INDEX. 



for, 312 ; provisions of the Metro- 

 politan Commons Act of 1866 for, 

 312, 313; under the Commons Act of 

 1876. 313; within the Metropolitan 

 Police district, 314; action of the 

 Board of Works with regard to, 314, 

 315: in relation to Hayes Common, 

 315-318; with regard to Black] u at h. 

 Shepherd's Bush Common, and the 

 Hackney Commons, 318-322; with 

 regard to Clapham, Plumstead, 

 Streatham, Barnes, and Tooting 

 Graveney Commons, and Bostall 

 Heath, 322-324; with regard to 

 Mitcham, and other commons, 324- 

 327 ; with reference to Epsom Com- 

 mons, 327, 328 ; schemes under the 

 Act of 1876 for, 328, 329 ; further 

 action desirahle with regard to, 329, 

 330 



Rihblesdale, Lord, and the Commons Law 

 Amendment Act, 355 



Richmond Park, 3 



Kiddlesdown, 174 



Rivers (the late), Lord, his action against 

 villagers of Tollard Farnham, 212, 

 219, 220 



Roadside Wastes, their value, 288 ; their 

 frequent inclosure, 288, 289 ; the law 

 on the suhject of, 289 ; telegraph 

 posts on, 290, 291 ; inclosures at Hat- 

 field by the late Lord Salisbury of, 

 291-293; inclosures at Ascot of, and 

 their removal, 293 296 ; proposed 

 amendment to the Highway Bill for 

 the protection of, 297 ; amendment 

 made to the Local Government Bill 

 for the protection of, 297 ; provisions 

 in the Parish Councils Bill for the 

 protection of, 297 ; inclosure near 

 Northwich of, 297 (note) 



Robertson, Mr. James Nisbet, 197, 198 



Romilly, Lord, Judgment with regard to 

 inclosures, of, 43 ; and Mr. Gurney 

 Hoare's suit against Sir Thomas 

 Wilson, 51, 52; and the case of 

 Berkhamsted Common, 66 ; his de- 

 cision in the case of Mr. Augustus 

 Smith against Lord Brownlow, 74 ; 

 and the Plumstead case, 81 ; and the 

 Tooting case, 86 ; on the rights of 

 lopping in Epping Forest, 128, 129 ; 

 on the demurrer entered by Lords of 

 Manors in the Epping Forest case, 

 136 



Rookwood, Lord, introduces Bill for the 

 control of Epping Forest, 150 



Rosebery, Lord, his suit with reference to 

 Epsom Common, 328 



Rowley Green, Inclosure in 1887, by the 

 Lord of the Manor, on, 225 ; the 

 lord's action for trespass against 

 commoners of, 225, 226 



Royal Commission on Epping Forest, 143, 

 * 144, 145; first report of, 148; final 

 report of, 148, 149 



Royal Commission, " for the redress of 

 inclosures," appointed by the Pro- 

 tector Somerset, 18 ; on Crown Lands 

 (1849), 118 



Royal Patriotic Society's Asylum on 

 Wandsworth Common, 100, 101 



Ruckholt Manor, 124 



Rural commons, Various measures for the 

 preservation of, 273-287 



Russell, Q.C., Sir Charles, and the Manor 

 of South Tad worth, 190, 191, 201, 204, 

 206 



Sackville, Sir Richard, and the Mastership 



of Ashdown Forest, 161 

 Salisbury, Marquis of, and the Manor of 



Cranbourne, 214 ; on the Commons 



Bill of 1871, 277; on the Commons 



Law Amendment Act of 1893, 354, 



355 

 Salisbury (the late), Marquis of, his in- 

 closure of roadside wastes at Hatfield, 



291-293 

 Scilly, The Lord of, 63 

 Scotch Land Act, 6 

 Scotland, Rights over forests and moors 



in, 4,6; no common lands in, 6 

 Scott, Mr., City Chamberlain, and the suit 



of the Corporation against Lords of 



Manors, 132 

 Selborne, Lord, 87 ; and the Commons 



Law Amendment Act, 355 ; 365 (note) 

 Sclwyn-lbbetson, Sir H. {See Rookwood, 



Lord.) 

 Serfs, Emancipation of, 13, 14 

 Sewage farm, proposed to be erected on 



Wimbledon Common, 334 ; and on 



Mitcham Common, 337 

 Sewardstone, Manor of, 153 

 Sheffield, Lord, and Ashdown Forest, 168 

 Shelley, Sir John, 168 

 Shepherd's Bush Common, Regulation of, 



318 

 Shoulder of Mutton Green, 77 ; inclosure 



of, 79 

 Smith, Mr. Augustus, and the case of the 



commoners of Berkhamsted against 



Lord Brownlow, 42, 63-67, 74, 75 ; 



