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every other part of the Forest. It became equally certain 
that any single Commoner in any part of the Forest, no 
matter what Manor he belonged to, could contest and 
upset the inclosures made by any one or all of the Lords 
of Manors in every other part of the Forest. It followed 
that the Corporation of London, by virtue of their pro- 
perty at Ilford, had rights of common over the whole 
Forest, and could in a single suit challenge and impeach 
every one of the inclosures, which had been made by all 
the Lords of Manors and others within recent years. 
On this disecovery—the importance and legal bearing 
of which was confirmed by the Counsel employed in the 
case—it was determined to initiate a single great suit 
in the name of the Commissioners of Sewers of the 
City of London, in whom the Ilford Estate was vested, 
ou behalf of the Corporation, against sixteen out of the 
nineteen Lords of Manors, who had appropriated por- 
tions of the Forest by inclosures within recent years. 
In this suit the Corporation claimed on behalf of all 
the owners and occupiers of land, within the precincts of 
the ancient Forest of Waltham, without reference to 
their tenancy in any Manor, the mght of common of 
pasture over the whole of the waste lands of the Forest, 
and asked for an injunction to abate existing inclosures, 
and to restrain the Lords of Manors and others from 
further encroachments. 
With the object of providing themselves with funds 
for this great suit, and to enable them to undertake 
charge of the Forest and other Commons within reach 
of London, the Corporation induced Parliament to 
