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to litigation: and appearance seems to confirm
this truth of this representation seems to be confirmed
by appearances. Many instances occurr
of either indulgence andor inattention to their rights:
no instances of a contrary tendency have to as
yet reached the writer of this paper. In a map
of Tothill Fields in the possession of the Dean
and Chapter and dated no more than about 30 or 40 years
ago, 67 Acres, or some such matter, is given
as the quantity of the Land: and now, not
above 58 Acres or some such matter are
to be found: the difference must have crumbled
away in encroachments.

There seems reason As to the use made of the
Waste by the Westminster Scholars as a place
of exercise, there seems reason to think that in
point of right it has something more determinate
than mere usage in support of it: and
that it is grounded in the Charter of Queen Elizabeth
which is the Charter of foundation of that
School. For, in a pamphlet written by Dr
Christopher Wilson, Prebend of Westminster published in 1757 written in opposition to the
Plan for making a Square in Deans Yard
for the benefit of the School, it is said - "this
"the Royal and Illustrious Foundress providing
and assigning the very place where the Youths
were to recreate themselves out of School Hours, had
shewn herself as careful of their health and liberty
as of their Studies and their Morals." + + Review of the Project
for building a Square
New Square at
Westminster. Soo p.33.

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