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Title: The agrarian problem in the sixteenth century
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Tawney, R. H. (Richard Henry), 1880-1962
Subjects: Land tenure Peasants Agriculture
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green and Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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d obvious. Indeed, if his holding lay inscattered strips, separated from each other by the strips ofhis neighbours, how could he enclose at all ? He would atonce come into collision with their demand that his holdingshould lie open for grazing purposes after harvest. More- ^ Massingberd, Ingoldmells Court Rolls, p. 276. ^ M. D. Harris, Coventry Led Bool, vol. ii., pp. 445, 456, 510, and else-where. ^ Hearnshaw, Court Leet Records of Southampton, passim, e.g. 1551: * ThomasBetts and Thomas Fuller continue to oppress the common with sheep, thereforethey are fined 8s. each (p. 21). r. MAP OF PART OF THE MANOR OF f: VLFORDIN BEDFORDSHIRE ( 590. ^ 5 !,♦ 4*.4k;4,ii The ^fd represents Freehold.The Black represents property held by cofiyer/east fton iNote (i) The way in which the strips tyelongingto some of the tenants are beginning to coalesceinto larger holdings though there is no si^n ofactual enclosure. (li) The demesne in the tenure of MCf Lan^fordeforms a compact area easy to enclose.agrarianproblem00tawn
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