The King against The Inhabitants of Bardwell
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1823 |
| Date | 01 January 1823 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 107 E.R. 343
IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
the king against the inhabitants of bardwell. 1823. The pauper was hired for a year as a shepherd : he was to have a house and garden rent-free, 7s. a week, and the going of thirty sheep with his master's flock, as wages. He served for two years at those wages in the parish of I., during all which time the sheep went on his master's farm, the whole of which was situated in that parish. The feed of the sheep was worth 161. per annum: Held, that this did not confer a settlement, it not being any part of the bargain that the sheep should be pasture-fed. Semble, that in order to gain a settlement by renting a tenement, the pauper must reside upon some part of it. Upon an appeal against an order of two justices, for the removal of Peter Firman -from the parish of Bard well, in the county of Suffolk, to the parish of Ixworth, in the same county, the order was quashed by the sessions, subject to the opinion of this Court, upon the following case. About twenty-four years ago, the pauper, a married man, was hired for a year, by Mr. S., of Ixworth, as his shepherd; he was to have a house and garden rent free, seven shillings a week, and the going of thirty sheep with his master's flock as wages. [162] The pauper lived for two years with Mr. S., in the parish of Ixworth, at these wages, during all which time the thirty sheep went with his master's flock on...
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