Hi Ian A hedgebreaker had done just what it says - broken (down) a hedge. This was probably one put up to surround a new enclosure. Also note that a "hedge" may in fact have been a post and rail (or similar) fence, or even a wall in certain parts of the country. HTH Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Hancock" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:29 PM Subject: [OEL] hedgebreaker Crakehall manor court roll, 1698 : Michael Grundell for being a common hedgebreaker amerced 2s6d. 7 others for the like offence all fined 2s6d. Can anyone tell me what they had done? Ian Hancock GlenLodge Crakehall History http://www.glenlodge.me.uk/crakehallindex.html ==================================== WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH ------------------------------- 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
>From memory, I think I've read in a contemporary lawbook that breaking hedges or ditches was considered a serious offence, one of a long series which carried the death sentence till abolishment in the reign of William IV. Another was the offence of opening somebody elses's mail. Probably rarely applied in later times, but there just in case... John Barton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Polly Rubery" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "Ian Hancock" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [OEL] hedgebreaker > Hi Ian > > A hedgebreaker had done just what it says - broken (down) a hedge. This > was > probably one put up to surround a new enclosure. Also note that a "hedge" > may in fact have been a post and rail (or similar) fence, or even a wall > in > certain parts of the country. > HTH > Polly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Hancock" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:29 PM > Subject: [OEL] hedgebreaker > > > Crakehall manor court roll, 1698 : Michael Grundell for being a common > hedgebreaker amerced 2s6d. 7 others for the like offence all fined > 2s6d. > Can anyone tell me what they had done? > > Ian Hancock > GlenLodge > Crakehall History http://www.glenlodge.me.uk/crakehallindex.html > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > __________ NOD32 2004 (20070124) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >