Freehold Land Societies Face Court Rulings and Ballot Reform
In the November 1851 note, the Court of Common Pleas values a 150 pound estate with 47 pound debt as effectively worthless, prompting calls for land reform. A separate Equity Court case, Mulloch v Jenkins, involved a society trustee who diverted a 76 acre Fair Oak Estate to himself, with the trust seeking conveyance to the society. The piece highlights a conference at the King's Arms Hotel and argues ballot-based reforms to expand land ownership among the poor and to attract more members and funds for future estates.
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Court of Common Pleas
Tindal
Equity Court
Master of the Rolls
Mulloch
Jenkins
Demurrer
Newport District Benefit Building Society
King’s Arms Hotel
Palaceyard
National Society
England
Correspondence on Ross Society Rules and Balloting
The writer replies to Mr. Taylor and 4A Member arguing it is dishonest to change a society’s constitution to a ballotting system. He cites a Ross Society rule allowing seven members to requisition a general meeting to alter rules, implying initial rules may need modification.
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Ross
Ross Society
Plans for building a minimum cottage with detached design
A reader criticizes the Freeholder design for a small detached eight room house seeking better use of limited frontage. The letter praises open discussion, praises Freehold Land Societies for abolishing ground rents, and argues homes could be cheaper and built with lower financing costs, noting ground rents as a major obstacle.
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The
Freeholder
Freehold Land Society
Freehold
Land in Wales Sees Vast Uncultivated Tracts Prompt Policy Question
In September the writer traversed Pembroke Carmarthen and Glamorgan counties and found large areas of waste land. He questions why idle land remains unused and asks if laws prevent occupiers from cultivating it or allowing others to do so, fearing legal constraints.
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Freeholder
Pembroke
Carmarthen
Glamorgan
Monoply of land and colonisation urged for reform
A Constant READER from Liverpool argues that land monopoly harms labourers and calls for removing restrictive laws. He supports Encumbered Estates Bills and a National Freehold Land Society to promote sale and transfer, claiming these measures would advance moral, social, and political welfare in Ireland and England.
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Ireland
England
Liverpool
Land Society Distance Controversy for Freeholders
A member of a Freehold Land Society urges the Metropolitan Societies pledge land purchases within a set radius from London. He notes distance inflates costs and threatens cottage plans, arguing two thirds majority rules and faster allotments would keep members from withdrawing. Dated 20 November 1851.
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Sim
London
Freehold Land Society
Influence on En Tail and C Letter XI
The writer argues to link yeomanry and peasantry conditions with hereditary property laws. He plans to first establish a principle using domestic and foreign state evidence before exposing numerous related details and ramifications for a broader condemnation.
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Freeholder
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