Most of the crown land by then was from forfeitures after the 1641 rebellion or the 1688--91 revolution, with some smaller older parcels remaining from earlier rebellions, the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Norman period.
Most of the crown land was from forfeitures after the 1641 rebellion or the 1688--91 revolution, comprising the residue neither sold nor bestowed under the Adventurers' Act. There were smaller parcels from the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Norman period.