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North Green alias Norwood Green was enclosed in 1847. The following is a summary of how grazing rights to the land were allocated.
 * Cratfield Common Land ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || 642 |||| North Green ||  || 77. 0. 10 || 72 ||   ||
 * ||  |||||||||||| Each right consisting of pasturage for one beast of any age ||
 * || 644 & 645 |||||| Swan Green or Goose Green || 12. 1. 18 || 24 ||  ||
 * ||  |||| inc. Silverleys Green ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ||  |||||||||||| Each right consisting of pasturage for one year old bud or colt ||
 * || 643 |||| Bell Green ||  || 13. 0. 38 || 15 ||   ||
 * ||  |||| For horse or cow ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || 643 |||| Bell Green ||  || 13. 0. 38 || 15 ||   ||
 * ||  |||| For horse or cow ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

//To whom was the land allocated (1 right = approximately 1 acre)// ?

The Town Feoffes = 3 acres 10 people =71 acres The labouring poor = 2 acres For recreation of the villagers = 1 acre

//In what respect was the land allocated?//

To a house and land = 6 instances To those with customary rights = 1 instance To the lord of the manor Lord Huntingfield = 1 instance (4 acres) To those who owned properties at the edge of the common = 10 instances. All tenure was through copholdings of the manor

//The land of John Girling is taken as an example of how the land was allocated.//

He owned 3 homesteads on land on the southern edge of the green. The one in which he lived had 4 rights to the green Two of his other homesteads had 5 rights to the green His fields had 4 rights to the green

Maps

see also Linstead Parva