This took place either in the form of the violent ousting of the sitting tenant, or of a refusal on the death of one tenant to admit the son, who in earlier centuries would have been treated as his natural successor.

Proofs abound."-- W.J.

ASHLEY, _Economic History_.
[46] _See_ Dr.Jessop, _The Great Pillage_.
[47] "That a populous and wealthy city like Norwich should have been for three weeks in the hands of 20,000 rebels, and should have escaped utter pillage and ruin, speaks highly for the rebel leaders."-- W.

RYE, _Victoria County History of Norfolk_.
"Robert Ket was not a mere craftsman: he was a man of substance, the owner of several manors; his conduct throughout was marked by considerable generosity; nor can the name of patriot be denied to him who deserted the class to which he might have belonged or aspired, and cast in his lot with the suffering people."-- CANON DIXON, _History of the Church of England_.
[48] "There was something in the temper of these celebrated men which secured them against the proverbial inconstancy both of the Court and of individuals....

No Parliament attacked their influence.