INDEX. 
the Lord of Scilly, 63; his work in 
Scilly, 63, 64; his cross suit against 
the Brownlow trustees, 67; Lord 
Romilly’s decision in his favour, 74, 
78 
Smith, M.P., Mr. J. B., 294 
Smith, Mr. W. H., 41; and the New 
Forest Committee of 1875, 242 ; intro- 
duces Bill for inclosing the Forest of 
Dean, 261; correspondence between 
the Commons Society and, 262; with- 
draws the Forest of Dean Bill, 263 
Somerset, Protector, Royal Commission 
“for the redress of inclosures” ap- 
pointed by, 18 
Spanish Armada, instructed to destroy 
the Forest of Dean, 250 
Spencer, Earl, Proposal made respecting 
Wimbledon Common by, 27, 28, 94; 
resents the interference of the com- 
moners, 95; Mr. Peek’s suit against, 
95-97; his compromise with the 
Committee of Commoners, 97; and 
Wundsworth Manor, 100; annuities 
from Wimbledon and Wandsworth 
Commons to, 98, 102 
Spencer (the late), Earl, and the Manor of 
Mortlake, 92 
Spencer, John, Mortlake Manor _be- 
queathed to, 91 ; 
Staines Common, 324 
Standing Committee of the House of 
Commons for considering schemes 
relating to commons, 282; Maltby 
Common and the, 288; and Thur- 
staston Common, 285, 286 
Stanley, Mr. Hans Sloane, and Wigley 
Common, 181 
Stanley, William, and Wigley Common, 
181 
Stanmore Common, 3; extent of, 327 
Statute of Merton, 5; passed by Henry 
III.’s Barons, 11; extracts from the, 
12; disputes arising from the, 13; 
regarded as obsolete, 19; attempt to 
re-enforce the, 25, 26; as affecting 
the inclosure of a part of Wimbledon 
Common, 29; Mr. Doulton’s Com- 
mittee on the, 33, 36, 37, 38; view of 
judges on the, 43, 44; action of Par- 
liament in 1893 respecting, 44; 169; 
cases in which it failed to justify in- 
closures, 344; proposals for the 
repeal of, 346, 347; the Copyhold 
Act of 1887 in relation to, 351-883 ; 
effect of the Commons Law Amend- 
ment Act of 1893 on, 354, et passin. 
389 
Stephen, Mr. Leslie, 41; allusion to his 
“ Life of Henry Fawcett,” 287 (note) 
Stirling, Mr. Justice, and the Banstead 
case, 204, 205, 206 
Stixwold, Claim to turn out cattle of the 
village of, 14 
Stockwell Green, used for recreation, 303 ; 
fenced and planted by Mr. Barrett, 
304; building operations commenced 
or, 304 ; decision of Nir George Jessel 
in the suit respecting, 305, 306 
Stormont, Lord, and Ken Wood, 55 
Streatham Common, 3, 322 
Strype’s Memorials, quoted, 18 
Surrey Downs, 3, 4 
Sussex, Open spaces in, 4 
Sutton, Surrey, 189 
“Sylva,” Evelyn’s, quoted, 250, 251 
Tadworth, 189, 190, 201 
Telegraph posts on roadside wastes, 290, 
291 
Temple, Mr. Cowper. (See Mount-Temple, 
Lord.) 
Thames Ditton Common, Regulation and 
extent of, 327 
Thirlmere water-supply scheme, 338 
Thompson, Mr. W. 8. and Tooting 
Graveney, 42, 84; proposes to in- 
close Tooting Common, 85 
Three-course system of husbandry in 
ancient times, 8 
Thring, Lord, 41; and the Commons Law 
Amendment Act, 354 
Throgmorton, Sir Bayham, inclosure in 
the Forest of Dean by, 251 
Thurstaston Common, its picturesque ap- 
pearance and the views from, 285 ; 
its inclosure agreed to, with the 
reservation of a portion for the public, 
285, 286 
Thwaites, Sir John, scheme for dealing 
with commons proposed by, 34, 37 
Times, The, Remonstrances on the inclosure 
of Berkhamsted Common in, 62 
Tithe Commutation awards, 5 
Tollard Farnham Common, 9; inclosures 
of, by the late Lord Rivers, 212, 218; 
action against villagers for cutting 
turf on, 213; dependent on the Manor 
of Cranbourne, 213; early history 
of, 213, 214; Chief Baron Kelly’s 
decision on the arbitrator’s case 
respecting, 219-221 
Tollard Farnham, Manor of, 213-217; 
common-fields of, 216, 217 
Tooting Bec Common, 84, 315 
