Oct. 4. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



259 



BOEOUGH-ENGLISH. 



(Vol. iv., p. 133.) 



Since my former communication I have collected 

 the following list of places where this custom 

 prevails : — 

 In Surrey : 



Battersea. — Lysons' Environs, vol. i. p. 30. 

 Wimbledon (Archbishop of Canterbury's Manor). — 



Lysons' Environs, vol. i. p. 523. 

 Streatliam (Manor of Leigham Court). — Lysons' 



Environs, vol. i. p. 481. 

 Richmond, Ham, Peterham. — Lysons' Environs. 

 Croydon (Archbishop of Canterbury's Manor). — Cle- 

 ment V. Scudamore, 6 Mod. Rep. 102.; Steinman's 

 Croydon, p. 9. 

 In Essex : 



JIaldon Blount's Tenures by Beckwith. 



In Suffolk: 



Lavenham. — Blount's Tenures by Beckwith. 

 In Gloucestershire : 



The county of the city of Glouce.ster. — 1st Report 

 of Real Property Commissioners, 1839, app. 98. 

 In Middlesex : 



Islington (IManor of St. John of Jerusalem).— Nel- 

 son's Islington. 

 Isleworth. — Lysons' Eni'irons,\o\. iii. p. 96. 

 In Cornwall : 



Clymesloud. — Blounts Teni/res by Beckwith, p. 407. 

 In Nottinghamshire: 



Southwell. — Comp. Cop. 506.; Blount's Tenures by 

 Beckwith. 

 In Northamptonshire : 



Brigstock. — Beauties of England and Wales, vol. ii. 

 p. 201. 

 In Warwickshire : 



BalshalJ.— Pa<. 20 R. 2. m, 2.; Blount's Tenures by 

 Beckwith, p. 629. 

 In Lincolnshire : 



Staniford. — Camd. Brit. tit. Lincolnshire ; Blount's 

 Tenures by Beckwith, p. 416. 



Tliere are some variances in the custom in these 

 sever.ll places ; the particulars would be too long 

 for an article in "Notes and Queries;" but the 

 principle of descent to the youngest son prevails 

 in all. 



It would be very desirable to complete this list 

 as far as can be done, and I hope some others of 

 your correspondents will give their aid to do it. 



The origin of this custom, so contrary to the 

 general law of descent by the common law, is also 

 a subject worthy of more investigation than it has 

 yet received. What is stated on the subject in 

 liie law books is very unsatisfactory. It might 

 tend to throw some light on this point if any of 

 your correspondents would communicate informa- 

 tion as to^ny natitms or tribes where the law of 

 descent to tlie youngest son prevails, or did pre- 

 vail, according to ancient or still existing custom. 



I have also received llie following list of places 

 where tlie custom of IJcn-ough-English prevails, 

 from Charles Sandys, Es(i., F.S.A., of Canterbury. 



It is taken from notes to the third edition of 

 Robinson's valuable work on Gavelkind, p. 391. 

 note a., and p. 393. n. c. This list had escaped 

 me, as my edition of Robinson is an old one. 



" It appears by communications from the stewards 

 to the late IMr. Sawkins, that in the following manors, 

 lands are descendible after the custom of Borougli- 

 Enfflish : — 



St.John of Jerusalem, in Islington 



Sutton Court . - . . 



Weston Gumshall, in Albury 



CoUey, in Reigate ... 



Sutton next Woking, in Woking 



Little Bookham, in Little Book- 

 ham and Effingham 



Wotton, Abinger, Paddington, 

 Paddington Pembroke: in the 

 parishes of Wotton, Abinger, 

 Ewhurst, and Cranley - 



Gumshall Tower Hill; Gumsliall 

 Netley ; Shere Vachery, and 

 Cranley; Shere Eborum: in the 

 parishes of Shere Ewhurst and 

 Cranley . . - . 



Dunsford, in the parish of Wands- 

 worth - - - . - 



Compton Westbury - - . 



Brockham, in Betchworth - 



Boxted Hall - 



Battel!, a small part of the freehold 

 and copyhold lands in Roberts 

 bridge - - - - 



Somersham, with the Soke, the "] 

 copyhold lands in Alconbury, !■ 

 with Weston - - - I 



Middlesex. 



Surrev. 



^1 



Essex. 



Sussex. 



Huntingdonshire." 



Surrey. 



" It appears by the communications from the ste- 

 wards of the late Mr. Sawkins, tliat his customary 

 descent is extended to younger brothers in the manors 

 of — 



Dorking, in Dorking and Capel - 

 Milton and Westcott, in the 



parishes of Dorking Capel and 



Ockley . . - - 



" To all collateral males in the manors of — 

 Isleworth Syon - - - "| 



Ealing, otherwise Zealing - > Middlesex. 



Acton - - - - - J 



" To females, as well as males, lineal and collateral, 

 in the manors of — 



Fulham ----- Middlesex. 

 Wimbledon, including Putney, 



IMortlake, Roehampton, and 



.Sheen 



Battersea and Wandsworth - - [. Surrey. 



Downe - - - - - | 



Barnes . - - , 



Riclimond 



Southwell 



INIuch Hadham 



:j 



Nottinghamshire. 

 Hertfordsliire." 



G.R.C. 



Southwark, Sept. 24, 1851. 



