...thing quiet, he returned to the capital *. Two rebellions broke out in the reign of Edward the Sixth, owing to a system of enclosing, adopted by the nobility...who had been put in possession of the abbey lands. Though they happened in remote parts of the kingdom, Norfolk and Devon, the coincidence of these shew,...

...of Henry, were dissolved by the rtgcncy of his infant ion and successor, Edward VI., in whose reign, several rebellions broke out in various parts of the...gentry, who had been put in possession of the abbey lauds, •which had previously been appropriated fur the relief of the poor, who still considered they...

...Topographical Dictionary of England, art. " Norfolk," is the following : " In the reigu of Edward VI., owing to a system of enclosing adopted by the nobility and gentry who had become possessed of the abbey lands, a rebellion broke out in this county ; and the insurgents, being...

...Topographical Dictionary of England, art. " Norfolk," is the following : " In the reign of Edward VI., owing to a system of enclosing adopted by the nobility and gentry who bad become possessed of the abbey lands, a rebellion broke out in this county ; and the insurgents,...

...people objected to the enclosure of waste lands, in the neighbourhood of Attleborough and Wymondham, by the nobility and gentry, who had been put in possession of the abbey lands, which had been previously appropriated for the use of the poor, who still considered that they had a right of...