1661 Enclosure
We whose names .. with signatures inclluding Charles Cranley, Anthony Long, John Hobbs, Richard Downs, Thomas Acock, others
Whereas I am informed ... Dr Winton
Meon Manner: Memorandum, inc Caroli Cranley
Meon Manor, memorandum signed with X, witnessed by William Bold
List of tenant farmers' Xs
Enclosures of farm land in the 17th century were mainly agreed voluntarily between landowners and tenant farmers. These are details of deeds signed in 1661, many of them marked by illiterate tenant farmers with just a X. The most prominent signatory is Charles (“Caroli’) Cranley.
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