80 PLUMSTEAD COMMONS. 
of the Manor. The College brought an action at law 
against Mr. John Warrick and others for trespass in 
respect of the removal of fences from the Green, but as 
they failed to proceed to trial with the case, a counter- 
suit was brought by Mr. Warrick and Mr. Goldsmid, 
on behalf of the freehold tenants of the Manor, asking 
for a declaration of their rights, and claiming an in- 
junction against Queen’s College to restrain its Fellows 
from inclosing the wastes of the Manor. 
The College, in the meantime, had endeavoured to 
dispose of the Green, and of their encroachments on. 
Bostall Heath and Plumstead Common. They refused 
an offer of £500 for the Green, and let it to a tenant at 
£9 a year. They also negotiated for the sale of Bostall 
- Heath, but without coming to a conclusion. A portion 
of Plumstead Heath was bought by a building com- 
pany, and was advertised for sale in building lots. 
The suit on behalf of Messrs. Warrick, Goldsmid, 
and Jacobs was commenced on 4th August, 1866. The 
proceedings necessitated a careful examination into the 
history of the Manor, and the nature and extent of the 
rights claimed by the freeholders. The Fellows of Queen’s 
College controverted every contention of the Plaintiffs in 
the case. They denied their right to sue on behalf of 
the freehold tenants; they traversed their claims of 
common rights; they contended that as there had been 
no admissions in recent years of freeholders as tenants 
of the Manor, and no payment of quit rents, their 
rights, whatever they might have been, were extin- 
guished ; they claimed the right to inclose the waste 
