Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon Volume 1; Extending from 1 Edward IV. to A.D. 1864, Selected from the Original Rolls for the Use of the Wimbledon Common Committee (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...this Court, that notCommon at Wimbledon. ) withstanding the several orders made at different General Courts Baron held for this Manor, respecting digging of gravel and taking turf from off the several commons within this Manor, many encroachments are daily committed; to the manifest detriment and injury of the Lord and the Tenants thereof: and in particular, several oak pollards have been lately felled down and taken away from off Wimbledon Common, within the said Manor, and that many persons not being in anywise entitled to either common or herbage, have lately encroached on the rights of the tenants of this Manor, by turning their Cattle to feed and depasture on the commons, contrary to law and the custom of this Manor. It is ordered that if any person or persons in future, shall be guilty of such offences, he, she or they, shall be prosecuted for the same without further notice: and to prevent these trespasses and depredations in future, it is further ordered, that a convenient number of these Orders, be forthwith printed and sent to the Common Keepers of the several parishes and hamlets within this Manor, and distributed throughout the same, and also affixed and stuck up in the most conspicuous places within the several parishes and hamlets of Wimbledon, Putney, Roehampton, Mortlake, East Sheene and Barnes, in the said Manor, and be publickly read in the parish church of Wimbledon, immediately after divine service, for three successive Sundays next ensuing the date of this Court: and also that a reward of one pound one shilling, will be paid by the Common Keepers of the parish where the offence was committed, upon the discovery and conviction of any of the above trespassers. (P. 17.) Order respecting Gravel) Ordered that the seve&c. ) ral Comon keep...