And as to this, that the gold is too feeble because of clipping, there seems to us no other remedy than that the gold be generally weighed by those who shall take it, and hereon let proclamation be made. As to this, that the gold agrees not with the silver, it cannot be amended unless the money be changed, and to this we dare not assent for the common damage that might befall. As to this, that new money is made in Flanders and in Scotland, let proclamation be made that all manner of money of Scotland be forbidden. Let other moneys also that come from beyond the sea have no currency in England, and let none take them in payment except at the value to bring for bullion and to the coinage of our lord the King. And let none take gold or silver out of the realm beyond the sea, as it is ordained by Statute, and hereof let good ordinance be made as well by search as otherwise. And further he says, if it please by way of information, that [it would be well] if the pound of gold that is now made in the Tower to the sum of 45 nobles (which pound, because the money thereof is so clipped and otherwise impaired, is worth at present, taking one with another, 41-1/2 nobles), were made into 48 nobles, the noble to be current at the present value; and let the King and the Master and other officers of the Mint take 20d. in each pound for the seigneurage and work and every other thing. PART II: 1485-1660 SECTION I RURAL CONDITIONS 1. Villeinage in the Reign of Elizabeth, 1561--2. Customs of the Manor of High Furness, 1576--3. Petition in Chancery for Restoration to a Copyhold, c. 1550--4. Petition in Chancery for Protection against Breach of Manorial Customs, 1568--5. Lease of the Manor of Ablode to a Farmer, 1516--6. Lease of the Manor of South Newton to a Farmer, 1568--7. The Agrarian Programme of the Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536--8. The Demands of the Rebels led by Ket, 1549--9. Petition to Court of Requests from Tenants Ruined by Transference of a Monastic Estate to lay hands, 1553--10. Petition to Court of Requests to stay Proceedings against Tenants pending the hearing of their Case by the Council of the North, 1576--11. Petition from Freeholders of Wootton Basset for Restoration of Rights of Common, _temp._ Charles I.--12. Petition to Crown of Copyholders of North Wheatley, 1629--13. An Act Avoiding Pulling Down of Towns, 1515--14. The Commission of Inquiry Touching Enclosures, 1517--15. An Act Concerning Farms and Sheep, 1533-4--16. Intervention of Privy Council under Somerset to Protect Tenants, 1549--17. An Act for the Maintenance of Husbandry and Tillage, 1597-8--18. Speech in House of Commons on Enclosures, 1597--19. Speeches in House of Commons on Enclosures, 1601--20. Return to Privy Council of Enclosers furnished by Justices of Lincolnshire, 1637--21. Complaint of Laud's Action on the Commission for Depopulation, 1641.