The agrarian problem in the sixteenth century . B o u r t o n :^ e a d ;;on^maris,Green & C° m_^ W MAP OF P\RT OF THE MANOi I OF CRENDON W BUCKINGHAMSHI (A ^OUT 1590.) A. Note (i) The consolidation oFstrips into compactholdings which however are not yet enclosed with hede^.(ii| the division of the Meadow land into three blockseach oF which is used in severalty not in common. l^n,.T.,»n^^cr^^^„^ THE NEW RURAL ECONOMY 221 common, no sheep at all being kept by the customary Massingham,^ in Norfolk, where much of the demesnearable lies in the fields/ there is an enclosed
The agrarian problem in the sixteenth century . B o u r t o n :^ e a d ;;on^maris,Green & C° m_^ W MAP OF P\RT OF THE MANOi I OF CRENDON W BUCKINGHAMSHI (A ^OUT 1590.) A. Note (i) The consolidation oFstrips into compactholdings which however are not yet enclosed with hede^.(ii| the division of the Meadow land into three blockseach oF which is used in severalty not in common. l^n,.T.,»n^^cr^^^„^ THE NEW RURAL ECONOMY 221 common, no sheep at all being kept by the customary Massingham,^ in Norfolk, where much of the demesnearable lies in the fields/ there is an enclosed pasturecontaining 1231 acres; and on another farm of 203 acres, which has apparently been formed out of the demesne, onefinds 28 acres of arable in the fields and 65 acres ofpasture enclosed, the remaining 80 acres lying in thesheep courses. The best picture of what the change meantis given by the two maps ^ printed opposite. In No. III. themeadow, save for a small piece used exclusively by AllSouls, is common, each tenant presumably being allowed toplace so many beasts upon it. In No. IV. the meadow hasbeen divided up among the tenants, and instead of pasturinga limited number of beasts on the whole of it, each canpasture as many beasts as he pleases on part of it. It isnot necessary to point out the significance of this changefrom the point of view of the social organisati
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