Enclosures filled the pockets of landlords. What happened to the poor persons who depended on the commons for their survival?
Enclosures filled the pockets of the rich landlords. When fences came up, the enclosed land became the property of one landowner. The poor could no longer collect apples and berries or hunt small animals for meat, nor could they gather the stalks that lay on the fields after the crop was cut. Everything belonged to the landlord, everything had a price which the poor could not afford to pay. The poor were displaced from the land. They tramped in search of work. From Midlands they moved to the southern countries of England.
