ABSTRACT
In 1517 royal commissioners were appointed in Lincolnshire to enforce the Inclosure Act of 1515. It is rather surprising that the county should have been included in the commission, as the report showed that the enclosures were insignificant in extent and had caused but little eviction. The Willoughbys not only caused endless discord among their friends and enemies, but fomented dozens of petty hatreds among their dependents. A good thriving feud, fairly rooted in disputed lands, would in the course of years scatter as many seeds as would afforest half Lincolnshire. An example of such a minor feud occurs in a complaint brought before the Star Chamber by Thomas Moigne, of the Inner Temple, a gentleman and lawyer of Lincolnshire. By Michaelmas 1536 several sets of royal commissioners had swooped down upon Lincolnshire.
