FIrst , ye shall enquire what tounes , villages , and hamletes , haue been decaied and laid doune , by enclosures , within the Shire conteigned , within your Commission , sithe the first yere of the reigne , of kyng Henry the seuenth .

Item , what lande was in tillage , at the tyme of the saied enclosures , and what was then in pasture .

Item , how mnay plowes , by reason of the said enclosures , be decaied & laied doune .

Item , how many Meases , Houses , Cottages , and dwellyng houses , be fallen in decaie , and the inhabitauntes of the same , departed from their inhabitacion there , by reason of enclosures taken awaie of the landes , or otherwise . And how muche lande , belonged to the same .

Item , if any persone haue seuered the landes , from any house of husbandry , whereby it is made a cottage , a Shepe house , a Dary house , or otherwise conuerted , to any other vse , then for a dwellyng place , of an husband man .

Item , by whom the said enclosures and decaies wer made , and how long agone , and if thei wer made within the same tyme , and of what yerely rent and proffites thei be ,

Item , who hath now the state of inheritaunce , and the profites of the same enclosure , and houses decaied , and of whom the landes be holden .

Item , how many newe Parkes be now made , sithe the saied tyme .

Item , what arable lande , at the tyme of the makyng of the saied Parkes , wer imparked with the same .

Item , how many Parkes within the Shire be inlarged , sith the said tyme , and how muche of the same ground , was then arable and put in tillage .

Item , how many Plowes , houses , inhabitacions be decaied , by reason of the saied newe imparkyng .

Item , if any persone hath or doth kepe , aboue the nomber of twoo thousande shepe , beside lambes of one yeres age , either in his awne right , or in the name of his wife , child , kinsman , or any other persone , and whether he hath kept the same , vpon his awne landes , or vpon his Ferme landes , or otherwise , by couin or fraude , and how long he hath kept them .

Item , how many Shepe ye thynke haue been necessary , for the onely expenses of suche persones , houshold for one yere .

Item , if any persone hath letten , any landes to ferme ▪ by copie of Court Rolie , reseruyng the shepe pasture of the same to hymself , or if any persone hath taken , from any other their Comons , wherby thei be not able to brede and kepe their cattell , and maintein their husbandry , as thei were in tymes past .

Item , if any persone hath had or occupied , aboue the nomber of two houses , or tenementes of husbandry , liyng in any Toune , Uillage , Hamlet or Tithyng , and how long thei haue occupied the same .

Item , whether suche persone , hath taken the same in Farme , for terme of life , yeres , at will , by Indenture , or copie of Court rolle , or otherwise , sithe the feast of the Natiuitie of our Lorde God , a thousande CCCCC . xlv . And where suche persone dwelleth .

Item , if any persone , or body pollitique or corporate , that hath by gifte , graunt , Lease , or Demise , the scite or precinct , and Demeanes of any Monastery , Priory , or religious house , dissolued by thact of Parliament , made in the .xxvii. yere , of the reigne of the kyng that dedde is , do kepe an honest continual house and houshold , in the same scite or precinct : and do occupie yerely , asmuche of the same demeanes , in plowyng and tillage of husbandry , as was commonly vsed , to bee kept by the gouernors , Abbottes , or Priors of the same houses , Monasteries , or Priories , or by their Fermer or Fermers , occupiyng the same , within the tyme of .xx. yeres , next before the makyng of the same statute .

Item , that you our saied Commissioners , for your better instruccion , take with you copies of al suche offices as were founde concernyng the premisses , in the .ix. or tenth yeres , of the reigne of our moste noble father , Kyng Henry the eight .

Item , that you cause tappere before you , at all places where you shall sit , for thexecucion of this Commission , sixe persones of euery Parishe , that is to saie : Twoo Freholders , twoo Fermers , twoo Copie holders , or tenauntes at wil , if there be so many there dwellyng , or els as many as be there dwellyng to make presentment by their othes , of all suche thynges , as bee presentable before you , by vertue of this Commission .

Item , if any persone hath or kepeth , in his occupacion , in one Toune , Parishe , Lordship , or Hamlet , any more tenementes of husbandry then one : And by what title he so hath or kepeth them .

Item , if any Comons or high waies , haue been enclosed or imparked , contrary to right , and without due recompence . That then the same shal be reformed , by the saied Commissioners .