INDEX. 



389 



the Lord of Scilly, 63 ; his work in 

 Seilly, 63, 64 ; his cross suit against 

 the Brownlow trustees, 67 ; Lord 

 Romilly's decision in liis favour, 74, 

 75 



Smith, M.P., Mr. J. B., 294 



Smith, Mr. W. H., 41 ; and the New 

 Foi'est Committee of 1875, 242 ; intro- 

 duces Bill for inclosing the Forest of 

 Dean, 261 ; correspondence between 

 the Commons Society and, 262 ; with- 

 draws the Forest of Dean Bill, 263 



Somerset, Protector, Royal Commission 

 " for the redress of inclosures " ap- 

 pointed by, 1 8 



Spanish Armada, instructed to destroy 

 the Forest of Dean, 250 



Spencer, Earl, Proposal made respecting 

 Wimbledon Common hy, 27, 28, 94 ; 

 resents the interference of the com- 

 moners, 95 ; Mr. Peek's suit against, 

 95-97 ; his compromise with the 

 Committee of Commoners, 97 ; and 

 Wandsworth Manor, 100 ; annuities 

 from Wimbledon and Wandsworth 

 Commons to, 98, 102 



Spencer (the late), Earl, and the Manor of 

 Mortlake, 92 



Spencer, John, Mortlake Manor be- 

 queathed to, 91 



Staines Common, 324 



Standing Committee of the House of 

 Commons for considering schemes 

 relating to commons, 282 ; Maltby 

 Common and the, 283 ; and Thur- 

 staston Common, 285, 286 



Stanley, Mr. Hans Sloane, and Wigley 

 Common, 181 



Stanley, William, and Wigley Common, 

 181 



Stanmore Common, 3; extent of, 327 



Statute of Merton, 5 ; passed by Henry 

 III.'s Barons, 11 ; extracts from the, 

 12; disputes arising from the, 13; 

 regarded as obsolete, 19; attempt to 

 re-enforce the, 25, 26 ; as affecting 

 the inclosure of a part of Wimbledon 

 Common, 29 ; Mr. Doulton's Com- 

 mittee on the, 33, 36, 37, 38 ; view ol 

 judges on the, 43, 44 ; action of Par- 

 liament in 1893 respecting, 44 J 169; 

 cases in which it failed to justify in- 

 closures, 344 ; proposals for the 

 repeal of, 346, 347 ; the Copyhold 

 Act of 1887 in relation to, 351-353; 

 effect of the Commons Law Amend- 

 ment Act of 1893 on, 355, et pattim, 



Stephen, Mr. Leslie, 41 ; allusion to his 

 " Life of Henry Fawcett," 287 (note) 



Stirling, Mr. Justice, and the Banstead 

 case, 204, 205, 206 



Stixwold, Claim to turn out cattle of the 

 village of, 14 



Stockwell Green, used for recreation, 303 ; 

 fenced and planted by Air. Barrett, 

 304 ; building operations commenced 

 on, 304 ; decision of Sir George Jessel 

 in the suit respecting, 305, 306 



Stormont, Lord, and Ken Wood, 55 



Sti - eatham Common, 3, 322 



Strype's Memorials, quoted, 18 



Surrey Downs, 3, 4 



Sussex, Open spaces in, 4 



Sutton, Surrey, 189 



" Sylva," Evelyn's, quoted, 250, 251 



Tad worth, 189, 190, 201 



Telegraph posts on roadside wastes, 290, 

 291 



Temple, Mr. Cowper. [See Mount- Temple, 

 Lord.) 



Thames Ditton Common, Regulation and 

 extent of, 327 



Thirlmere water-supply scheme, 338 



Thompson, Mr. W. S., and Tooting 

 Graveney, 42, 84 ; proposes to in- 

 close Tooting Common, 85 



Three-course system of husbandly in 

 ancient times, 8 



Thring, Lord, 41 ; and the Commons Law 

 Amendment Act, 355 



Throgmorton, Sir Bayham, inclosure in 

 the Forest of Dean by, 251 



Thurstaston Common, its picturesque ap- 

 pearance and the views from, 285 ; 

 its inclosure agreed to, with the 

 reservation of a portion for the public, 

 285, 286 



Thwaites, Sir John, scheme for dealing 

 with commons proposed by, 34, 37 



Timet, The, Remonstrances on the inclosure 

 of Berkhamsted Common in, 62 



Tithe Commutation awards, 5 



Tollard Farnham Common, 9 ; inclosures 

 of, by the late Lord Rivers, 212, 218 ; 

 action against villagers for cutting 

 turf on, 213; dependent on the Manor 

 of Cranbourne, 213 ; early history 

 of, 213, 214; Chief Baron Kelly's 

 decision on the arbitrator's case 

 respecting, 219-221 



Tollard Farnham, Manor of, 213-217; 

 common- fields of, 216, 217 



Tooting Bee Common, 84, 315 



