Here's an example of when pigs were allowed to roam, and when they had to be kept under control by their owners or incur a fine. Taken from an old document (1379) from Ashton-under-Lyne Manor. These customs continued for hundreds of years until enclosure. Also until Edward III imported some Flemish weavers to this country to teach locals how to produce cloth, roundabout 1350, this part of the world was known for horse breeding. Previously raw wool had been exported, now the finished products were being exported. It also seems likely that the Lord of the Manor's tenants possesed at least one cow and probably several, because the tenant's family had to give up their best beast to the Lord of the Manor, as heriot, when he died. _http://members.aol.com/gayjoliver/Covenants.htm_ (http://members.aol.com/gayjoliver/Covenants.htm) Gay J Oliver, Stalybridge, Cheshire,UK http://members.aol.com/victoroly/genealogy.htm http://members.aol.com/gayjoliver/Tameside.htm http://www.fhsc.org.uk/fhsc/dukinfield.htm