BOOK NUMBERED 7. FROM 4 MAY 1796 TO 14 APRIL 1800. [4th MAY, 1796.] The Manor of Wimbledon, in the County of Surrey. The Special Court Baron, of the Right Honourable George John Earl Spencer, Lord of the Manor aforesaid, held at the Red Lion Inn, Putney, within the said Manor, on Wednesday, the fourth day of May, in the thirty sixth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the faith and so forth; and in the year of our Lord, One thousand seven hundred and ninety six. Before William Pembroke, Esquire, Deputy Steward of the said Manor. (P. 11.) [Inrolm of an Indenture of Five pts made 6 May 6 Geo. III 1796 between Rich Helm of Kensington and others, stating that by an Indenture of Lease of 1 June 1766 between John Earl Spencer and Mary Clark, Widow, reciting that by an Act passed 33rd year of the late reign, entitled An Act to empower John Spencer Esq to make leases of the Manor of Wimbledon and of lands and grounds in Wimbledon &c. It was and is witnessed, that in consideration of the said Mary Clarke having agreed to build and make erections and improvements [&c. the said Earl demised to the said Mary] All that piece or parcel of land formerly part of the waste of the said Manor of Wimbledon, situate in the Lane leading from Roehampton aforesaid to Barnes Common, near the Mansion House and ground formerly of Eliab Harvey Esq. deceased, and then of the said Mary Clark, on the West side of the Highway there, between the said Highway and the east part of the Land formerly of the said William Harvey on the west part, on which said piece of land three small cottages were formerly erected. (P. 16). THE MANOR OF WIMBLEDON IN } The General Court Baron of the Right Honourable George John Earl Spencer Lord of the Manor aforesaid, held at the Rose and Crown Inn, in Wimbledon, within the said Manor on Saturday the twenty-first day of May in the thirty-sixth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third [&c. A.D. 1796] before William Pembroke Esq. Deputy Steward of the said Manor. Mr. William Jennings Order respecting taking) Sworn Complaint being made the Pollards off the unto 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.) Ordered that the several Comon keepers for the parishes of Wimbledon, Mortlake and Putney, within this Manor, do make a return at the next General Court Baron to be held for this Manor, of the several persons who have had gravel, or dug turf from off the Commons, within their respective jurisdiction, since the tenth day of October 1795: distinguishing by whose authority the same has been permitted: viz. whether by the licence of the Lord, the Steward or Deputy Steward of this Manor; or whether the same has been taken away, without any licence at all and under what pretence. Order respecting Gravel} [At the view of Frankpledge of the King with the General Court Baron of the Rt. Hon. Geo. John Earl Spencer for the Manor of Wimbledon held 27 June 1796. The headboroughs for the following parishes and villages paid and ought to pay the following fines As to Putney Mortlake and East Sheene. [Reciting what is above printed at p. 85 under 21 May and finishing.]— Now upon reading the same in open Court, it is now ordered, that such parts of the said order as relates to any inclosed Commons within this Manor, or to those of Putney, Mortlake or East Sheene, be and the same is hereby rescinded and repealed: and the above reward of one pound and one shilling, is to be paid by the Comon keepers of the parish of Wimbledon only. [At the same Court a Reeve, two Common-keepers and a Pound-keeper were appointed for Wimbledon.] [THE MANOR OF WIMBLEDON THE SPECIAL COURT Baron 11 JULY 1796.] (P. 59.) Whereas at a Court Gene-Leet and General Court Baron, held for this Manor on the 23rd day of April 1787, the Homage of that Court being eighteen in number, did agree that John Terry of Wimbledon, Bricklayer, shou[1]d enclose a small piece of the waste land off Wimbledon Common, containing by estimation, one quarter of an acre, be the same more or less; and in pursuance of such agreement, the said John Terry did inclose the same [&c.] Recital of consent of the sent. [At this Court the Lord thereupon granted to the Assignees of the Bankrupt] All that piece or parcel of waste ground, situate on Wimbledon Common, in the County of Surrey, running in a strait line from east to west, ninety-six feet and six inches, little more or less, and abutting on the east, on a piece of grass land, in the occupation of Mrs. D'Aguillar; on the west on garden ground in |