26 THE GREEN RISING 



ant indictment of agrarian practices. The repeal 

 of the Statute of Labourers was demanded. "It is 

 openly noysed," one section reads, "that Kent should 

 be destroyed with royall power and made a wild 

 forest, that divers poor people, their titles being 

 perfect, had nevertheless been impeached and in- 

 dicted, so that grants might be obtained of their 

 lands, and themselves prevented from utilizing 

 them" ; and that false indictments had been brought 

 against poor and simple folk "that used not hunt- 

 ing." It was complaints such as these that fanned 

 the flames of insurrection and gave Jack Cade a 

 following. 



This insurrection did not last so long, nor was it 

 so widely extended as the Great Revolt of 1381. 

 But the discontent of the peasants continued and 

 new causes of agitation were destined to disturb the 

 peace of the realm in future years. 



It was in the fifteenth century that the policy of 

 enclosures developed and supplied a new cause of 

 agitation. Enclosures resulted from the gradual 

 development of manufacturing of cloth in home in- 

 dustries and small factories. Sheep raising became 

 a prosperous industry. Enterprising lords of the 

 manors fenced their lands and utilized them for 

 sheep pastures. The days of self-sufficing hus- 

 bandry were rapidly passing, and money-making 

 became the predominant motive in agricultural 

 enterprise. 



A new type of landlord appeared. Prosperous 



