BERKHAMSTED COMMON. 71 
On April 2nd, 1641, William and John Edlyn and 
Francis Fenn appeared before the House of Lords to 
answer the complaint of the Council of the Duchy; they 
were then committed to custody till the case should 
be heard. This appears to have been deferred till 
August 6th, when counsel were heard, and the House 
of Lords made an order for the quiet enjoyment of 
the inclosed land during the continuance of the then 
Parhament, but declined to give any decision as to the 
merits of the case. The following entry appears in the 
Lords’ Journals :— 
“Upon the Commissioners for the Prince his Highness’s 
Revenue, shewing that of late and now sitting the Parliament, 
diverse disorderly persons have entered into certaine improved 
lands of the Prince his Highness, within the Manor of Berk- 
hamsted and Meere, being parcell of the Dutchie of Corn- 
wall, and have pulled down and carried away the fences of the 
said grounds: Whereupon William Edlyn, John Edlyn, and 
Francis Fenn, complained of by the said Commissioners, were 
convened as delinquents before their Lordships, and counsel 
being heard at large on both sides in open Courte at the bar, 
and after due consideration of the whole matter: It is ordered 
that the Prince His Highness (being a member of this House) 
shall quietly and peaceably hold and enjoy the said landes 
within the Manors aforesaid, for and during the continuance of 
the present Parliament, and the privileges of the same. And 
although this House was fully satisfied upon hearing the said 
matter that the Petitioners before complained of were delin- 
quents, yet upon their submission this House was pleased to 
remit their offence, with this caution : that if they or any others 
whatsoever shall again, during the tyme aforesaid, offende in 
the like kinde, that then they shall be severely punished for the 
