MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. MM. 30

A copy of a decree in Chancery [ff. 1 and 2 have been torn away and two or three lines are missing at the bottom of every folio] granting to Ch. Ch. a further ten acres of common land in Shotover Forest. Charles II, wishing to enclose part of the forest had compensated the inhabitants and landholders of Cowley and elsewhere, who had common rights in the forest. In 1661 the then lord Treasurer authorized Sir John Clerke to treat with the Commoners. Consequently the land bounded on the South by [blank], on the North by Sir Eimoth Tirrell ’s coppice, on the East by Horsepath coppice, and on the West by Magdalen College Woods, was let out to the Commoners. This was carried out in Trinity Term 17 Chas. II, when 30 acres was allotted to Ch. Ch., as was plainly shown by the Auditor’s certificate. But a decree in Chancery of 2 November, 18 Chas. II gave Ch. Ch. legal title to only 20 acres, through a clerical error, thus making necessary the present decree.