ft s ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁common ▁field ▁system ▁for ▁three ▁years ▁out ▁of ▁four , ▁but ▁it ▁and ▁" the ▁f ey ld es ▁there unto ▁ad i og ning " ▁were ▁" hen ed " ▁( i . e . ▁with dra wn ) ▁from ▁St ▁Matth ias ' ▁Day ▁( 2 4 ▁February ) ▁to ▁mid sum mer ▁every ▁fourth ▁year . ▁Clear ly ▁this ▁group ▁of ▁fields ▁at ▁least ▁was ▁now ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁four - field ▁system ▁of ▁c rop ▁rotation . ▁This ▁was ▁certainly ▁the ▁case ▁by ▁ 1 8 0 8 , ▁when ▁D ed d ington ▁pract iced ▁a ▁four - year ▁rotation ▁of ▁fall ow , ▁whe at , ▁bar ley , ▁and ▁pe as ▁or ▁be ans . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 7 ▁a ▁land ▁survey or ▁reported ▁to ▁the ▁Dean ▁and ▁Can ons ▁of ▁St ▁George ' s ▁Chap el , ▁W inds or ▁Castle ▁that ▁in ▁D ed d ington ▁parish ▁he ▁found ▁" all ▁the ▁Gr ass ▁Land s ▁in ▁the ▁open ▁Field s ▁in ▁a ▁much ▁worse ▁state ▁than ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Common able ▁Land ▁in ▁the ▁County , ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁A rable ▁Land ▁in ▁a ▁w retch ed ▁state ▁of ▁cultiv ation ". ▁He ▁recommended ▁that ▁the ▁land ▁could ▁be ▁greatly ▁improved , ▁but ▁only ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁first ▁incl osed . ▁ ▁But ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁H empt on ▁were ▁inter m ixed ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁parish ▁of ▁Great ▁Bar