. The Houblon family, its story and times. to attendto; one being an inquiry into certain depredations onthe Forest of Hatfield by a neighbour, whose rightsover it were occasionally exceeded, and whose proceed-ings later culminated in a lawsuit.^ Mr. Pocklington,his attorney and agent (who was also a very goodfriend ), lived at Chelmsford. As you were so kind,wrote the squire, * as to promise some time this summerto take a ride over my estate in Herts and see how myTenants go on, ... I have enclosed a list of the Farmsas they lay in the way. . We are settled here for some ^ An exhaustive searc
. The Houblon family, its story and times. to attendto; one being an inquiry into certain depredations onthe Forest of Hatfield by a neighbour, whose rightsover it were occasionally exceeded, and whose proceed-ings later culminated in a lawsuit.^ Mr. Pocklington,his attorney and agent (who was also a very goodfriend ), lived at Chelmsford. As you were so kind,wrote the squire, * as to promise some time this summerto take a ride over my estate in Herts and see how myTenants go on, ... I have enclosed a list of the Farmsas they lay in the way. . We are settled here for some ^ An exhaustive search for deeds about Hatfield Forest was made at theRolls Chappell in 1758 by order of Mr. Houblon, and his positionestablished with regard to it. On Saturday last, says a contemporarynewspaper, came on at Chelmsford in Essex the great Cause between and Mr. Barrington (about digging Turf, etc., in the Forest ofTeckley [s/c] in that County, which Mr. Houblon claims as his)—when aVerdict was brought in Favour of the Jacob Houblon, Esq. HOME Sy time and are much better off than the incampers thislate wet stormy weather. The duties of the camp were compHcated by the factthat a large body of French prisoners of war were con-fined at Winchester. There are 5424 of them, wrotethe squire, and we have a good deal of trouble inmounting guard over them at the Kings House. Iwas unexpectedly surprized t other day with a visit fromthe Duke of York, who stopd here on his way toSouthampton where he is gone to bathe for six weeks,and came here to see the Prisoners when I was uponduty, without giving me any notice. But by good lucka Friend ran up just time enough to get my guard out,to pay him the proper Compliments. He then went upto see the Camp, which consists of five Regiments ofMilitia, and Lord Effinghams. His Lordship com-mands. Our Regiment and the Warickshire do duty inthe Town; and our Colonell is the Comanding officeras being the senior, which dont please Lord Den
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