Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — XIV. Folkland and Bookland (1893)
“ In the eye of the populace, though not of course in the contemplation of law, the landowner who was hanged had done wrong in becoming absolute owner of the land at all, for folkland ought not, according to popular notions, to have been taken away from the folk or freeholders holding land in common. ”
Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — XIV. Folkland and Bookland (1893)
“ How common folk-land was in Germany may be seen from the numerous "folk-fields" and other similar place-names which Förstemann gives. I might mention, as an illustration of our subject, his Folcharteswilare, meaning folk-wood-town, taken from a charter of A.D. 904—a name which might very appropriately have been given to the village of Fulwood in Hallamshire.We must not regard folkland as property which belonged to the nation, or to the entire inhabitants of a particular manor or district. ”
Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — XIV. Folkland and Bookland (1893)
“ But ill-gotten wealth may bring its owner to a bad end, and so the man who had robbed his neighbours by turning folkland into bookland was hanged. The tradition may thus amount to an expression of popular dislike to several ownership in land. ”
