The Man in the Pew, 1558-1660 |
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Page 14
... land cheaply . Judicious marriages , patient industry , lucky speculations in buying up neighbouring freeholds or for- feited lands , the enclosure of open fields for either pasture or specialised crops , the raising of rents , and the ...
... land cheaply . Judicious marriages , patient industry , lucky speculations in buying up neighbouring freeholds or for- feited lands , the enclosure of open fields for either pasture or specialised crops , the raising of rents , and the ...
Page 37
... land and doubled or trebled their incomes . Naturally there were numbers of extravagant or improvident gentry , who disappeared as quickly as they had risen in the first instance ; but on the whole they were a hard - headed ...
... land and doubled or trebled their incomes . Naturally there were numbers of extravagant or improvident gentry , who disappeared as quickly as they had risen in the first instance ; but on the whole they were a hard - headed ...
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... land , took a friendly interest in his tenants , was charitable and hospitable to the village as a whole and to his own parson in particular . Richard Harlakenden of the Priory at Earls Colne in Essex , for instance , was exceedingly ...
... land , took a friendly interest in his tenants , was charitable and hospitable to the village as a whole and to his own parson in particular . Richard Harlakenden of the Priory at Earls Colne in Essex , for instance , was exceedingly ...
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