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Attempted inclosure in 1866—Resistance of Commoners—Com- 
mencement of suit—Compromise eftected—Purchase of Lord’s 
rights by Metropolitan Board—Purchase of Parliament Hill as 
an addition to Heath . : . . 3 i . ‘ 47—57 
CHAPTER V. 
BERKHAMSTED COMMON. 
Description of Common—History of Manor—Inclosure by Lord Brown- 
low —Removal of Fences by Mr. Augustus Smith—Commencement 
of suit—Inclosure in 1638 by Duchy of Cornwall—Removal of 
Fences by Edlyn—Action of House of Lords—The Common during 
the Commonwealth—Story of the suit—Lord Romilly’s judg- 
ment . F . - F ; : .  58—76 
CHAPTER VI. 
Piumsteap and Tootinc Commons. 
Description of Plumstead Commons—History of Manor.—Inclosures 
by Queen’s College, Oxford—Resistance by Commoners—Com- 
mencement of suit—Decision of Lord Romilly—Appeal—Lord 
Hatherley’s judgment against inclosure—Scheme of regulation 
—Addition to Common—Description of Tooting Common—History 
of Manor—Inclosure by Mr. Thompson—Commencement of suit 
—Decisions of Lord Romilly and Lord Hatherley ‘ : 77—88 
CHAPTER VII. 
WIMBLEDUN AND WanpswortH Commons. 
History of Wimbledon Common—Manor Rolls—Dispute between Lord 
of the Manor and Commoners—Commencement of suit—Investi- 
gation into rights of common-—-Compromise—Scheme for purchase 
of Lord’s rights—Regulation of Common—History of Wands- 
worth Common—Injury to Common by Railway Companies— 
Disputes between Lord of the Manor and Commoners.—Litigation 
—Compromise—Scheme for Regulation i : ‘ 7 89—102 
CHAPTER VIII. 
EPPING FOREST. 
Description of Forest—History of Waltham Forest—Forest Laws— 
History of Forest Manors—Early perambulations—Queen Eliza- 
