Feckenham Forest in Worcestershire saw riot and disorder when crown disafforestation plans threatened the rights of forest commoners in 1629. The rioters pulled down fences and drove off surveying parties attempting to measure and parcel the forest for enclosure. The Feckenham disorder was part of a wider pattern of forest riots across England in the late 1620s and early 1630s reflecting tensions over royal forest policy.
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