It is difficult to overestimate a role of process of enclosing in economic and also sociocultural life of England. Having begun at the end of XV – the beginning of XVI vv, enclosing continued until the end of the 18th century, changing the country, a way of managing, economic trends and traditions of the market relations.
Several factors became the reason of the enclosing which began in England. First, the country experienced significant demographic growth. Secondly, the layer of the land-poor peasantry, so-called kotteger, became so extensive that began to influence pricing. Besides, financial policy of an English court turned out unsuccessful owing to what there were all economic prerequisites to rise in price of agricultural products. Attempts to increase productivity of lands, to develop new arable lands or to increase the area of pastures did not lead to anything. Enclosing became the response to general rise in price of life. First lords, having occupied lands, dug round new grounds ditches and set up fences. Usually all earth went under a pasture of sheep. After a while the trend changed and began to use sowing cultures partially. The main share of the vypasny cattle was the share of cows now. As a result of the first stage of enclosing the mass process of outflow of peasants began with lands. For a pasture of sheep or cows of working hands it was required much less, than for a plowed land and harvesting. The second stage of enclosing was caused by lands sale, earlier belonging to monasteries. Sales went for very high price therefore peasants understandably could not participate in purchase. As a result of such price policy the outflow of peasants even more amplified. And fight for allotments joined the city capital. Rich gentlemen from the highest estates bought up the earth and leased it to farmers on very overestimated prices. Yeomen, free and quite wealthy British, started the management of the farms arising on the place of aloof lands. As a result of enclosing process the habitual economic relations painfully hard collapsed, the whole classes were destroyed. Directly enclosing struck the peasantry which, being violently driven from lands, joined itself ranks of bandits from the main road and city beggars. Many peasants went in search of the better life to a northern part of the country where they for pennies died of excessive work in coal mines.