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In times past, and that not long agoe, Holdings were so plentifull,
and Holders so scarce, as well was the Landlord who could get one to
bee his Tenant, and they vsed to take assurance for the rent by 2.
pledges of the same Mannour. But now the case is altred: for a farme,
or (as wee call it) a bargaine can no sooner fall in hand, then the
Suruey Court shal be waited on with many Officers, vying & reuying
each on other; nay thei are taken mostly at a ground-hop, before they
fall, for feare of comming too late. And ouer and aboue the old
yerely rent, they will giue a hundred or two hundred [38] yeeres
purchace and vpward at that rate, for a fine, to haue an estate of
three liues: which summe commonly amounteth to ten, or twelve yeeres
iust value of the land. As for the old rent, it carrieth at the most,
the proportion but of a tenth part, to that whereat the tenement may
be presently improued, & somewhere much lesse: so as the Parson of the
parish can in most places, dispend as much by his tithe, as the Lord
of the Mannour by his rent.


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