Land enclosure Flashcards
(16 cards)
Less work
Provided land for 40 now does for 1
Amount enclosures
2% up to 24% land enclosed
-over 500000 acres
1549 wool prices
up 4%
Hales commission
June 22nd 1548
Proclamation 1549
April 17th 1549
East anglia
4.3% enclosure rate
Average enclosure rate
2.53%
How many sheep?
flocks exceeding 10,000 sheep.
81.6% wool
Amount acres Norfolk
1547-1553
10454 acres enclosed
A supplication of poor commons 1546
Published by protestant reformed Robert Crowley
-Challenges enclosures
Tillage act 1533
2,400 max sheep flock size
-this is rarely followed
Cattle shortage
Pound of beef risen 2 to 4 pence
Inflation amount
9%
inflation 1549
peaks at 24.1%
Rent prices
up 150% from 1500-1560
Evicted/homeless Norfolk
380 evicted
76 houses destroyed