The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-09-17 00:00:00

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TO raie Inhabitants of Portland to dig eOll4 sad of
Commons and Qurries.
Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom
of Greet Britain and behind, Quin, defender .if the
Faith. To all to whom these presents shall come
*reeling, know ye that we of our enema graft certain
k.towle ige and mere motion, hews given and putted,
and by these presente do give and giant onto the
Inhabitant. of the Island of Portlen4, within our
County of Dorut, for the time heing.foll and free leave,
ileencie, and authority to dig, r.ise, and take stone
within the regimens of our said Laud of Portlend
as by custom aud constant aura they hew. heretofore
rlieged, reaped, and t(ken the same in and upon the raid
Dootaions, (with the exesidion of itiectes end parcels of
land sold to John Penn. Require, eons sting in all two
se es, three rude, and thirty-eix poles, which are par-
iculerly describe' in • warrant under the heads of the
then Ootnmiitaioners of our Treasury, addressed to the
Surreyor-General of our Woods, Foreata, and Land
Re•ennea, clued the twentb-t(,ird dsy of February,
one thousand eight hundred and five, and also with the
exeeption of a certain other pities or tareel of lent
granted to the Ctiminiesioneu for Building New
Cirottibee and their end eueietingha an .4
two roods and t wenty-one parches. or Una...bogie,
uwithrehr the Lis Conitniertbonl iinonearswiroUtr
Ti-. sorry and burins date on or about the Fourteenth
day of July now lest put,) subjut in use of any
irregular or promiscuous working or making warns of the
said Stone or other offence* to be preunted and
furnished for the eame, from time to time by amerce-
meats in our Court, held by the Steward of our Manor
there, And, whereas, it appear, to us, that a duty of
twelupenes for every Ton of Stone, eligged, raised,
and taken within the said Commons, (scout for such
Stone as shell be dirtied, raised, and taken for the
use and benefit or mettles tif the Crown), bath been
anciently paid loon, Royal Predeosimore as Lord of the
said Manor and Island, and that the said Inhabitants
have elways had some ben. fit or elms out of the astre,
In coneideration of the great damage done to the
herbage on the said Commons, (where they have • right I
to feed their o tttle) by opening Qoarnes, and the
digging and raising the ntone therefrom,
And, whereas, it morever appeals to us that. duty
of twelvepenee for every Ton of Stone, digest,. raised,
and taken within certain Qaarries in our said Manor
and Mud exclusively, belonging to nit end formerly
called and known by the name of the King's Quarries,
and now celled and known by the name of the Queen's
Quarries (except for each Stone as shall be dined,
misc.', and taken from such last mentioned Quarries
for the USG and Bergin, of the Crown), bath been for
many years last put paid to ow Royal Predeee-sora,
as of their and our exclusive benefit is Duds of the
said Manor and Idend,
And, that the said Inhabitants have for one hundred
years now last pest or Overt ahouts, had some (mail benefit I
or share out of the mune, in consideration of the
dames* dose to the herbage on the mid Common.. by I
throwing carrying, or depositing rubbish, or spoil taken
from w out of mush laet(mentioned Quarries upon the
said COO2lllOlll (where they have a right to feed their
Cattle),
And, whereas, at a weevil.' Court held for our said
Island and Manor of Portland, no the Twenty-sixth day
of August, ;u the year of our Lord, one du- .and eight
hundred and forty.ow, our Tenant& of the said Island and
Meoor then sod there ausembled, upon doe notice given to
Mem for that purport* by Robert Curtis Philips, gentle-
man, Steward of Cm said Mellor, did unanimously
nominate our Trusty and wall-beloved Charles Augustus
Manning, of Portland, aforesaid Require, to be Trustee
for the purpose of aseept'og, and as to, and croncerning
our grant herein after nude.
And, where.. we are pleased to nominate our trusty
well-beloved Thorn's Heath, of Pensyltranis Castle,
within the Island and Manor of Portland, aforesaid,
Require, and our trusty and well-beloved Devid Howarth,
Clerk, the present incumbent of the perish of Portland,
to be also Trustees jointly with the said Chad..
August. s Manning, as to and concerning our Grant
herein after made,

