Road from Pyecombe to Staplefield Common Act 1808
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1808 c. ci |
ANNO QUADRAGESIMO OCTAVO
EORGII I REGIS
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Cap.
101.
An A£t for -making and maintaining a Road from the
Brighthelmftone Ro&d'£t,
Pyecombe\
Xo the Cuckfield
Rozd^Stapkfield. Common, and:.'from Pyicombe
to the Henfield Road at
Poyning%
Common, in the
Cburity of Suffix. [3d June 1808.J
W
HEREAS the making and maintaining a'Road leading from
aqd out,of the
Brighthelmftone
and
Cuckfield
Turnpike.
Road near
pyecombe
Church, in the^Pariih of
Pyecombe%
in the County of
Sujfex^
through
Pyecombe
Dale, and by Newtimber Place, to the Branchr
of the
Henfield
Turnpike Road leading from the Marie Pit near the Bot-
tom of
Saddle/comb
Hill, in the Parifti of Newtimber, to the Marie Pit front-
ing NewtimberBroad
Lane,
in the fame Pariflijn the faid County
ofSuJJex^
and from the North Side of the faid Branch of Road to the Turnpike Road
leading from Ublefs Farm, in the Parifh of
Hurjlpen"pointy
in the faid
County, to the faid Marie Pit oppofite to Newtimber Broad Lane afore-
faid, and from thence along the faid lafl>mentioned Turnpike Road
to Ubley's Farm -aforefaid, and from thence by Albourne Green and
Sayer*s Common)
to a certain Farm called Little
Stuckles,
otherwife Shinings,
in the Pariih of
Hurfiperpoint
aforefaid; and from Little
Stuckles
Farm
aforefaid, by Hickfted Place, zn&Botney
Common
to a Place called Staple-
field
Common^
in the faid County, there to join and enter into the Turn-
pike Road leading from
Cuckfield
to Crawley, in the faid County
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and a
Road leading from the Bottom of
Pyecombe
Dale aforefaid, alqng a cer-
tain Lane called the Beggar's Lane to the
Henfield
Turnpike Road near
Poynings
Common,
in the faid County, would be of great Benefit and
[wtwvfc? PirJ] 21 X Advantage
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Advantage to the Proprietors and Occupiers of Eftates in the Neighbour-
hood
thereof,
and of public Utility : May it therefore pleafe your Ma*
jefty, That it may be ena&ed, and be it enafted by the King's moft Ex-
cellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi-
ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this jprelljit^i^rHament aflem-
Truftees- bledj and by the Authority of the fame, That WiUkm Ageny Robin/on
Harry dftrjei Harry Attree, Sir Cecil Bifshopp B^mn, 0cilJ3i/shopp
Junior,,
Charles
Bifshopp, Sir
Charles
Merrick BurrekBfcimei, William
£ orrery William Borrtr Junior, John Borrer, NathmieL Borrer, Edward
Borrer, John Hamlin Borrer, John Bull
.Q£J
Pangdeam >
Thomas Bull,
Francis Bine, Stephen Bine, Richard Bine, John Burtenfhdwoi Reeds,
James Browne, Charles Bridger Clerk, Henry Brooker, William Blaber,
Sir Henry Blackman Knight, John Blaker, Botten, Richard
Cud-
dington, Thomas
Crojfwellbr,
Stephen Grofskey, Wiltiaih John Campion,
Henry Courthope Campion,
George Courthope
Senior, George Gourthope
Junior,
Charles
Coppard,
Thomas Coppard^Jofeph
Chandler,
John Bennett,
John Donald/on, Anthony Ede; Charles Ellis, John
Friend,
Thomas
Francis,
Charles Goring
of Wi/ion, Charles Goring of Highdon, Charles
Goring of Rowdell, John Gates of Henfield, John Hall, Thomas Hill,
John Hamfher, James Harmes,
Thomas
Hod/on,
William
Hodfon,
Michael
Barmes, William
Izard,
James Ingram, William Jenner,
Thomas
Read
Kemp, Thomas Kemp, Richard Lajhmer, William
Linfield> Thomas
hep-
par d, John Mar chant of hit tie Park, William Marfhall Senior, William
Marfhall Junior, John Marjhall Clerk, John Mills, Charles Francis
William Marten, John Lewis Newnham, John
OJborne,
the Honourable
William Stephen Pointz, William Phillips,
Benjamin
Pearce,
John Perkins,
William
Pen/old,
.Caleb
Rickman, John Rice,. John Pelham Roberts, Avery
Roberts, Rolfe, Richard Rujfell, Timothy
Shelley,
William Scrafe,
John
Smithp
William Smith, hawrence Smith, Thomas Scrafe, Benjamin
Scutt Doftor of Medicine,
Bartholomew
Smithers, William Stanford, the
Right Honourable
Thomas
Steele,
Leonard
Shuckard,
William Tilt Clerk,
Benjamin Tillftone, Thomas Uwinst James Wood of Hick/lead Place,
Richard Weekes, Richard Weekes Junior, Hampton We ekes, Thomas
Wickham, John
Wood
of
Ockley,
John
Whichelo,
John Wood of
Chejlham,
Matthew Walker, Thomas
Dominick
Whiteman, William Wigney, Henry
Wood of Wontley, Peter Wells, John Wood of
Parky
and John Wood o£
Wapfes, and their SuccefTors, to be elefted in Manner hereinafter men-
tioned, (hall be, and they are hereby .appointed Truftees for amend-
ing, widening, improving, and keeping in Repair the faid Roads; and for
