Lord Bute against Grindall and Another
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 30 June 1786 |
| Date | 30 June 1786 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 99 E.R. 1127
IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH
lord bute against grindall and another. Friday, June 30th, 1786. The ranger of a Royal park is rateable, as such, to the poor for inclosed lands, in the park, yielding certain profits ; but not for the herbage and pannage, which yield no profits (a). These were two issues : The first of which was to try, whether the plaintiff, as ranger and keeper of Hia Majesty's park called the New Park, near Richmond, in the county of Surry, waa liable to be rated to the relief of the poor of the parish of Putney, in respect of 199 a. Or. 12 p. of inclosed lands, being meadow and arable, part of the said park, and 39 a. 1 r. 32 p. of laud, open to park pasture, also part of the said park. The 2d, whether the plaintiff' was liable to be rated, &c. in respect of the herbage and pannage of the said park1? This cause was tried at the last assizes for the county of Surry, before Gould, J. when the jury found a Special verdict ; which stated, that our lord the now King, by letters patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster the 25th day of June, in the twenty-first year of his reign, reciting (amongst other things) that the Princess Amelia, daughter to His late Majesty King George the Second, had held, and had lately surrendered, resigned, and yielded up, into our said lord the now King's hands the office hereinafter mentioned, gave and granted to the said earl the office of ranger and keeper, and the custody of all that his said park, called New Park, near Richmond, in the county of Surry, and the custody, survey, and preservation of all and singular the houses, lodges, edifices, walks, deer, wild beasts, and game, in his said park, there being or thereafter to be, to have, enjoy, exercise, and occupy the said office, unto him the said earl, by himself, or his sufficient deputy or deputies, during his pleasure. And further, for the bet-[339]-ter execution of the said office, His said Majesty had given and granted, and by the said letters patent did give and grant, unto the said earl the herbage and pannage of the said park, over and above the keeping of the game within the said park, from time to time being ; and also the fees of three bucks and three does every season : and also the wages and fee of six shillings by the day for every day in the year, payable as in the said letters patent is particularly specified ; and also all woods and underwoods, commonly called browse wood, wind-fall wood, and dead and decayed trees, mast and chiminage happening or falling from time to time within the said park, together with the necessary timber for repairing the houses, lodges, edifices, and walks, in the said park, and...
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