INDEX. 



387 



" Ranges Act " of, 244 ; the Military 

 Lands Consolidation Bill of, 245 ; the 

 Forest of Dean Bill of 1668 of, 2.55; 

 Inclosure of the Forest of Dean Bill 

 (1875) introduced and withdrawn in, 

 261, 263; the Inclosure Bill of 1869 

 in, 273-275; Commons Bill of 1871 

 rejected on the motion of the Duke of 

 Northumberland, 278 ; measure intro- 

 duced by Lord Cross (1876) for 

 amending the Inclosure Act of 1845, 

 278-281 ; appointment of a Standing 

 Committee for considering schemes 

 relating to commons, 282 ; carrying 

 of amendment to Local Government 

 Bill for the protection of roadside 

 wastes, 297 ; provision in Parish 

 Councils Bill for the protection of 

 roadside wastes, 297 ; the Commons 

 Act of 1876, 5, 312, 313; and the 

 invasions of railwavs on commons, 

 334, 335, 336, 337 ;" motions for the 

 repeal of the Statute of Merton, 346, 

 347 ; the Copyhold Act of 1887, 351- 

 353 ; the Commons Law Amendment 

 Act of 1893, 354, 355 

 Parliament Hill, 45, 54 ; purchase of, 56, 

 57 ; thrown open, and added to 

 Hampstead Heath, 57 

 Parr, Catherine, and the Manor of Mort- 



lake, 90 

 Paulton's Common, a name for Wigley 



Common, 186 

 Peacocke, M.P., Mr., and the sale of 

 forestal rights in Epping Forest, 122 

 Peckham Rye Common, Extension of, 363 

 Peek, Sir Henry, chairman of the 

 Wimbledon Common Committee, 29 ; 

 and the case against the Lord of the 

 . Manor of Wimbledon, 42, 96, 97; 

 offers prizes for essays on the Preser- 

 vation of Commons, 45 ; 95 ; buys the 

 freeholds at Burnham Beeches, 272 

 Pelham, Mr., and the proposed ranges in 



the New Forest, 245 

 Pembroke, Earl of, and the Manor of 

 Tollard Farnham, 214 ; j>rant for 

 digging coal in the Forest of Dean 

 made by James I. to, 256 

 People's Land, The, 8 

 Pepys, Mr. Secretary, and the Spanish 

 intentions regarding the Forest of 

 Dean, 251 ; and Sir John Winter's new- 

 lease for the Forest of Dean, 254 ; and 

 the coal in the Forest of Dean, 256 

 Pevensey, Castle of, granted to John of 

 Gaunt, 161 



Pitstone Common, 62 



Plumstead Common, 3 ; inclosure of, 39, 

 42 ; its extent, 77 ; its ownership in 

 early times, 77, 78 ; its present 

 owners, 78 ; encroachments on, 79 ; 

 action taken against the owners, and 

 the decisions of Lords Romilly and 

 Ilatherley, 79-82; addition by the 

 County Council to, 83 



Plumstead Manor, mentioned in Domes- 

 day Book, 77 



Poaching in the New Forest, 233 



Pol^, Cardinal, and the Manor of Mort- 

 lake, 90 



Pole, Mr. Wellesley. (See Mornington, 

 Lord.) 



Pollock, Mr. Justice, 40, 95 



Poor, the. Advantages of commons to, 3 



Popple, Captain, sells the Manor of Burn- 

 ham to Lord Grenville, 265 



Porter, Mr., and an inclosure on Wands- 

 worth Common, 100 



Portman, Lord, and the Royal Commission 

 on Crown Lands of 1849, 118 



Poulett, William, and Wigley Common, 

 181, 183 



Powell, Sir John, and Ashdown Forest in- 

 closures, 166 



Press, the, Influence of, in the commons 

 struggle, 363 



Public opinion, Influence on judges of, 

 362 



Putney Heath, Proposed sale of, 28 ; 92 



Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, Epping Forest, 

 104 ; made over to the Corporation of 

 London, 151 



Queen's College, Oxford, Manor of Plum- 

 stead bequeathed to, 78 ; inclosure of 

 Bostall Heath and Shoulder of Mutton 

 Green by, 79 ; action brought by 

 Messrs. Warrick, Goldsmid, and 

 Jacobs against, 80-S3 



Railways, Attacks on commons by, 29, 33, 

 100, 193, 331-342; payments made to 

 Lords of Manors by, 331; the oppo- 

 sition of the Commons Society to the 

 invasions of, 333 



Ranger of Epping Forest, 151 



" Ranges Act," The, 244 



Ravenscourt Park, 364 



Recreation on commons, 2 



Recreation grounds, Acreage set apart for, 

 between 1845 and 1869, 23 



Red Hill Common, 329 



Regulation of Commons, the, Two schemes 



