Here is one previous mention from the WB April 2 1852 Mr. Crowder went on to say that the gentlemen of the jury were doubtless well aware of the nature of tin bounds - that all wastrel land in this county was subject to be tin bounded by persons who chose to work for tin and who placed their bounds on particular portions of wastrel land, which in early times was fit for nothing else. They then worked for tin in the best manner they could, paying to the lord of the manor a portion of the produce called his "dish". The learned gentleman next proceeded to speak of the distinction between the Duchy assessionable manors and its annexed manors. In the reign of Henry the 8th, there was an Act by which several manors were annexed to the Duchy; the manor in question was one of these annexed manors; and from the time of Henry the 8th, one moiety of it, as had been already observed, had been held by the Duchy, while the other moiety was the property of the Trevanions. In this manor of Treverbyn, was a considerable quantity of waste land - as much as 1,700 or 1,800 acres. From early times, much of this waste land had been worked in various ways for tin; the Trevanion family and the Duchy dividing the tolls between them. Peter -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joy Hungerford Sent: Saturday, 10 November 2012 6:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] West Briton, 7 Nov 1856 News, part 2 > LOW PURCHASE. - A house, containing two large rooms, with a wastrel, situated in the front street of the borough of Tregony, was purchased, land free, by James Allen, alias Jemmy Carey, dealer in marine stores, of Mrs. Martha Vennard, for the sum of four pounds. This use of 'wastrel' is not one I've encountered before. No luck in finding a sensible definition, dear listers. What do you think it is? Kind regards Joy in the Garden of England ------------------------------- Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message