Enclosures

What was enclosures?

taking the common land and putting fences around it so people cannot use it but peasants needed the land to graze their animals

What made people even more worried about enclosures?

the economic factors like inflation made people more worried about enclosures

What did enclosures cause?

it did cause tensions between landowners and tenants particularly when land was converted from arable to pasture resulting in less demand for labour

What rebellions were due to enclosures?

pilgrimage of grace - 1536-7

western - 1549

ketts - 1549

oxfordshire - 1596

What rebellions had enclosures as a major cause?

ketts - 1549

oxfordshire - 1596

What rebellions had enclosures as a minor cause?

pilgrimage of grace - 1536-7

western - 1549