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your Ma"" Moyety by virtue thereof and of a decree made 

 in your Ma"" Court of Duchy Chamber at Westm' and in 

 regard the rest of the Comons & Wast grounds within the 

 said Towneshipps remayninge for your Peticoners Moyety 

 might be improved to some considerable advantage if the 

 same were enclosed. 



Your Peticoners therefore humbly pray that your Maj"^ will 

 bee graciously pleased to graunt to them & theire heyres the 

 remaining Moyety of the said Comons & wast grounds within 

 the said Towneshipps in trust for themselves & the rest of 

 the Freehoulders, & others that have right of Comon therein 

 and your Peticoners as in Duty bound will ever pray &c. 



Att the Court att Windsor June the 12"' 1687 

 His Ma"^ is graciously pleased to referr this peticon and the 

 paper annexed to Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 

 to examine the Allegacons thereof and report the state of this 

 case with his oppinion in the matter to his Maj"" who will 

 then declare his further pleasure. 



Sunderland. 

 Lodged with the Chancellor 

 27 June 1687. 

 The case of the Freehoulders of Bowden Chappell alias 

 Chappell in le Fryth Shallcrosse Fairfeild & Fernely within 

 the Lordpp. Manno' & Forest of High Peake in the County 

 of Derby parte of the Duchy of Lancaster for the Moyety 

 of the Comons & wast ground within the said Towneshippes 

 &: Villages. 



King Charles the first in right of his Duchy of Lancaster 

 was seized of the Lordpp & fforest of High Peake within 

 which were & are many large wastes. 



That the ffreehoulders being desirous to bee freed from the 

 fforest Lawes & inconveniences of the fforest and to have the 

 same wastes improved about the year 1639 did peticon King 

 Charles the first to improve the said wastes, and hee con- 

 sented thereunto And comissioners yssued forth to inquire 

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