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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the village, doles, totalling 52 a. in 1839, in those fens still then common. 95 Some early inclosures were … of Wicken parish was occupied until the 17th century by fens: one was said in 1279 to stretch for two leagues, a … as the Sedge fen mentioned from the 1410s. 10 Some of the fens, then described as intercommon, 11 were subject in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the 1650s. 57 He was allotted 380 a. of Wicken's fens for his manorial rights in its waste in 1664, 58 but, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… in order to their weighing up and recovery; and by it fens and morasses may be likewise drained, over-flown mines … sinking and to free them from water, if sunk, and by it fens and morasses may be drained, overflowed mines rendered …
Statutes of the Realm
… Kendrick Eyton Josiah Jones Thomas Floyd Thomas Hanmere of Fens Thomas Hanmere of Batchfield Esquires Humphrey Jones …