 | Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - 1805 - 318 pagina’s
...History of Henry VII. we find the following passage :—' Inclosures at that time began to be more e frequent, whereby arable land, which could not be...pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen; and ' tenancies for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much ' of the yeomanry lived, were turned into... | |
 | George Brodie - 1822 - 504 pagina’s
...of tenants who were in a condition to embark in extensive undertakings!, proprietors was passed) " began to be more frequent, whereby arable land, which...pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenancies for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes."... | |
 | 1837 - 662 pagina’s
...and terms the " mere * " A statute," he observes, " was made of singular policy for the population. " Inclosures at that time began to be more frequent,...pasture, " which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenancies fur gears, livei, and at " irili (whereupon much of the yeomanry lived) were turned into... | |
 | William Thomas Thornton - 1846 - 472 pagina’s
...act was passed to restrain its progress ; for already it was observed that enclosures were becoming " more frequent, whereby arable land, which could not...pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen," and that " tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon most of the yeomanry lived, were turned into... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pagina’s
...and, if it be thoroughly considered, for the soldiery and military forces of the realm. .Enclosures^! that time began to be more frequent, whereby arable...pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen; and tenanees for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes.... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - 1851 - 414 pagina’s
...for already it was observed that inclosures were becoming ' more frequent, whereby arable land, vhich could not be manured without people and families, was turned into pasture, и-AtcA traj tatily rid ty a few herdsmen;' and that 'tenancies for years, lives, and at will, whereupon... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 pagina’s
...who expresses himself thus, in his History of Henry the Seventh* " Enclosures at that time, (1489,) began to be more frequent, whereby arable land, which...into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen. . . . This bred a decay of people. ... In remedying this inconvenience, the King's wisdom and the Parliament's... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 496 pagina’s
...who expresses himself thus, in his History of Henry the Seventh* " Enclosures at that time, (1489,) began to be more frequent, whereby arable land, which...into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen. . . . This bred a decay of people. ... In remedying this inconvenience, the King's wisdom and the Parliament's... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 pagina’s
...who expresses himself thus, in his History of Henry the Seventh* " Enclosures at that time, (1489,) began to be more frequent, whereby arable land, which...into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen. . . . This bred a decay of people. ... In remedying this inconvenience, the King's wisdom and the Parliament's... | |
 | James F. Morgan - 1858 - 268 pagina’s
...ale to sell in the church.5 Bacon, speaking of the end of the fifteenth century , tells us that — Inc.losures at that time began to be more frequent,...tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon mnch of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesns. This bred 3 Fourth part of the Sermon against... | |
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Enclosures at that time began to be more frequent, whereby arable land (which could not be manured without people and families) was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenancies for years, lives, and at will (whereupon much... 