I Now, know ye, tbat we of our special gram, certain
' koowledre, and mere motion, have gives, end granted,
and by them permits do give and pent unto the said
Thomas Heath, and David Rogan!), sod Made.
Augustus Nanning, for and during our pleasure the son,
of nine 'enc. out of ever twelve pence that 1., or shall,
from time to time be due to be paid for eve, Ton of
Stone Cep& raieed, sod taken. or to be dined, ndaed,
and takes out of the said COMMODN (excepting always
the Awe end weals of Lead sold to the before moo.
tionv Jobs Peon, and the Commirsioners for RuiMing
New Churches renpeetively, and the said duty of twelve
petite for every Ton of Slone, &geed, raised, and taken,
or to be di.ged, raised. and taken for our nos and
service, always excepted.) In trust, neverthelem, and
to and for the sole and proper use end bonnet of the
Inhabitants of our said Island and Manor of Portland
for the being.
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/ And kii-O-w—iii-Turther, that we of our spacial p.m,
certain knowledge, and mere motion, have given and
granted, and by these pregents for us oar heirs end moo
comma do give and grant onto the mid Thomas Heath,
I David lingarth, and Charles Augusta. Manning, diving
our pleasure the mm of three pence out of every twelve
pence lbet is due, or shall from tin., to time b. d., to
he paid for ever. Ton of Stone chard, robed, or Wren
; out of the .aid Quarries heretofore, called " Tho fling'.
Qe.rries." end sow sailed "The QUIMM'S Quarries," es •
/ 001111,00414,111 nod dwebarge for all damage done to
the Commons of our said Manor and Ijl.od, end where-
' on the Tempts have s right to feed their cattle by goo.
veying or depositing Storm or Robblib or (ober pecan°.
or refine of our said last mentioned Quarries, apes the
said Corneae's. (The said last mentioned duty of twelve
, Poem br every Ton of fitton• digpd, raised, and t•ken
for our immediate am and service stymy* umpted.)
In 'nod neve:theism, mci for tbe sole and proper nee
and benefit of the Inhabitants of our said Island of
Portland for the ship being.
And we do hereby give talk power and authority to
the mad Thomas Heath. David Hogarth, and Charter
Augustus Monolog to receive, take, retain and keep,
em for. 14,7, and recover, the said sum or nine pease
est of *very twelve penes ; and three pease out of every
twelve pare go hereinbefore respectively granted to be
paid, a, aforessid, for the sole use and benefit of our
mid Inhabibuts for tbe time being daring our pleasure;
without so out or other matter or thing to be rendered
unto u our heirs or eneeemore In our Court of En-
obeyer or einowbere for the same, the residue of the
said roapratim duos of Tonnage, namely, three pence
oat of every twelve pesos for every Ton of Stone digged,
raised. or taken, or to be dieted, raised, or taken oil of
the said Commons ; and Mtn pence out of every twelve
pence for eiery Ton of Sloe* dieted, raised, or taken,
or to be dined, railed, or token from the said Querriee
formerly galled "Tbe Linen Quarries,* and now called
"The Qeme's Quarrioe," and ekieb mid last mentioned r lye d of Tonnage scone to as to be received i:irae. oge
counted for to ns in manner areuttomed.
And to the end our said Inhabitante for the Mute
or the said Thomas Heath, Dsvid Hogarth, and
Chula. Amputee Meaning, may tertalnly know what
Mare of In. Stone taken, or M be taken within the •Mil C0rn...., or the mid Quails aow celled " The

Q-wort. Qnserieen is or shell be for our Immediate end
Perth:ea. ose ao4 serviee (ouch Stone hitting !teed awl
• u-ngpted from the said Tonne*. dem m efon ) We
'in hereby deckle our Hovel Will and Weaning to be
that no Sto•-e shell be bald awl accounted to be t•lree
for our iteurediote use at d service, save only such sale
or shall he digged within the tail Commons. and Quarries
respeetively, sod carried from therm by ‘V rrant
or order under the hands of the Commiwioner, for the
tins being ••f oer Wood. and Forests. Lged Revenues.
Works sod Bed lints, or any twe al them esprowing
the game to be for our use and `rrrielt-
ind whete.s, our late Rays/ Undo King George the
Fourth. of gloriouo sad happy memory, by Letters
u'S'ut under kin why meal, knitting date at West,
mie•ter t.II or about the Twenty-keg day of November,
in the N•nth year of hi. did, amwirt other
thing, 'rive and grant TOMO the eli Inloaritants the
-.tame Lie no. 'nil authority f••, di •ging. r•M'ne• and
mkinz clone, and the mum of Nina penes nut of every
Twelve penes that should be doe, to be pol•I for
Ton of Stone to be flitted, reload and taken out of the
Commons daring nor i•les•nre, end the Bahl lohebitants
by themselves, their event., or a•eiro., may hese ditged.
mixed, and taken stone, end th•v or their trustee. ma.
have relfriurd• taken, and kept the said Now nipue out
of eeery Twelee pence per T n, since the donde., of ••er
mild Royal Cede, and may therefore in striet••ese b-
aecount•ble too. as well for the 'tone r•iaed and t.k- n
as for the looney received, or for the said Nine pence
out ••f every Twelve p no. per Ton.
Our farther will and pleasure is, and of our more
partial gram., certain knowledge and more motion, we
heteby acquitted, releawd, and discharged, end by them
presents Benoit, release and diaeharge the wid In-
hebitants, awl
administrators. trustees, and assigns of, .D 4 fr •ot any
account or secounta to be made ot rendered ontooa, our
belts or sucoesm s, in our or their Court of Exclomeer,
or elsewhere, for, or by reason of their baring &geed,
relent, and taken stone, or for, or by reason of the
receiving. toking, or keeping the loose Now pens- out
of every Twelve pence per Ton, at any time after the
drudoe of our late Royal Unele, and before the dote of
these onr Letters of Privy Seal, and of and from all
suite. demands, and prosecutions whetwiever, for, or
cetnerrinuri the sem Pnorided always that tf the sail
Thomas Heath, David Hogarth. and Charles A
Manning, or their moign• shall not enroll, or mum to
be enrolled, them our Letters of Privy se.l, in the
ME a of Taw! Revenues, Records, and Enrollments
within Six Months next after the date of thew present.,
or shall not leg rter' or awe tho mune to he registered.
in the Court Rolls of our mid Manor within the Sig
Months aforesaid, then, and in either of each eases, and
from thetteef••rth, these oar Let•ers of Privy Seal shall
arse and determine and be wok!.

