28 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY 



§>ecttou vii. 



TENURES AND THEIR PROPOR- 



tiojsts. 



AT is almoft impoflible to give the different pro- 

 portions of each tenure, in fo extenfive a county 

 as Norfolk ; I muft therefore be allowed to take it 

 partly upon conjecture, and partly upon a compa- 

 rative examination of the particular diftricls with 

 which I arn moft acquainted ; from which, I fliall 

 make the following deductions : — 



The copyhold is of two forts,- the one fubjecl: to, 

 what is called here, an arbitrary fine, that is, a fine 

 at the will of the lord, who, upon fiich eflates, 

 generally takes near two years value on defcent, 

 and a year and a half on alienation :- — this copy- 

 hold is confidered in value, about five years Pnort 

 of freehold. The other copyhold, is only fubjecl; 

 to a fine certain, fo that a lord of a manor can 

 feldom take more than four millings an acre, and 

 fometimes only fixpence: — this is nearly of equal 

 value to freehold. 



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