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A23573	Certayne causes gathered together wherin is shewed the decaye of Engla[n]d, only by the great multitude of shepe, to the vtter decay of houshold keping, mayntenau[n]ce of men, dearth of corne, and other notable dyscommodityes approued by syxe olde prouerbes.		1552 (1552)	STC 9980.5; ESTC S844	4,590	24

¶ Certayne causes gathered together wherin is shewed the decaye of Englād only by the great multitude of shepe to the vtter decay of houshold keping mayntenaūce of men dearth of corne and other notable dyscommodityes approued by syre olde Prouerbes Prouer. 20. A kyng that sitteth in iudgement and loketh well about him dryueth away all euell To the Kynges moste honorable Counsell and the Lordes of the Parlayment house THe fyrst Article poynt as we do thynke is it great pittye so the will of God it were that there is no corne ynough within this Realme of Englande at all tymes necessary to certyfy suffyce the Kynges subiectes for the space of one yere two or thre yf there were no corne sowen in this Realme by the sayde space We do saye that the Kinges Maiestie mercifully hearing the peticiō of these his graces poore subiectes maye at altymes remedy it when it shall please hys maiestie being for a common wealth for his graces subiectes to the greate encrease of this noble realme of Englande We saye as reason doeth leade vs the shepe shepemasters doeth cause skātyte of corne whiche we do thynke it maye be well approued by reason of six prouerbes for yf all our lyuynges and all our commodities were diuyded in partes by reason of the same syx prouerbes we that be the Kynges maiestyes poore subiectes do lose syx of our cōmodityes then haue we thre losses whiche make nyne by reason of the same thre losses we the Kynges mayestyes subiectes do lose the third part of our lyuinge then haue we the tenth part which we cal a remedy beseching your noble grace to remedye when your maiestye shall please As touchyng the fyrste prouerbe of the syx we do thynke The more shepe the dearer is the woll The more shepe the dearer is the motton The more shepe the dearer is the beffe The more shepe the dearer is the corne The more shepe the skanter is the whit meate The more shepe the fewer egges for a peny In the fyrst prouerbe the more shepe the dearer is the woll Our complayntis for Oxford shyre Buckyngham shyre Northampton shyre and as for all other shyres we refer it to the playntyues We shal desyre you and al other that reade and se the true ententes meanynges of this our doinges to pardon our ignoraunce yet not with standyng we desyre you sumwhat to attender the premisses seinge it is doue and put forth for the commoditye of the Kinges magesties realme and for the welth of his graces poore subiectes In the sayde Oxford shyre Buckyngham shyre Northhampton shyre there be many men of worshyp dwellyng within the sayde thre shyres And hath great laudes rolyue vpon the which we praye to God to geue them ioye of and well to occupye its Many of these worshipful men sette no store nor pryse vpon the mayntenaunce of tyllage of theyr landes as before tyme hath bene vsed neyther breadyng nor feadynge of catle but many of them doeth kepe the most substaunce of theyr landes in theyr owne handes And where tillage was wont to be now is it stored wyth greate vmberment of shepe they that haue great vmberment of shepe muste nedes haue greate store of woll and we cannot thynke who shulde make the pryse of woll but those that haue great plentye of shepe And we do partly knowe that there be some dwellynge within these thre shyres rather then they wyll sell theyr woll at a lowe pryse they will kepe it a yere or twayne and all to make it deare and to kepe it a deare pryse And by this meanes the fyrst prouerbe to be true The more shepe the dearer is the woll In the seconde prouerbe as we do thynke The more shepe the dearer is the moton As by reason the most substaunce of our feadynge was wont to be on beffe and now it is on motton And so many mouthes goith to motton which causeth motton to be deare In the thirde prouerbe as we do thinke The more shepe the dearer is the beffe As by reason that breding and fedyng is not set by as it hath bene in tymes past and where as shepe is kept vpon the pasture groundes where breadyng fedynge of beffes was wont to be kept where as shepe is kept vpon the pasture groundes where bredyng and fedynge was wont to be kept And now there is nothyng kept there but motton The fourth prouerbe The more shepe the dearer is the corne By reason tyllage is not vsed occupyed and mainteyned as it hath bene before tyme but shepe kept vpon the grounde where tyllage was wont to be kept and mainteyned The .v. prouerbe The more shepe the skanter is the weyte meate By reason tyllage is not vsed occupyed and maynteyned nother mayntenaunce of houses and hospitalytye where as catle was wont to be fede and brede by reason of kepynge of catle shulde increase whyt meate and now there is nothyng kept there but only shepe The syxte prouerbe The more shepe the fewer egges for a peny By reason cottages go downe in the contre where as pultrye was wont to be breade and fedde now there is nothyng kept there but shepe which cause the egges to be solde for fower a penny Thus be the syx prouerbes true as we do thynke desyrynge you to geue hearynge vnto them and that it may be wel amended for the common welthe of the Kynges poore subiectes Then haue we thre losses that maketh nyne The fyrst losse as we do thinke there is not so many plowes vsed occupied and mainteyned within Oxforth shyre as was in Kynge Henry the seuenth tyme and sens hys fyrste comming there lacketh xl plowes euery plough was able to kepe .vi. persōs downe lyinge and vprisynge in hys house the whiche draweth to twelf score persons in Oxford shyre And where that the sayde twelf score persons were wōt to haue meate drynke rayment and wages payinge skot and lot to God to our Kyng now there is nothyng kept there but onlye shepe Now these twelfscore persons had nede to haue liuing whether shal they go into Northhampton shyre and there is also the lyuing of twelef score persons loste whether shall then they goo foorth from shyre to shyre and to be scathered thus abrode within the Kynges maiestyes Realme where it shall please almighty God and for lacke of masters by compulsion dryuen some of them to begge and some to steale The seconde losse as we do thinke that there is neuer a plough of the .xl. plowes but he is able to tyll and plowe to certifye syx persons and euery ploughe to sell .xxx. quarters of grayne by the yeare or els he can full yll paye syx seuen eyght poundt by the yeare xl plowes .xxx. quarters euery ploughe draweth to two hundreth quarters in Buckingham shyre two hundreth quarters in Oxforde shyre two .cc. quarters in Northāptō shyre so forth frō shyre to shyre in certayne shyres within

