Page "Wraysbury" Paragraph 12

Prior to this, the Common Lands of the village were owned by the Lord of the Manor of Wraysbury, at that time John Simon Harcourt, the Church, and the Trustees of William Gyll esq., although, as common land, they were subject to legal rights of pasture and grazing for copyholders and other tenants.

In addition to those with legal rights over the land, the poor of the district would have had ‘ real ’ or ‘ customary rights ’, for example to feed their livestock or gather wood for fuel.