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And lastly, we do hereby snot and declare that these
newels, or the entry, or the enrollment thee of, shall
be, sred remain in, and by all things good. firm, valid,
and effeetnal in the Law, seenniing to the true intent
and Inestiong thereof. notwithstanding the not fully or
not truly reciting the said recited I ethereal Privy Seel,
Or the date thereof, or any omission, imperfection,
defect, matter, rause. or thing what,oever to the eon.
trsry thereof in anywise notwithstanding.
In whiles., Vo., given under our Privy Seal, at our
Pslaw at Westminster, the Sloth Ca,' of April, in the
Fifth year of our Reign.
(Signed) ED. RALPH EDSH.
Enrolled in the offiee of Land Revenue ititoords end
Enrolment the llth day of April, 1842.
(Signed) .7. R. FIIARNSIDZ.
Keeper of the Records.
Entered in Land Revenue Department Lease Book,
No, 2. folio 444.

Begitersd-and Enrolled on the Coors Rolls of the
Island and Manor of Portland afornsald, at a Oonrt
holden in and for the said Island ad Manor, on Thurs-
day the Nineteenth day of Mae, 1842. Hy me,

ROSIZT CIIIITta Patt;PS, '
Steward then.

From the time when the committee abandoned
their office to the present the aotioo of the trustees
has not been subject to control. During that period
they have received • lug* sum of mosey, as tee
following statement gathered from the returns to
the haltyearly courts will show. Beginning at
1840 the amount received by the trustees, for
the sole wet and benefit of the inhabitants," was
£l9O 16a 4414 in 1841. £252 4.. 31. ; 1842,
£207 2a 61. ; 1843. £216 IS.. 444 ; 1844,
£lBB IS.. 31.; 1845. £240 10.. ; 1846. £51.9 18... 91.;
1847, £547 6a. Si; 1848, £476 15.. 91, 1849,
£422 18.. 91. ; 1850, £4lO 84 61. ; 1831.
£43312.. 741.; 1852. £4ll II..; 1853, £530 2. 51.;
1834, £448 5.. 741.; 1858, £349 16a. 74.; 1856,
£314 11s. 100. ; 1857, c 317 51. 041. ; 1858,
£319 10e. Op.; 1859, £4lB 2.. 10d.; 1860,
£477 7.. 10,1.; 1861. £646 17a. 114. ; 1862,
£4lO 11.. 71.; 1863, £474 lla 94.; 1864 £343 6..94.;
1663. £706 se. 41.; 1866. £753 ; making
in the 27 years • grand total of £11.017 ss. 344 ,or
an average during that pen id of £4OB each year.
Now, as we understand the case, the inhabitants
desire to know bow this money has hero upended,
and, for the future, that the Local Board of Health
should be the committee for regulating its disposal.
It semi natural enough that three for whose benefit
the mousy is received by the trustees, should exhibit
some concern as to how it is spent, and we should
thing that the surviving trustee* -Captain Manning
and the Rev. 1). Hogarth -would have no hesitation
in complying with the request if applied to for that
purpose. As to the future, we can well tiodentand, that
the responsibilities of the truatsee entail upon them
much anxiety and labour, and can readily conceive
that they wool(' be happy to be freed from lb. ir
teat% alls<l it tl,e• seem tO us, lookieg et
the matter as impartial spectators and foe. from any
local prejudice that may have been imported into the
use, that the Local Board would be a very suitable
authority to determine the manner in which the
Grant Money should be laid out fur the benefit of ,
the inhabitants for the time being. However, the
facts, as far as we have been alile to ascertain them,
are now placed before the public, and it is for the
inhabitants of Portland to decide whether they
are satisfied with the present state of things, or
if they want • change. the nature of it, and how it is
to be effected. -B. L. P.