5. Y O R IC S H I Pv E. 93 



©nly ; all other mancrial rights whatever 

 being refervcd. No qucrries, or known bcvis 

 oi marl, &c. on thcfc commons. 



3. Dcnizsn righ^. The priory of Keld- 

 holm, which anciently flood at a Ihort di- 

 llance from thefe commons, without the 

 boundaries of the townfhip of Sinningtonj 

 had a right or freedom of comm,Gnage for 

 iixty bcafts and four hundred fliccp. This 

 right has of late years, and perhaps ever fi'nce 

 the diflblution of the priory, been excrcifcd 

 in part, but never perhaps wh.oUy. The Earl 

 of Scarborough, who is at prefent in poffef- 

 fion of this ri^^ht, has received little more 

 than a yearly acknowledgment : ncverthelefs, 

 on a diviiion of the common^ his claim' be- 

 came important ; for the ancient right, in its 

 fuUeft extent, was equal perhaps to half the 

 pailurage of the commons under inclofure. 



In this cafe the did:a:es of common pru- 

 dence would have led the promoters of tho 

 bill to have fixed the quantity of right be- 

 fore they went to Parliament. This, how- 

 ever, was negledtcd, and all the acl em- 

 powers the Commifiioncrs to do in this re- 

 ipcft is to examine iwto the merits of ttvo 



claim. 



