The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century

by R. H. Tawney

An abstract of such depopulators as have bene hetherto dealt
withall in Lincolnshyre, & receyued their pardon.

The persons in number	9
The som̃e of their fynes	300l
The number of houses by bond to bee erected	33
The tyme for the ereccoɳ within one yere.
The number of farmes to be contynued that are now standing	22
The fynes are already payd.

Sir Charles Hussey Kn^t. Fyne, 80ɫ. Bond of 200 ᶆkes, w^th Condicoɳ
to sett up in Homingtoɳ 8 farmhouses w^th Barnes &c. and
to lay to eⱱye house 30 acres of land, and to keepe 10 acres
thereof yearlye in tyllage.
S^r Henry Ayscough Knt. Fyne, 20ɫ.
Bond 200 ᶆkes. To sett vp 8 farmhouses in Blibroughe
w^th 30 acres to eⱱy farme, and 12 thereof to be kept
yearlie in tylthe.
S^r Hamond Whichcoote Knt. Fyne, 40ɫ.
Bond 200 ᶆkes. To set up 8 farmhouses &c. in Harpswell,
w^th 40 acres to eưy house; and 16 thereof in
tyllage.
S^r Edward Carre Kt. Fyne, 30ɫ.
Bond 100ɫ. To sett vp 2 Farmhouses in Branswell, and
1 in Aswarby w^th 40 acres to eưy house, 16 in tyllage.

S^r Willᶆaye, Kn^t. Fyne, 30ɫ.
Bond 100ɫ. To sett up in Graynesby 2 farmhouses w^th 2
acres at least to either, 10 in tyllage & to contynue 2
farmes more in Grainsby & 3 in Newbell & Longworth,
w^th the same quantity, as is now used them, a third ᵱte
in tylthe.
S^r Edmund Bussye K^t. Fyne, 10ɫ.
Bond 100ɫ. To set vp one farmhouse in Thorpe w^th 40
acres, 14 thereof in tyllage, And to contynue 14 farmes
in Hedor, Oseby, Aseby, & Thorpe, as they now are, w^th a
third ᵱte in tyllage.
Richard Roseto^r Esq^r. Fyne, 10ɫ.
Bond 50ɫ. To set vp one farme in Lymber w^th 40 acres,
16 in tyllage, and to continewe 1 farme in Limber, and 2
in Sereby, vt sup^a.
Robert Tirwhilt Esq^r. Fyne, 10ɫ. Bond 50ɫ.
To set vp one farme in Camtringt^aun w^th 40 acres. 16 in
tyllage.
John Fredway gent. Fyne, 10ɫ. Bond 40ɫ.
To set up one farme in Gelson w^th 30 acres, 10 thereof in
tyllage.
[Endorsed:] Lincolɳ Depopulatoɽ Fyned & pardoned and the
reformacons to bee made.
[No date]

(VIII)

[Complaints concerning the Procedure of Archbishop Laud in Dealing with Enclosures]

S. P. Dom. Charles I. Vol. 499, No. 10

That vpon the Commission of enquiry after depopulacoñ The Lord Archbishopp of Canȶ and other the Commissioners at the solicitacoñ of Tho: Hussey gent. did direct a leɽ nature of a Coᶆission to certain persons w^th in the County of Wilts to certifie what number of Acres in South Marston in the ᵱish of Highworth were converted from arable to pasture and what number of ploughes were laid downe &c.

Wherevpon the Archdeacon with two others did retourne Certificate, to the Lord Archbishopp &c.

Upon this Certificate, M^r Anth: Hungerford, M^r Southby with 15 others were convented before his Grace and the other Commissioners at the Councell Board, where being charged with Conversion.

M^r Anth: Hungerford & M^r Southby with some others did averre that they had made noe conversion, other then they had when they came to be owners thereof.