otherwife putting this Aft in Execution,
Other
Truf-
H. And be it further enaaed, That when any of the Truftees herein-
tees to be before named, or to be elected as hereinafter mentioned, fhall die or re-
Death or
Re- ^u^e t0 a(^> or ke difqualified, it fhall be lawful for the furviving or
fufalioafl. remaining Truftees, or any Five or more of them, by Writing under
their Hands, to ele£t and appoint one other Perfon in the Room of every
Truftee fo dying or refufing to aft, or becoming difqualified -, but Notice
of the Time and Place of Meeting for every fuch Election fhall be given
by the Clerk to the faid Truftees, by affixing the fame in Writing upon
all the Turnpike Gates which, by virtue of this Aft, fhall be then erefted
and fet up, and by Advertifement in the hewes and
Brighthelmjlone
Jour-
nal, of in the Brighton
Herald,
or in fome other Newfpaper or News-
papers, printed or circulated in the faid County, at leaft Ten Days before
everv
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GEORGII III, Gap*iQt. 1Q2&
«fvery/fuek Meeting,;^anfd every: Perfon,. an^Eerfops/ who Avail jje (4
elefted
and"
appointed ftjall immediately^ upjon.fueh, Eleftion ;aml Ap-h
pointment, be veiled with the fame Powers and Authorities for putting
this Aft in Execution," as any-Truftee'hereby appointed'is or are-vefted
with.
IIL Provided alw^5, and be Jt. further
ena£t£d,.
That no Perfon,fhali.be Qaallficitlbi;
capable of a^ipg as
,^
Tryftee* jn the Execution of this Aft'whijs he holc|£ ofTJrffrfefcsv*
any; Place of ;$t;qfiO;Undgr;tt^ f^me,, nor in
any;
particular Cafe wherein he
$a]l,be., perfpaal^ mtere$^^ nor fhftll anjr
l^erfo^ be qualified to aft
asK%
Truftee; unlefs he (h^U,;atthe/TTime pffii^
afting, be in his own,Right,;,pr.in the Right qf his Wife^in* thea&uatl
Poflgffton an,d\ Enjoyment or Receipt of the Rents and Profit^ of
Lands, Tenerjientsi or Hereditaments of.
the;
clear yearly .Value ;of
Fiftv Pounds above Reprizes ;,;br fhall be Heir Apparent of a Perfon
feifed of a real Eftate in Lands, Tenements,' or Hereditaments, of the
clear yearly Value of One hundred Pounds, or be poffeffed of a perfonal
Eftate.to,the Amount of One thoufand Pounds,, nor until he fhall have
taken and fubffjrihed the following pathhefone any Two or more .of the
laid Truftees,,(whq^re/^eby authorized to adminifter the fame,) m
the Words, or to the Effeftfollowing; that is to fay:
c T.jf. B. do fwear, that I truly and bona fide arn^ ia.my. pwn :Right, Oath,
'.or in the Right of my Wife),in: the aftual Poffeifion; andEnjoy-
« ment or Receipt of the Rents and Profits,of Lands,. Tenements, or
* Hereditaments, of the clear yearly Value of Fifty Pouncjs above Rp-
* prizes; or am poffeffed of, or entitled to, a perfonal Eftate of the
* Value;pf-On§ thoufan$>Pounds, after all my Debts are; paid j [or am
< the.HeirApparent of
A*M**
who9;to the beft of my Knowledge is
« feifed of a real Eftate of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments of the
4 clear yearly Value of One hundred Pounds, as the Cafe may/happen..]
<
So help me GOEV
IV. And if any Perfon disqualified by any of the Caufes afqrefaid, or Penalty
on
not being qualified as aforefaid, fhall neverthelefs prefume to aft contrary aaingr, if
not
to the true Intent and Meaning of this Aft, every fuch Perfon fhall, for ualifi -d-
every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds, to any
Perfon or Perfons who fhall inform or fue for the fame, to be recovered
in any of His Majefty's. Courts of Record at
Wejlminjler>
by Action of*
Debt, or on the Cafe,-or by Bill, Plaint, Suit, or information, wherein
no Effoign, Proteftion, or Wager of Law, nor more than one Imparlance
fhall be allowed
$
and the Perfon fo profeputed, fhall proVe*that he is fo
qualified, or otherwife fhall pay the faid Penalty, without any other Proof
or Evidence on the Part of the Profecutor, than that fuch Perfon hath
afted as a Truftee in the Execution of this Aft: Provided nevertheless
That fuch Afts and Proceedings as fhall have been done and performed*
by any fuch Perfon, touching the Execution of this Aft, previous to his
being convifted of the Offence before mentioned, fhall, notwithftanding
fuch Conviftion, be as valid and effeftqal as if fuch Perfon had been qua.
lified according to the Direftions of this Aft: Provided always, That Mortgagee
no Mortgagee or Affignee of any Mortgage or other Security, nor any
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a&
Lender of Money upon the Credit of the Tolls granted, by this Aft, or
jeceiving
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