Turner, James. 65. Tenant of Lampool Farm (103 acres), Maresfield, belonging to Lady Shelley, for 14 years past. Succeeded Richard Ray, now at Marshalls. I was born at Nutley. When I was a lad between 11 and 12 I went to work for Mr. Le Blanc at Pippingford for over 5 years. When I was 17 I went to live with my uncle John Wood at Charlwood Farm, Fletching, (Shelley's) as carter for 5 years. Then I came back to my Father for about 2 years, and sometimes cut litter on the Forest. I then went to manage a little farm belonging to the Widow Lewry who also used some land called Gotlands belonging to the Shelleys for 17 years. then I took Shovelstrode Farm at East Grinstead for 7 years. then I came to Lampool.

When I worked at Pippingford I used to go daily backwards and forwards to Mill Brook where my Father lived. I used to see people taking litter including my uncle James Wood who had Marlpits Farm adjoining the Forest near Nutley, my Father for his farm on the Forest adjoining Mill Brook, William Osborne for Hill House Farm near the Nutley Inn Farm, William Barnes who had the Nutley Inn and Farm, Humphrey who had Clapwater Farm, Verrall who had Blackwenn (he had a deal of litter) and Wheeler of Masketts.

While I lived as carter at Charlwood Farm we occasionally had litter and turf off the Forest. I used to fetch it. My uncle always turned [out] his bullocks and cows and at times sheep and horses on Charlwood Common and they found their way on to the Forest. James Knight was then tenant of Masketts. He had litter off the Forest. I believe he turned out also.

They used then to leave litter at Nutley Inn. I used to see it

I knew Daniel Lewry and at that time he used to have litter off the Forest and afterwards, while I managed the farm, we always had litter and turf off the Forest there and litter at Gottlands and turned out from both. Appleby now uses Lewry's farm which belongs to Mr. Samuel Wilson and Richard Crowhurst. During the 17 years I was managing Widow Lewry's farm, Whitewood, and John Fry and George Gibbs successively occupied Courtland Farm, Nutley, (Shelley) which adjoined us. They all had litter off the Forest and turned out. Woodcock's Farm was close at hand and was occupied by Thomas Osborn who died there and Mr. Thomas Wilson then took it in hand. They both had litter off the Forest.

Martin then managed for Mr. Verrall at Blackvenn and used to have litter.

At that time Sir Thomas Wilson used Searles and Clapwater and his teams used to come out for litter.