• Reference
    HE324
  • Title
    Case for counsel's opinion: 'Mr Hanscombe's case'.
  • Date free text
    Undated. Early C18th.
  • Production date
    From: 1700 To: 1750
  • Scope and Content
    The branch of the river at Shillington which has supplied the moat and fishponds surrounding the house [? Pirton Grange], has been diverted by a miller who has lately hired a pair of mills 1 1/2 miles upstream. Q. Has the owner the right to redress? A. Yes if it has run into the moat time out of mind (10 over 40 years.) Signature John Comyns.
  • Level of description
    item