62 ENCLOSURE RIOTS AT CHINLEY. 



on the south parte or syde, being in the said parcell of herbage 

 called Maystonfyeld, ahas Chynley, which piece of ground 

 aforesaid is by estymacion one Neighbourshipp and a half 

 neighbourshipp,"* 



Signed by Godfrey Bradshaw. 



This abstract shews the connection of the Bradshaws with 

 the land in question. We will now proceed to the " Inter- 

 rogatories," from the nature of which many very interesting 

 particulars may be gleaned of the disturbance. 



Nothing can be conceived more interesting to a person of 

 ordinary intelligence, and especially to those who reside in the 

 locality illustrated, than details of the character afforded by this 

 document. The disturbance has long ago subsided, and the 

 spirits, then so much moved and swayed by passion and con- 

 tending interests have passed away ; the heart-burnings have 

 ceased, and the present villagers may not even know that their 

 little hamlet, now so quiet, was once the scene of so much 

 contention. It is one of the privileges of an Archsological 

 Society to draw aside the curtain occasionally, and afford a 

 retrospect. 



From these original and authentic sources, we can see our 

 ancestors in their struggles, and their yearnings for justice and 

 for right ; we mark their crude ideas, and note our own advance- 

 ment ; and if it were only for this — to afford us the feeling of 

 contentment that our lot is cast in better times — these various 

 publications of the Society will have contributed to some good 

 end. We are very much indebted to Mr. Bowles for his 

 permission to publish this valuable document. 



" 3uf0t'1fOgClfotic0 to be furnished upon the behaulf of Godfrey 

 Bradshaw C! plaintiff, against) Edward Kyrke, Thos. Bawden, 

 — Kyrke, Otwell Kyrke, Edward Shower, Ranulphe Mellour, 

 Roger — , — Whyte, Will Rydge, John Hatfield, Robert Burnes, 

 John Bawdon, Richard Kyrke, and others. 



* One " neighbourship "= i6 Cheshire acres; one Cheshire acre = one forest 

 acre, which is equivalent to about 2 statute acres, or 10,240 sq. yds. — Ed. 



