l62 EKCLOSIVG. 



Rent. — The old rent at Sliouldham was about 130CI. 



Rates. — At Shouldham, is. 6d. to 2s. in the pound be- 

 fore ; now 3s, 6d. pn the new 1 ental. 



Soil. — At Shouldham, much good loam on marie ; and 

 In the vale an extraordinarily fine sandy soil of great depth. 



SHOTTESHAM ST. MARY, AND SHOTTESHAM ALL 



SAINTS, rySi. 



Qiiant'ity. — In all 3561 acres: about 314 acres of com- 

 mon enclosed by the a£l. 



Rent. — It was good land ; about 12s. an acre, quality 

 price ; now alxjve 20s. 



Course. — The greatest part (3-4ths) grass ; the arable 

 in — I. Turnips; 2. Barley; 3. Clover, wheat. 



Corn. — Increased proportionably. 



Cows. — Not diminished ; cattle in general very much 

 increased. 



Sheep. — Increased. 



Poor. — A common of 48 acres of good grass allotted to 

 the poor, occupying under 5I. a year, and six acres of turf 

 for fuel ; also another common of six acres for the same 

 purpose. To each cottage a right of keeping a cow, 

 not merely common-right houses^ but to poor inhabitants 

 indiscriminately. 



An account of the number of cows kept in 1792, by 

 poor people : — In 1792, 11 cows; two occupiers of 7I. 

 each, keep two, or 4 ; in all 15. 



Note — before the enclosure, only four cows were kept 

 by poor people in Shottesham. 



By half a right since the enclosure, they can keep a bud\ 

 a colt not exceeding 12 months, or an ass, or three geese, a 

 gander, and their followers. A whole right is a cow, a 



horce. 



