Benjamin Hooke

Description Will of Benjamin Hooke of Norton juxta Kempsey , Worcestershire

Date 07 December 1848

Catalogue reference PROB 11/2084

Dept Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury

Series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers

Piece Volume number: 18 Quire numbers: 851-900

Image contains 1 will of many for the catalogue reference

Petition of Benjamin Hooke Esq

Added by saladays on 19 Sep 2008

A railway is to be built on his land. Benjamin petitions parliament against it. The law at that time allowed the railway to be built where the companies wanted regardless of the "rights and interests" of the land owners. There was no "provisions for compensation". You can obtain a digital copy by clicking on the "request this" button after clicking the link below.

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