Note 436 — Chapter II · THE REACTION OF THE AGRARIAN CHANGES ON THE PEASANTRY
Reading edition
Genealoger and Archæologist, vol. i., Manor of West Coker (Somerset): “The demesnes remayneth in one entier ferm, and is dymysed to one Sir John Seymour, knight, who being confederate with the freeholders of the manor, maketh such inclosers for his owne lucre, and suffreth the freeholders to do the same, nevertheless surcharge the common with their cattle, that in process of tyme yt wilbe the destruccion of the custumarye tenants.”