122 Sporting ami Rural Records of the Chcveley Estate. 



Chevelky. 



Manorial 



Customs. 



Jurisdiction 



of the 

 Court Baron, 



tables was forbidden. Transgressors had to appear before the 

 Court Baron, but it does not transpire anyone was indicted 

 thereat under those heads. At those assemblies the steward, or, 

 in his absence, his deputy, presided. A jury was then sworn. 

 The customary presentments were then submitted, viz. : The 

 surrender of tenants in common, death of commoners, successor 

 or next heir, lopping and topping of trees by persons contrary to 

 the rights of the lord of the manor, definition of boundaries when 

 any dispute arose. Horses, cows, or other cattle were not to go into 

 the barley-field stubble till the parson cried " hawkey," on pain of 

 the owners of the animals so transgressing forfeiting to the lord of the 

 manor 6.?. 8;^/., to the poor 6s. 8d., and to the pindar is. for each 

 animal so trespassing. Dry cattle were not to go on the common 

 between May Day and Lammas Day, except such as calved 

 between May Day and Midsummer Day, under like penalties. 

 Pigs were not to be turned into wheat or rye stubbles till the 

 corn was carried away, under like penalties. Sheep were not to go 

 into barley stubbles till All Saints' Day, nor into meadows or 

 commons till St. Edmund's Day, and not to continue longer than 

 Candlemas Day under like penalties. Cows were not to go, or to 

 be led, to feed on the balks at any time, under like penalties. 

 Horses were not to be stalked on the common, in the lanes, or on 

 the balks in the fields, or any other place, till Lammas Day, 

 under like penalties. Pigs were not to be turned into corn fields 

 without ringing in the fields, and if any were found not ringed the 

 pindar was to pound thein, and cause them to be newly ringed, the 

 owners of such pigs to pay the pindar for his trouble one penny for 

 each pig, and also pay the poundage. Mares were not to go into 

 the common fields on pain of the owners forfeiting for each mare 

 6s. 8d. to the lord of the manor, 6s. 8ti. to the poor, and is. to the 

 pindar. Geese were not to be kept on the greens or commons on 

 pain of the owners forfeiting 2s. 6d. to the lord of the manor, and 

 id. each goose to the pindar. Sheep were not to be turned into 

 rye-stubble fields till the parson cried " hawkey," on pain of the 



