Note 544 — Chapter II
Reading edition
Rot. Hundr. ii. 605, e: 'In dicto manerio 1 magnus boscus qui continet 300 acras in quo quidem bosco homines propinquarum villarum ut Wardeboys, Wodehirst, Woldhirst, Sti Ivonis, Niddingworth et Halliwell communicant omnes bestias suos pascendo cum sokna de Sumersham.' Note-book of Bracton, 1194: 'Iuratores dicunt quod mora illa ampla est et magna et nesciunt aliquas divisas quantum pertinet ad unam uillam, quantum ad aliam.' In the case of forest land many villages enjoyed and still enjoy rights of intercommoning over a wide space. The case of Epping is the familiar example.