COMMISSIONERS ox WINDSOR FOREST. n 



and net ns appendant to any Manor ; all of which arc noticed in the Account of 



each I'anlli, and the claims made therein, in the Appendix. No evidence, how- Appendix, N* a to 



ever, has been given to the Commifiioners of the exercife of the Right of Free IN l8 > '"eluUve. 



Warren, either as againft the Crown or as againft private Perfons ; it may -be 



therefore quelUonable, whether that privilege is not loft by non-ufer. 



It is within the Manors of Bray, Cook ham, and New and Old Windfor, that 

 are veiled in the Crown, and in the Manor of Winkfield which belongs to His 

 Majefty, and the Woods belonging to the Crown before-mentioned, that any 

 material improvement in the Foreft, and of the growth and cultivation of Timber 

 can be immediately expected. It will be proper, therefore, to take a view of the 

 quantities of Open Wood and Wafte Land, and of the inclofcd property of the 

 Crown and of private Pcrfons within thofe Manors. 



The quantity of Open AVood in fudi part of the Manors of Cookham and Bray Wood in OookTiam 

 as are within the Foreft, and which Manors are ve'fted in the Crown, fubjeel to and Bray. 

 the unexpircd leafe thereof to Lord Cardigan, is 367 Acres. And the quantity Wafte in Cookhara 

 of Open Heath and Wafte Lands, in that part of thofe Manors that are 'within and Bra ) v 

 the Foreft, is abo:;t 3,300 Acres. 



There are 775 Acres of Open Wood, mtheParifh of Winkfield, belonging to Wood in Winkfield. 

 the Crown, in a Wood called Cranbourne Chafe or Wood ; part of that Wood is 

 within the Manor of Winkfield, but is the property ef the Crown, and not tlie 

 right of the Lord of the Manor of Winkfield. 



The quantity of Open Heath and Wafte Land in the Parish of Winkfield is Wafte in "Wi&kfiell 

 nearly 5,000 Acres; the greater part, of it is within the Manor of Winkfield; 

 the foil whereof belongs to the Lord of the Manor. The remainder of the AVafte 

 in that Parim belongs to the Crown ; but the exacl quantities of the Crown and 

 the Lord of the Manor are not afcertained, though the Boundary Line of the 

 Manor is wcil known. 



The quantity of Open Wood belonging to the Crown, in the Manors of New Wo,->d in 'New anil 

 and Old Windfor, is 3 30 Acres; and the quantity of Open Heath and Wafte Old Windlbr. 

 Lands in thofe Manors, the foil of which is vefted in the Lords of thofe Manors, Wafte in D . 

 is about 1,100 Acrc-^. 



Theinclofed property of the Crown in fuch parts of the Manors of Bray and ineMeA -Property of 

 Cookham as are within the Foreft and in the Parities ef Winkfield, New and Old ? C .? >OW1 ' .'"i 



ii. Tf m, i ' r /. . ^- Cookham. u mkh 



V'.'mdlor, amounts to about 5,300 Acres. Ihe mclofed property of private Per- New mi.i ow Win 



fons therein is about 10,300 Acres, and the quantity of Open Heath and Wafte 



Land is about 9,400 Acres. Total w.te Land mx. 



The whole quantity of Open Wood in the above Manors, and winch belongs Total OpcnWoud i D, 

 to the Crown, is nearly 1,500 Acres. The Wood belonging to the Crown in Wood iu ciewer 

 Clewer about 230 Acres ; and in Bearwood about 200 Acres ; making together and Bear Wood. 

 about 1,900 Acres of Open Wood. 



Though theft: Manors are pointed out for immediate improvement, the Com- 

 miffioners hope that the Lords of other Manors may be convinced bow much it 

 will be to their own private advantage, as well as a public benefit, to come into 

 fome amicable arrangement with the Crown, by an exchange and feparation of 

 rights, which are now fo intermixed as to become nearly ufelefs, either to the 

 Crown or the Individual. If the Commiflioners fliall be difappointed in their 

 expectations in this refpeft, it will remain for the confideration of Parliament, 

 whether the growth and cultivation of Timber for public purpofes is of fuch high 

 national importance, and the fituation of Windfor Foreft fo peculiarly adapted 

 for it, as to compel a juft and reafonable fatisfaction to be accepted for fuch 

 rights as ftand in die way of obtaining that object. 



In fuggcfting any Plan of Improvement of that part of the Foreft vefted in the 

 Crown or in a Truftee for His Majefty, the Commiflioners feel confident that 

 Ihey fully anticipate your Lord/hips wilhes in eftabliming, as a firft principle, the 

 eonfidfcration that fhould be had, not only for the private interefts, but for the 

 wimes of His Majefty, in refpecl to the alteration of the ftate of the property 

 vefted in his Truftee. And on this point I Its Majefty has gracioufly condefcended 

 to authorize the Commillioncrs to ftate, that His Majefty, as far as his private 

 ; interefts may be afTecled, will readily concur in thofe meafures for the improve- 

 ment of the Foreft, which are hereinafter fuggefted. 



.In the contemplation of any plan of improvement, it will be very necccifary 

 to. confidcr the Rights of Common of various defcfiptions, and other rights claimed 

 in and over the Wood*, Wafte?, Common, and Timber, intended to be improved. 



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