376 views of, 337–338

Witte, Sir J., enclosing by, 380

Wolsey, Cardinal, agrarian policy of, 359–360, 397–398

Yorke, Sir John— land speculation by, 381 oppression of tenants by, 285, 390

Young, Arthur— views of as to open field system, 401, 405 " " " rents, 118

THE END

Transcriber’s Note

Obvious punctuation errors and omissions have been silently corrected, while those requiring interpretation have been left open.

The following misprints have been corrected:

“philosphical” changed to “philosophical” (page viii)

“engineeers” changed to “engineers” (page ix)

“For willsof husbandmen" corrected to “For wills of husbandmen" (note 2)

“he” corrected to “the” (page 3)

the closing parenthesis was added to "(19.04%)" in Table I (page 25)

“Christain" corrected to “Christian” (note 94)

Footnote 145 had no anchor in the text; placement is based on context (page 69)

A spurious “)” was removed following “No 324" in note 169 (page 81)

an unclear fraction was rendered as "6-1/8" (page 107)

“writtings" corrected to “writings” (page 114)

“Wordonand Bilton” changed to “Wordon and Bilton" (Note 298)

“Asslegge” was changed to “Asselegge” (page 181)

“Harrington’s The Art of Lawgiving" was corrected to “Harrington’s The Art of Law-giving" (page 191, note 346)

Footnote 399 had no entry in the text, its placement is speculative, based on the context (page 211page 211)

“arbitarily” was corrected to “arbitrarily” (page 248)

“clases” was changed to “classes” (page 282)

“ntromittere” was corrected to “intromittere” (note 511) (page 292)

“beantiful” was corrected to “beautiful” (page 327)

“protecting the clsss” was corrected to “protecting the class" (page 340)

“impoverishing the fines fighting material" was corrected to “impoverishing the finest fighting material" (page 343)

Footnote 670 had no entry in the text, its placement is speculative, based on context. (page 371)

“wasloste” was corrected to “was loste" (page 411)

“commonweath” was changed to “commonweal” (page 461)

The page reference for the Earl of Leicester of “502” was corrected to “302” (page 461)

Hyphenation is sometimes inconsistent in the text. These inconsistencies have been retained:

bye-laws/byelaws

re-action/reaction

reallotment/re-allotment

sub-let/sublet

land-holding/landholding

over-stocking/overstocking

sub-tenants/subtenants

corn-fields/cornfields

sub-letting /subletting

foodstuffs/food-stuffs

lease-holders/leaseholders

countryside/country-side

re-adjustment/readjustment

sub-divided/subdivided

re-arranged/rearranged

re-arrangement/rearrangement

over-estimated/overestimated

If the discrepancies is between the text and the indexes, the indexes have been corrected to match the text.

“rackrenting” was changed to “rack-renting”

“foldcourses" was changed to “fold-courses”