Hello Eliz My 7th gt grandfather William POVEY became a Malmesbury Commoner on 27 May 1651 Regards Daryl Povey Ballarat, Australia At 07:02 PM 4/11/2008, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:00:03 -0500 >From: "Eliz Hanebury" <[email protected]> >Subject: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Malmesbury's New Commoners circa 1930ish >My cousin, who still lives in Malmesbury, sent me a parcel of goodies, >this being one I thought should go to the lists since it contains >names that are being researched by members. >It is correct as much as my eyes can read it <G>. >Eliz > >MALMESBURY'S NEW COMMONERS >EIGHT "TAKE UP THEIR RIGHTS" > >Flogging the COMMONERS > >This picture shows a young commoner taking possession of a plot of >land on Malmesbury Common. The Common was bequeathed to Malmesbury by >King Athelstan one thousand years ago, each new commoner having to be >flogged before receiving his portion. The ceremony has been faithfully >carried out every New Year's Day >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------