Is a shelter thus built known as a cottage? Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eve McLaughlin" <eve@varneys.demon.co.uk> To: "norman.lee1" <norman.lee1@virgin.net> Cc: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] tenants rights > In message <001901c4117d$d9994020$2bd0fc3e@oemcomputer>, "norman.lee1" > <norman.lee1@virgin.net> writes > >What about squatters in relation to the waste? > If you tried that on a mediaeval manor, you ended up with important bits > of you anatomy missing. > There was a provision for raising a shelter (cottage-let) on the waste > in C17, usually late C17, if you could do it and get a fire going > within 24 hours. Of course, this needed to cooperation of carpenters and > a team of helpers, so it could only be accomplished if you were > acceptable to the locals anyway. It was a stopgap provision between > allowing no incomers and allowing those who came with a settlement > certificate. You tend to get retrospective planning permission from the > magistrates. > > -- > Eve McLaughlin > > Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians > Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society >