“_Custom_ 9. That it is lawful for any of the copyholders or
customary tenants of the said manor, to let her, his, or their
copyholds for one year, but not for any longer term, without a
licence from the lord of the said manor.
“_Custom_ 10. ‘That no _certain_ fine is payable to the lord of the
said manor from any customary tenant of the said manor for a licence
to let his customary tenement; but such fine may exceed a penny in
the pound of the yearly value of such customary tenement.
“_Custom_ 11. That every copyholder of inheritance of the said manor
may sell any of his coppices, under-woods, and rows, and use them at
pleasure; and may dig for stone, coal, earth, marle, chalk, sand and
gravel in their own grounds, to be employed thereon; and may also dig
any of the commons or wastes belonging to the said manor for earth or
gravel in the ancient pits there, where their predecessors have done,
for the improvement of their copyholds.
“_Custom_ 12. That all the customary tenants of the said manor, when
and as often as their old pits, where they used to dig earth, marle,
chalk, sand, clay, gravel, and other mould, were deficient, and would
not yield the same for them, that they, the said customary tenants,
may and have used to dig _new_ pits in any of the wastes and commons
of the lord within the said manor, and there dig and carry away
earth, marle, chalk, sand, clay, gravel, and other mould at their
pleasure, for the improvement of their customary tenements, or for
other necessary uses, without the licence of the lord of the said
manor.
“_Custom_ 13. That the ancient customary tenants of the said manor
(other than such as hold only purpresture lands) have always had
common of pasture and feedings in all the lord’s commons belonging to
the said manor, viz. upon Cranbury Common, Hiltingbury Common,
Ampfield Common, Bishop’s Wood, Pit Down, and Merdon Down, for all
their commonable cattle, levant and couchant, upon their respective
copyhold tenements, within the said manor.
“_Custom_ 14. That no customary tenant of the said manor can or
ought to plough any part of the land upon the aforesaid wastes and
commons, to lay dung, or for improving their customary lands.
“_Custom_ 15. That the Customary tenants of the said manor have not
had, nor ought to have in every year, at all times of the year,
common of pasture in the wastes, heaths, and commons of the lord of
the said manor within the said manor, for all their commonable
cattle, without number or stint, exclusive of the lord of the said
manor.
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