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3 Case relative to the Tothill Fields Bill.

stand, in relation to this waste in the predicament in which
the Lord of the Manor of stands in relation to other wastes. Hitherto they
have never derived from this their Seigniory the smallest
pecuniary emolument: their only advantage, such as it is,
consists in the having the appointment of the Keeper of the
Waste, who neither gives them any thing, nor receives any
thing from them, on account of his office.

In other points, the Dean and Chapter on the one part, and
the United Parishes on the other, are by no means agreed as
to their respective rights: the inhabitants claim and exercise the
right of Pasture and depositing Rubbish: this the Dean and
Chapter do not oppose in fact, but say it is by their allowance:
and they claim a much greater right than what belongs to the
Lord of a Manor as such: Viz: the right of granting out the
Sort on Lease, which they say they have exercised in divers
instances; reckoning as one instance a great made by them of
the State of the Almshouses (Emery Hills' Almshouses) that occupy
a great part of Rochester Row. The Keeper's acceptance of his
place, without a Salary from the Dean and Chapter, is a
proof (they say) of his taking Fees from the Inhabitants:
and the submission of the Inhabitants, to the Payment of such
Fees, is a proof (it is added) of their not considering themselves
as possessing an independent right, a right that can stand
without a permission from the Keeper, which to that purpose
is the same thing with a permission from his principals.
Painted Boards are likewise frequently seen (though they
frequently disappear) forbidding rubbish to be deposited, but
under direction of the Keeper, and forbidding absolutely
the carrying off the Soil, which however is oftentimes carried
off, in Carts, by persons, some of whom at least have been
known to pay the Keeper so much a Load for his permission
or connivance.

A sort of antipathy towards the Dean and Chapter seemed

Identifier: | JB/117/107/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1	1794-07-07	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	107	Info in main headings field	case relative to the tothill fields bill
Image	003	Titles	case
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	g & ep 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	fr3
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	38724
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