COLL EST ETON 05
COLL EST ETON 05
Eton, Buckinghamshire: Acknowledgement of theft of wood
Item
4 January 1779
Acknowledgement by the parishioners of Eton that they "assembled in a tumultuous manner" and removed branches from large elm trees on the Playing Fields that had blown down in December but that the College has stayed legal proceedings. They promise to return the wood.
Signed by 18 men, of whom 6 make their mark
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