Scope and Content
- Meetings held at the Chequers Public House, Eaton Bray.
- Appointment of tellors, haywards and herdsmen including Richard Fountain, William Dobson, Robert Hedges, William Thorn, Richard Gadsden, John Rollings, Joseph Holmes, Richard Scott, Enoch Gurney, Thomas Brinklow. 23 Mar 1844 – April 1850.
- Account of the Commons at Eaton Bray listing occupiers, owners, number and where situated 1850 – 1851:
Occupiers:
George Abraham, D Abraham, J A Ashwell, Jesse Beard, George Brinklow, Thomas Brinklow, E W Brown, John Brown, Sam Brown, George Burrows, W Cartwright, James Dear, William Dobson, Daniel Ellingham, Thomas Ellingham, Henry Eustace, Joseph Eustace, James Fountain, Richard Fountain, William Fountain, Richard Gadsden, Thomas Gadsden, John Goodman, Gravestock, Abraham Groom, John Groom, Enoch Gurney, Daniel Hawkins, David Hawkins, C Hedges, Robert Hedges, William Hedges, John Henley, William Herbert, James Holland, John Holmes, Edward Janes, John Mead, W Mellor, Nathaniel Neal, Mrs Pearson, William Pearson, Michael Puddephat, Richard Roberts, William Roberts, John Rollings, William Rollings, George Scott, Fred Simmons, James Stanbridge, W J Stevens, John Stratford, William Suley, Jabez Thorn, Joseph Thorn, Robert Thorn, William Travile, George Wood, Richard Wood, William Wood, Rev G E Whyley,
Owners:
Ashwell, George Ashwell, J Ashwell, Bridgewater, E W Brown, C Buckmaster, George Burrows, W Cartwright, Joseph Eustace, Richard Fountain, William Fountain, Franklin,
Richard Gadsden, Abraham Groom, John Groom, Robert Hedges, John Henley, Hooper, Francis Horn, Macnamara, Meacher, W Mellor, George Pearson, Miss Pratt, William Pratt, Richard Roberts, William Roberts, John Rollings, Somes, James Stanbridge, John Stevens, Robert Thorn, William Thorn, George Wood, Richard Wood, William Wood, Woodcock, Woodcroft, Rev G E Whyley,
- Encroachment on Eaton Bray from 1850 – 1851 including fines for the following: J A Ashwell, Jerry Bird, John Brown, Jesse Burd, John Cobb, E William Brown ‘shop near Five Bells’ ‘blacksmith shop’, John Buckmaster, C Cook, Robert Copperwheat, George Dickenson, John Duncomb, Samuel Dyer, Richard Fountain, Gadsden late Bennett, Richard Gadsden, John Groom, William Gurney, C Hedges, Robert Hedges, John Henley, William Luley, John Mead, Samuel Mead, Muskett, Nathaniel Neal, William Osborne junior, William Osborne senior, George Pearson, Mrs Pearson, Thomas Pearson, Richard Roberts, Joseph Roe, Samuel Roe, John Rollings, Mr Shatford, Fred Simmons, Henry Simmons, John Smallbones, William Smallbones, W Stevens, Robert Thorn, William Travile, James Ward, George Wood,
- Money paid for the Commons (expenses) 1850 – 1851
- Appointment of tellers: Richard Gadsden & James Holland, Herdsman Richard Scott and Haywards: John Henley, Jesse Thorn and Thomas Brown, Apr 1851 – Apr 1852.
- Cottage rents for the following:
David Room 1857 – 1861
Thomas Ward 1857 – 1862
James Procter 1856 – 1861
George Wootton 1858 – 1860
Joseph Henley: 1853 – 1861
James Rollings 1855 – 1861
William Smallbones 1859 – 1863
Jabez Duncombe 1851-1860
Mary Duncombe 1859 – 1860
William Tearle 1861-1862
William Smallbones 1860-1864.