36 COMMONS AND WASTE LANDS. 



79 servant to John Redfearne of Healy in the parish of 

 Chappel had driven " his Masters sheep & other Cattell unto 

 " & upon Corbor or any other of y'= Right of Comons belonging 

 "to ffearfeild ffernelee or Chappel parish" & had never known 

 any disturbance "made for entring Commoning joyntly." 

 Edward Lingard of Chappel in le Frith surveyor, having 

 surveyed " the best part of the Comoning belonging to y^ 

 Relator Thomas Eyre & y^ freehoulders in Chapell parish " 

 found that Thomas Eyre had enclosed above 20 acres of the 

 best Land more than he had left " for y^ ffreehoulders to 

 equalize it." 



Humfrey Marshall of Cowmbshed junior in the parish of 

 Chappel had with Edward Lingard surveyed Lands "lying 10 

 " chaines length from Castle-Nase South West within y° Relators 

 "Thomas Eyre fence being part of Bealott Edge & part of Pye 

 "greve Edge containeing twenty acres & upwards to y' best of 

 "our knowledge" which land "is of that Moyety which his 

 " Surveyor Mr. Peter Barker laid out for y^ Towne " that they 

 had also surveyed "another parcell of Land containing 40 

 " Acres & upwards from ye Topp of y^ Brinke against y^ 

 " Cowmbshead feild corner & so to Archers Wall & soe by a 

 " straight line to y* Womans Crosse & y*" Healy Marsh New 

 " fTence w''*' said parcell of Comon by severall old Mapps & 

 "all agreeing was laid out for y* Towne which now y* Relator 

 " Thos. Eyre claymes." 



Ralph Lomas of Hilltopp aged 86 John Green of "ye 

 Coumbs" aged 75 Thomas Bagshaw of Ridge aged 70 

 " husbandmen of Chappel parrishe " & Roger Daine of Glossop 

 aged 69, swear that they never knew of any disturbance made 

 by Fairfield & Fernelee freeholders for y' Chapel le Frith 

 freeholders " entring & joyning Comon of pasture w"' them 

 " from Shorthead, Hobbtors, ye Reapes, & Black Edge, y* 

 "nearrer Ball-greave, & the further Ball-greave, Knowle, & y' 

 " Durrante Loe, & Nun Brooke, Haagshaw, & Corbor, soe farr 

 "as our right of Comon joynes togather till they were 

 " disturbed by y* Relator Thos. Eyre." 



