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Statement of Facts, on the Injurious Treatment of J. Elsee, Esq.: Late Tenant of a Considerable Portion of Havering Park Farm, in the Forest of Hainault, in Certain Transactions with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and Their Agents; To Which Are Added Notes in Illustration of the Gross Abuses of the Forest Laws.Elsee, John

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Statement of Facts, on the Injurious Treatment of J. Elsee, Esq.: Late Tenant of a Considerable Portion of Havering Park Farm, in the Forest of Hainault, in Certain Transactions with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and Their Agents; To Which Are Added Notes in Illustration of the Gross Abuses of the Forest Laws.

Name: Statement of Facts, on the Injurious Treatment of J. Elsee, Esq.: Late Tenant of a Considerable Portion of Havering Park Farm, in the Forest of Hainault, in Certain Transactions with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and Their Agents; To Which Are Added Notes in Illustration of the Gross Abuses of the Forest Laws.
Author: Elsee, John

Elsee, John

Elsee, John -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Land tenure -- Great Britain

The consideration of this proceeding carries us back to another part of
the conduct of the arbitrators and the umpire, namely the agreement with
Mr. Ellis.  In this instance, there could hardly have been any occasion
for an _umpire_.  There _was but little to do_, _and of the commonest
description of the business of valuation_, _and part of the business_,
_as the valuation of the fixtures_, _and the stack of hay_, _was
settled_; but these arbitrators _were determined to have things done
regularly_, and as Mr. Mee had been made umpire in the other affair, he
_was also made umpire in this business_, _and made his award one month
after the time that Mr. Elsee ought to have been paid for the property_.
As there are some remarks to be made upon this document, it is inserted.

                           Inventory of Valuation,

    Made this 29th of October, 1819, by me, the undersigned, being
    appointed by Mr. John Elsee and Mr. James Ellis, under an agreement
    dated the 14th day of July last, as umpire between Mr. Edward Driver,
    of New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, and Mr. Robert Peake, of
    Waltham Abbey, Essex, who had been appointed by Mr. Elsee as
    out-going tenant, and Mr. James Ellis as in-coming tenant, on a farm
    called Havering Park farm, at Havering, in Essex, to value the
    following property, viz.

    All the straw, and half the chaff that arises from 196 acres of land,
    except the straw used for thatching, which is to be left when taken
    off the stacks.

    The straw at a foddering price on the premises.

    Three stacks of hay, in the stack yard, at a foddering price.

    The fixtures in the house.

    The straw to be bound by Mr. Elsee’s men, when thrashed, and to be
    paid for binding the customary price of one shilling per load, by Mr.
    Ellis, if he chooses to have it bound.

    The above property is valued by me at the sum of Three Hundred and
    Eighty-four pounds, Eighteen shillings, ready money.

                                                               EDWARD MEE.
                                               South Hall, Raynham, Essex.

    £384 18s. 0d.

To this decision there came appended, as if by afterthought, the annexed
addition, _viz._

    The dung is to be brought back for all other hay carried off,
    according to the agreement. {56}

                                                               EDWARD MEE,
                                               South Hall, Raynham, Essex.

And then came the subjoined bill of costs, duly made out in the name and
on behalf of _the firm_.

    Messrs. Ellis and Elsee,

                                        To Messrs. Driver, Peake, and Mee.

    1819.

Oct. 29, To valuation of property, as per            28      17      6
inventory, at 2½ per cent. each
Stamp                                                        15      6
                                                    £29      13      0

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