1661 Enclosure

Meon Manor, memorandum signed with X, witnessed by William Bold

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.

Date of creation

1661

Date of coverage

1661

Place

Oxenbourne

Contributor

Michael Blakstad

Copyright

Hampshire Record Office

License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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