Note 647 — Chapter I · THE AGRARIAN PROBLEM AND THE STATE
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Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council, vol. vii. p. 42: “The King’s pleasure was signified to John Dawney, Knight, that whereas he had turned certain persons in the Isle of Wight out of their farms, whereof they pretended to have leases, and had demised the same to others that minded not to dwell upon the same, he should take order that the old tenants might enjoy their leases until Michaelmas, come a twelve month, and that in the mean season the King's Highness would see a direction taken in the matter.”