On 31st July 1809 “the COMMISIONERS named and appointed in and by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the forty-ninth year of the reign of his present Majesty, King George the Third, entitled “An Act for inclosing Lands in the parish of Barton Turf in the county of Norfolk” gave notice of their intention to hold a meeting on 25th August to consider claims made or objected to by 19th August.
Details of the 33 claims received are contained in a document held by the Norfolk Record Office (NRO: MC 337/45/1/8).
We have seen a copy of the document that was given to one of the claimants, Robert Hewitt, the person reputed to have taken Horatio Nelson out on Barton Broad.
A summary of the claims and a full transcript can be viewed as PDF documents
Index to the claims.
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One of the more modest claims, made by William Watts.
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Another document (NRO: MC 337/45/1/10 & MC 602/68) contains extracts of the awards relating to public and private roads and allotments to the Trustees for the Poor and the Clerks of the Staithe.
Other documents relating to the Barton Turf Inclosure are held by the Norfolk Record Office, including details of the awards and a map showing the land and property involved. (NRO: C/Sca 2/18).
In a document dated 9th November 1810 Robert Hewitt was notified of his award of one rood of land and of his share of the expenses incurred in making the awards: £1 10s. (NRO: AYL 977).