1st Edition

Agrarian Problems in the Sixteenth Century and After

By Eric Kerridge Copyright 2006
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Presenting a full and precise description of all legal ties between landlord and tenant in early modern England, Agrarian Problems in the Sixteenth Century and After re-examines one of the key issues in English agrarian history - the question of the legal security of the copyholder. Comparing historical records and literary evidence, Agrarian Problems in the Sixteenth Century and After... Read more

PART 1: AGRARIAN PROBLEMS

Introduction

1. The Manor

2. Tenures and Estates

3. Security of Tenure

4. Enclosure

5. The Ratification of Enclosures

6. Depopulation and Inpopulation

PART 2: SELECTED DOCUMENTS

1. Bracton, De LEgibus et Consuetundinibus Angiae

2. Britton

3. Littleton, Tenores Novelli

4. Coke Upon Littleton

5. Year Book of 7 Edward IV

6. Year Book of 21 Edward IV

7. Jenkins, Eight Centuries of Reports

8. Keilwey, Reports d'ascuns Cases

9. Coke, Reports

10. Calthrope, The Lord of a Manor and the Copyholder

11. Coke, The Complete Copyholder

12. Duns Ten Enclosure Proposals

13. Bremhill Court Book

14. Bedfont Heath Allotment

15. Haselbeech Articles of Agreement

16. Haselbeech Enclosure Agreement

17, 18, 19. Performace of Haselbeech Agreement

20. Rowde Enclosure Dispute

21. Ratification in Chancery

22. Droitwich Enclosure Presentments

23. Raunde Alne Enclosure Declaration

24. John Spencer's Petitions

25. Sir Thomas Humfrey's Answer

26. Laud's Commission of Depopulation

27. Enclosures Reconsidered

12.

Biography

Kerridge, Eric