KETT 1549: Economic
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- KETT 1549: ECONOMIC
- Landholding & enclosure
- Rebel grievances of enclosed common land
- Particularly wooded areas for pasture
- All incidents throwing down enclosure happened here
- Particularly wooded areas for pasture
- Acted in defence of common land -
- Foldcourse system (lord of manor could graze sheep on tenants land) meant enclosure beneficial to tenant
- Prevent landlord's sheep using pasture
- Tenants unable graze own sheep/grow corn
- Foldcourse system (lord of manor could graze sheep on tenants land) meant enclosure beneficial to tenant
- Protect commoners rights
- Demanded no overstocking of commonland
- Restricted number of animals held by landlord
- Demanded no overstocking of commonland
- Began as enclosure riot
- Rebel grievances of enclosed common land
- Monetary eg. feudal dues & tax
- Rackrenting (extortionately high rent)
- Seen as another way to pass on costs
- Wanted entry fines reduced pre-inflationary levels
- Too high, more problems for tenants
- Rackrenting (extortionately high rent)
- Seen as another way to pass on costs
- Rackrenting (extortionately high rent)
- Too high, more problems for tenants
- Rackrenting (extortionately high rent)
- Landholding & enclosure
- Foldcourse system (lord of manor could graze sheep on tenants land) meant enclosure beneficial to tenant
- Prevent landlord's sheep using pasture
- Tenants unable graze own sheep/grow corn
- Landlords enclosed/ amalgamated to convert arable land to pasture for sheep farming
- Substantial profits at expense of tenants rights
- Acted in defence of common land -
- Took away land from tenants & caused unemployment
- Landlords passed on financial obligations to tenants
- eg. payments to crown & castleward
- Monetary eg. feudal dues & tax
- Wanted entry fines reduced pre-inflationary levels
- Too high, more problems for tenants
- Too high, more problems for tenants
- Wanted entry fines reduced pre-inflationary levels
- Many of these aspects directed towards gentry/landowners as great resentment for them - social conflict
- Thought were helping Somerset tackle corrupt landowners who caused inflation through enclosure
- eg. John Hales commission into abused enclosure
- Supported Commonwealth men - good of all people, not exploitation of poor
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