...agreeably to fuch twenty fecond year of Henry II. a notable alteration happened in the commonwealth. For the great lords and owners of towns, which before...free-holders more than had been ; who by reafon of their feveral interefts, and not being fo abfolutely tied unto their lords, as in former times, began...

...notable alteration in the Commonwealth. For the great Lords and owners of towns which before manur'd their lands by Tenants at Will, began now generally to grant them Estates in Fee, and thereby to make a great multitude of Freeholders more than had been. Who by reason...