Note 123 — Chapter V · THE VILLAGE AFTER ENCLOSURE
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See the Evidence of Witnesses before the Committee on Commons Inclosure of 1844. (Baily, land-agent): ‘General custom to give the Lord of Manor ¹⁄₁₆th as compensation for his rights exclusive of the value of minerals and of his rights as a common right owner.’ Another witness (Coulson, a solicitor) defined the surface rights as ‘game and stockage,’ and said that the proportion determined upon was the result of a bargain beforehand.