Factores que fomentan las conductas evasivas

4« At Lawford in W arw ickshire the farm er could be e je c te d a f t e r

e i ^ t weeks in a rre a rs (PRO SC6 1 0 4 l/l5 m 3 d ).

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and payments were made h a lf -y e a r ly o r q u a rte rly .

There are in stan ces o f farmed land changing hands b e fo re the

e x p iry o f a le a s e . Thomas W oodfall had a tw e n ty -y e a r lease on T i l l i n g -

ton manor, from M ichaelm as 1451» In I46O /I, Hugh Ward is found to be

farm er th e re , a t the same r a te o f payment, fo r a tw e lv e -y e a r term , and

no e x p la n a tio n is g iven fo r the change. ^ I t may be th a t W oodfall d ie d ,

although th e re is no m ention on th e account o f the h e rio t th a t W oodfall

was to pay i f he died w ith in th e term o f h is le a s e . In th e same way,

a t Michaelmas 1442, T itte n s o r manor was legged to W illia m Slany and h is

son fo r a tw e n ty -y e a r terra. At Michaelmas 1448 i t was leased to one

Richard C lure and h is assig n s, on a s ix ty -y e a r lease a t the same annual

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farm . B a rla s to n manor, leased in 1442 to Roger Bagnold and h is son

John fo r tw e n ty -fo u r y e a rs a t £5.6 .8 per annum, duly descended to John

in 1453 and a new le a s e was drawn up extending the terra to t h i r t y - f i v e

y e a rs , s t i l l a t £5.6 .8 per annum, w ith John ag reein g in exchange fo r

th is exten sio n to do a c e r ta in amount o f re b u ild in g and re p a ir work on

the manor, w ith in the f i r s t two years o f h is new terra.^ I t would seem

from these few examples th a t S ta ffo rd was not reg ard in g a change o f ten an t as an o p p o rtu n ity o f in c re a s in g h is incom e,nor th a t he was a fr a id o f long leases w ith t h e ir fix e d income re tu rn .

The lo rd o f a manor, in a d d itio n to h is a ra b le demesne lands and t h e ir appurtenances, also held areas o f parkland and woodland fo r h is

hunting and f o r th e g ra zin g o f anim als. P o lic y reg ard in g th is land

v a rie d , but g e n e ra lly i t remained under the c o n tro l o f a p a rk e r o r f o r ­

e s te r appointed by the lo r d , and was not leased out to h is te n a n ts . In

1. SRO D 64l/l/2/5an4j /63m4 2. SRO D64l/l/2/57m 6; /59m6,

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re tu rn fo r a sm all payment however, the ten an ts had the r ig h t o f a g is t­ ment, th e p a s tu rin g o f c a t t le or o th e r domestic anim als, and o f pannage

fo r t h e ir pig s on th e land f o r a l l o r p a rt o f the y e a r. At S ta ffo rd

manor in 1437-38 , £ 1 8 .5 .4 was obtained from year-round ag istm en t, whereas in 1442-43 o n ly ls .4 d . was paid fo r fo u r weeks' ag istm en t, fo r S ta ffo rd re ta in e d use o f the land fo r h im s e lf f o r the re s t o f the y e a r. In 1445-46 agistm ents produced £ 1 .1 0 .3 , S ta ffo r d 's o f f i c i a l s again r e ta in in g use o f the land f o r most o f the y e a r,^ and th is continued to

be the p a tte rn a t th is manor. At M adeley, Tonbridge and B le c h in g le y ,

. a l l cen tres fo r h is liv e r y , he re ta in e d a l l agistm ent r ig h ts . The

T re a s u re r o f the Household leased th e agistm ent rig h ts a t Maxstoke and

v a rio u s o th e r manors fo r th e use o f the Household anim als. At Oakham

in R u tla n d , w in te r agistm ent r ig h ts were reserved fo r S ta ffo r d 's use,

udiile summer agistm ent r ig h ts were allow ed to h is te n a n ts . In 1459-60

he receive d no agistm ent payment, fo r d u rin g th e d isturbances fo llo w in g th e 1 Guiding o f the th re e E a rls a t Sandwich and le a d in g up to the b a t t le o f Northampton on J u ly 10 many ten an ts had d riv e n t h e ir b easts in to the

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