(i)A rich Farmer : In England, open fields and common lands had started changing from about the sixteenth century. The rich farmers wanted to expand wool production to earn profits. They were eager to improve their sheer breeds and ensure good food for them. So, they began dividing and enclosing common land and building hedges around their holdings to separate their property from that of others. They drove out villagers who had small cottages on the commons and they prevented the poor from entering the enclosed fields.

(ii)A Labour : As the fences came up, the enclosed land became the exclusive property of one landowner. Now poor could no longer collect their firewood from the forests, or graze their cattle on the common lands. They could not collect apples and berries, or hunt small animals for meat. Even they could not gather the stalks that lay on the fields after the crops were cut. Everything belonged to the landlords, everything had a price which the poor could not afford to pay.

As a result the poor were displaced from the land. They found their customary rights gradually disappearing. Deprived of their rights and driven off the land, they tramped in search of work. From the Midlands, they moved to the southern countries of England. This was a region that was most intensively cultivated and there was a great demand for agricultural labourers. But nowhere could the poor find secure jobs.

(iii)A Peasant Woman: The worst sufferer of the change in the land pattern were peasant women. In fact, the open field system was replaced by as Enclosure system. As a result, local people had to shed all their rights and privileges over common land. Now they could not collect forest produces as fuel woods, fruits and berries. Not only that it was difficult for them to pet herds. Because common land, grazing land and forest land were taken under the fence and it was protected to improve breeding and for commercial crops. Therefore, peasant woman had to face a lot of difficulties in making her life sustainable to the new circumstances.