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" Inclosures 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 tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much... "
The Quarterly Review - Page 455
edited by - 1912
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History of England, Volume 2

Parliamentary - 1762 - 470 pages
...without People and Families, was turned into Pafture, .which was eafily rid by a few Herdfmen; and Tenancies for Years, Lives, and at Will, whereupon much of the Yeomanry lived, were turned into Demefnes. This bred a Decay of People, and, by Confequence, a Decay of KlnsHeny VII....
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Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland: With a View ...

Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - Social Science - 1805 - 318 pages
...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 ' of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes. ' This bred a decay of people, and by consequence a ' decay of towns, churches,...
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Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 616 pages
...people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesns. This bred a decay of people, and, by consequence, a decay of towns, churches,...
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A History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I ..., Volume 1

George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 504 pages
...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 of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes." I'. 596. * We learn from J. Rous, that, even 'in his time, the son alway*...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 5

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 624 pages
...people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes. This bred a decay of people, and, by consequence, a decay of towns, churches,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1825 - 540 pages
...people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes. This bred a decay of people, and, by consequence, a decay of towns, churches,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes. This bred a decay of people, and, by consequence, a decay of towns, churches,...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...lop their wanton growth." turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, (whereupon much of the yeomanry lived,) were turned into demesnes.1 This bred a decay of people, and by consequence a decay of towns, churches,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 103

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1858 - 598 pages
...people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes.' That is to say, the yeomanry — the bulk of the old fighting ' following...
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Quarterly Review, Volume 103

English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes.' That is to say, the yeomanry — the bulk of the old fighting ' following...
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