13. The statute for enclosures and intacks to be put in execution, and all enclosures and intacks since 4 Hen. VII to be pulled down, except mountains, forests, and parks.
8. The Demands of the Rebels Led by Ket [Harl. MSS. 304, f. 75. Printed by Russell, Ket's Rebellion in Norfolk, p. 48], 1549.
We pray your grace that where it is enacted for enclosing that it be not hurtful to such as have enclosed saffron grounds, for they be greatly chargeable to them, and that from henceforth no man shall enclose any more.[258]
We certify your grace that whereas the lords of the manors hath been charged with certe free rent, the same lords hath sought means to charge the freeholders to pay the same rent, contrary to right.
We pray your grace that no lord of no manor shall common upon the commons.
We pray that priests from henceforth shall purchase no lands neither free nor Bondy, and the lands that they have in possession may be letten to temporal men, as they were in the first year of the reign of King Henry the VII.
We pray that reed ground and meadow ground may be at such price as they were in the first year of King Henry the VII.
We pray that all marshes that are holden of the King's Majesty by free rent or of any other, may be again at the price that they were in the first year of King Henry VII.
We pray that all bushels within your realm be of one stice, that is to say, to be in measure viii gallons.
We pray that [priests] or vicars that be [not able] to preach and set forth the word of God to his parishioners may be thereby put from his benefice, and the parishioners there to choose another, or else the patron or lord of the town.