Note 479 — Chapter II · THE REACTION OF THE AGRARIAN CHANGES ON THE PEASANTRY

e.g. Nottingham Records, vol. iv. pp. 170–171, Nov. 4, 1577: “Any burgess that hath not been prentice to pay £10 and no pardon. Records of Leicester, vol. iii. p. 351, Oct. 17, 1598: “He is inhibited from dwelling in your corporation unless he finds bonds for £200 that neither his wife nor children shall be burdensome to the town." Southampton Court Leet Records, vol. i., Part I.: “One William Dye, undertenant to John Netley, dothe lyve idelly and hathe no trade.... He hathe 4 or 5 children in places from whence he came whom he will bring shortly hither, yf he may be suffered here to remayne, whom we desyer may be examined and removed from hence according to the Statute.”