Enclosures

• What year did Wolsey launch inquiries into illegal enclosure of land?

  1517, 1518, and 1526
• Why were landowners enclosing land during Wolsey's inquiries?

  To bring in sheep farming
• What was the impact of illegal enclosures on tenants?

  Tenants were often driven off the land or had less land to live off
• What was the outcome of Wolsey's inquiries into illegal enclosures?

  The inquiries achieved little but showed Wolsey's interest in the problems of the poor
• Why was it difficult for Wolsey to address the issue of illegal enclosures?

  It was hard for Wolsey to cut across the rights of property owners
• How did Wolsey act in relation to property owners during the inquiries?


  Wolsey acted within the law