388 
for, 312; provisions of the Metro- 
politan Commons Act of 1866 for, 
312, 313; under the Commons Act of 
1876, 313; within the Metropolitan 
Police district, 314; action of the 
Board of Works with regard to, 314, 
$15; in relation to Hayes Common, 
316-318; with regard to Blackheath, 
Shepherd’s Bush Common, and the 
Hackney Commons, 318-322; with 
regard to Clapham, Plumstead, 
Streatham, Barnes, and Tooting 
Graveney Commons, and Bostall 
Heath, 322-324; with regard to 
Mitcham, and other commons, 324- 
327; with reference to Epsom Com- 
mons, 327, 328; schemes under the 
Act of 1876 for, 328, 329; further 
action desirable with regard to, 329, 
330 
Ribblesdale, Lord, and the Commons Law 
Amendment Act, 355 
Richmond Park, 3 
Riddlesdown, 174 
Rivers (the late), Lord, his action against 
villagers of Tollard Farnham, 212, 
219, 220 
Roadside Wastes, their value, 288; their 
frequent inclosure, 288, 289; the law 
on the subject of, 289; telegraph 
posts on, 290, 291 ; inclosures at Hat- 
field by the late Lord Salisbury of, 
291-293; inclosures at Ascot of, and 
their removal, 293-296; proposed 
amendment to the Highway Bill for 
the protection of, 297 ; amendment 
made to the Local Government Bill 
for the protection of, 297 ; provisions 
in the Parish Councils Bill for the 
protection of, 297; inclosure near 
Northwich ot, 297 (note) 
Robertson, Mr. James Nisbet, 197, 198 
Romilly, Lord, Judgment with regard to 
inclosures, of, 43; and Mr. Gurney 
Hoare’s suit against Sir Thomas 
Wilson, 51, 52; and the case of 
Berkhamsted Common, 66; his de- 
cision in the case of Mr, Augustus 
Smith against Lord Brownlow, 74; 
and the Plumstead case, 81; and the 
Tooting case, 86; on the rights of 
lopping in Epping Forest, 128, 129; 
on the demurrer entered by Lords of 
Manors in the Epping Forest case, 
136 
Rookwood, Lord, introduces Bill for the 
control of Epping Forest, 150 
INDEX. 
Rosebery, Lord, his suit with reference to 
Epsom Common, 328 
Rowley Green, Inclosure in 1887, by the 
Lord of the Manor, on, 225; the 
lord’s action for trespass against 
commoners of, 225, 226 
Royal Commission on Epping Forest, 143, 
144, 145; first report of, 148; final 
report of, 148, 149 
Royal Commission, “for the redress of 
inclosures,” appointed by the Pro- 
tector Somerset, 18; on Crown Lands 
(1849), 118 
Royal Patriotic Society’s Asylum on 
Wandsworth Common, 100, 101 
Ruckholt Manor, 124 
Rural commons, Various measures for the 
preservation of, 273-287 
Russell, Q.C., Sir Charles, and the Manor 
of South Tadworth, 190, 191, 201, 204, 
206 
Sackville, Sir Richard, and the Mastership 
of Ashdown Forest, 161 
Salisbury, Marquis of, and the Manor of 
Cranbourne, 214; on the Commons 
Bill of 1871, 277; on the Commons 
Law Amendment Act of 1893, 854, 
355 
Salisbury (the late), Marquis of, his in- 
closure of roadside wastes at Hatfield, 
291-293 
Scilly, The Lord of, 63 
Scotch Land Act, 6 
Scotland, Rights over forests and moors 
in, 4, 6; no common lands in, 6 
Scott, Mr., City Chamberlain, and the suit 
of the Corporation against Lords of 
Manors, 132 
Selborne, Lord, 87; and the Commons 
Law Amendment Act, 355; 365 (note) 
Selwyn-Ibbetson, Sir H. (See Rookwood, 
Lord.) 
Serfs, Emancipation of, 13, 14 
Sewage farm, proposed to be erected on 
Wimbledon Common, 3834; and on 
Mitcham Common, 337 
Sewardstonc, Manor of, 153 
Sheffield, Lord, and Ashdown Forest, 168 
Shelley, Sir John, 168 
Shepherd’s Bush Common, Regulation of, 
318 
Shoulder of Mutton Green, 77; inclosure 
of, 79 
Smith, Mr. Augustus, and the case of the 
commoners of Berkhamsted against 
Lord Brownlow, 42, 63-67. 74, 75; 