the Kings maiesties Realme of Englande what shall the twelf two hundreth quarters of corne do in Oxforth shyre we do thynke it wyll mainteyne the Kynges markettes and sustayne the Kynges subiectes and lykewyse in Buckyngham shyre also in Northampton shyre and so from shyre to shyre in certayne shyres wythin the Kynges magesties Realme Furthermore it is to be consydered what thys twelf hundreth quarters of corne is able to do within Oxford shyre it is able to certifye suffyce xv score people by the yeare breade and drynke allowe to euery person .ij. quarters of weate and two quarters of malt by the yere where as in the fyrst the hole lyuing of twelf score persons meate drynke and rayment vprysyng downe lying payinge skot and lot to our God and to our Kyng And the second losse bread and drynke for xv score persons by the yeare whiche the hole nombre draweth to .v. hundreth and .xl. persons in Oxforth shyre so in Buckyngham shyre so lykewyse in Northampton shyre and so forth from shyre to shyre wythin the Kynges maiestyes Realme And yf it be as we do thīke that there be .iiij. score plowes in euery one of these shyres les thē there was then is there the lyuyng lost of a thousand iiij score persons in euerye one of these foresayde shyres Thys is the seconde losse as we do thynke and call for remedy for it The thyrde losse as we do thynke we do lose in the sayd thre shyres kepynge of houshold and hospitalitye maintayning of tyllage and houshold kepyng we do lacke corne and also lese our cattell for where any housholde is kept there is kept kyne and calues and of our kine there commeth mylke butter and chease and all this doeth sustayne the Kynges Mayesties subiectes and for thys we haue nothyng but shepe And furthermore where housholdes be kept there is hogges pygges and bakon capons hēnes duckes Egges frute and many other cōmodityes that is necessary nedefull to be had for the maintenaunce and lyuinge of the Kynges maiesties poore subiectes to lyue by and for that we haue nothyng but shepe This is the thyrd losse The .x. is whiche we do cal for remedy and we desyre of God and the Kynges maiestye yf it shal please his highnes to be so good gracyous vnto his poore subiectes that there might be in euery shyre hundred as many plowes vsed occupyed and maynteyned as many housholds kept as was by king Henry the seuenth tyme fyrst commynge and then vnfayned as we do thynke we sholde haue corne ynough cattell ynough and shepe ynough then wil shepe and woll be in more mens hādes we shall haue also white meate ynough and all thynges necessary And thus Iesu preserue our dreade soueraingne Lorde and Kynge As we do thynke we haue two losses more that we haue not spoken The firste losse is for lacke of houshold kepyng mayntenaunce of tyllage it is great decay to artyllary for that do we reken that shepeherdes be but yll artchers And as we do further thīke it leseth the kings maiesty in prouisiō for his noble housholdes that is to saye in wheat malt beues mottons veles hay and otes and pultry all maner suche prouisions that belongeth to hys maiestyes housholde as we do thynke v. thousande markes by the yeare with the lest In a trial as we do thynke yf it shuld please the Kynges maiesties offycers to call in hys graces purue yers examyne them where they haue had within their tyme for his graces prouisiōs of his warres for his maiestyes housholde where as there is nowe nothyng to be gotten for they that kepe the sayde lādes hath put the fore sayde landes to pastures themself byeth all maner of grayne corne to kepe theyr houshold with all Furthermore yf it shall please the Kynges highnes and hys noble counsell for to haue a further tryall of thys matter and to assure it to be true take al craftes mē dwelling in cyties townes day laborers that laboreth by water or by lande corrygers other housholders refusyng none but only them that hath al this aboundaunce that is to saye shepe or woll masters and inclosers the lamentacions of the Kinges maiestyes subiectes will make any true herted body to seke call for remedy whiche we beseche the Lorde to amende Amen Furthermore as we do thinke this Realme doeth decaye by thys meanes it is to vnderstande and knowen that there is in England townes and villages to the nomber of fifty thousand vpward for euery towne and vyllage take them one with an other throughout all there is one plowe decayed sens the fyrste yeare of the raigne of kynge Henry the seuenth And in som townes and vyllages all the hole towne decayed sens that time and yf there be for euery towne and village one plough decayed sens the first yeare of the raygne of kyng Henry the seuenth Then is there decayed .l. thousande plowes and vpwarde The whiche .l. thousande plowes euerye ploughe were able to mainteine .vi. persons That is to saye the man the wyfe and fower other in his house lesse and more .l. thousande plowes syx persons to euery plough draweth to the nomber of thre hundred thousand persons were wont to haue meate drynke and rayment vprysing and downe lyinge paying skot and lot to God to the Kyng And now they haue nothynge but goeth about in England from dore to dore and axe theyr almose for Goddes sake And because they will not begge some of them doeth steale and then they be hāged and thus the Realme doeth decay and by none other wayes els as we do thynke besechynge your hyghnes of your moste noble grace and honourable Lordshyppes the premisses tenderly considered before you in examinacion vpon the premisses th●● we may haue a remedy in this behalf And we shall dayely praye for the cōseruacion of your highnes and for your ful noble lordshyppes Finis ¶ Imprinted at London in Pouls churche yearde at the sygne of Saynct Austen by Heugh Syngelton