Note 78 — Chapter XIV · ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY SANCTION.

“Can it be denied that the fyrst rysynge this yeare was in Somersetshire, ffrom Somersetshire it entred into Gloucettershire, Wylshire, hampshire, Sussex, Surrey, Worcestershire, Essex, hertfordshire, and dyuers other places?” (John Hale’s Defence, “The Commonweal of this Realm of England,” Miss Lamond’s edition, p. lviii.) This is to prove that the rising was not caused by the Enclosure Commission of 1549. The Commissioners were sent to Oxford, Berkshire, Warwick, Leicester, Buckingham, and Northampton.