RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR THE RAPE OF ARUNDEL

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RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR THE RAPE OF ARUNDEL

<span class="wrapper"><p>RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR THE RAPE OF ARUNDEL WHICH HAVE PASSED OUT OF OFFICIAL CUSTODY</p> <p>ARUNDEL CASTLE ARCHIVES [Applications to examine these records should be made to the Archivist and Librarian to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, Arundel Castle, Sussex.]</p> <p>Arundel Castle MS. MD 724 Minute book of the Court of Sewers, labelled 'Session of Sewers Ab 1701 ad 1726'. 20 March 1701-10 June 1726</p> <p>This volume has a ?contemporary pagination, commencing at 128 and ending at 213 (7 blank, unnumbered pages occuring between 212 and 213), in red ink on the top inside corner of each page</p> <p>Pp. 128-144, minutes, 20 March 1701-3 July 1702; pp. 146-148, minutes, 25 March-20 August 1708; pp. 150-213, minutes, 1 April 1714-10 June 1726; reversed at the back of the volume are the details of the rates levied by the Commissioners, 5 April 1759-19 June 1777, giving the acreage of the property rated, the names of the landlord and tenant, and the amount of rate paid</p> <p>Arundel Castle MS. MD 723 Order of the Commissioners for the lowering of Broad Rife or Withy [Danbridge] Sluice. 2 April 1788</p> <p>Arundel Castle MS. MD 905 Order of the Commissioners regarding a complaint by Mr. Drewitt [probably concerning a sluice or ditch between Pulborough and Arundel]. 9 May 1843</p> <p>PETWORTH HOUSE ARCHIVES [These documents may be consulted in the West Sussex Record Office at Chichester during normal office hours, providing that application is made two week in advance.]</p> <p>Petworth House Archives (hereinafter abbreviated to P.H.A.) OF 13/43/1 Order for a View to discover whether orders of the Commissioners as to the removal of 'Nusances and Irregularities' made in October 1766 had been obeyed. 5 November 1767</p> <p>With copy of the orders attached</p> <p>The following taxes gives the names of landlords and tenants, the acreage of the property taxed and the amount of tax payable; each tax is signed by six Commissioners and in most cases it is endorsed with the Treasurer's receipt for the money received. The appointments of Collectors are printed forms, signed and sealed by six Commissioners</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/2 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Pulborough, made 19 June 1777, with the appointment, 7 August 1777, of William Blunden of Pulborough as Collector</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/3 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Amberley. 19 June 1777</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/4 Tax of 3d. per acre on the Level of Stopham and Green, with the appointment of Richard Salter of Stopham as Collector. 9 May 1782</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/5 Tax of 3d. per acre on the Level of Amberley, with the appointment of William Holman of Amberley as Collector, 9 May 1782</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/6 Tax of 3d. per acre on the Level of Stopham and Green, with the appointment of Richard Salter of Stopham as Collector. 27 April 1786</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/7 Tax of 3d. per acre on the Level of Houghton, with the appointment of Thomas Elliott of Houghton as Collector. 27 April 1786</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/8 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Amberley, with the appointment of William Holman of Amberley as Collector. 15 May 1788</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/9 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Stopham and Green, with the appointment of Richard Salter of Stopham as Collector. 9 June 1791</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/10 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Houghton. 9 June 1791</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/11 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Hardham. 9 June 1791</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/12 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Stopham and Green, with the appointment Richard Salter of Stopham as Collector. 3 October 1794</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/13 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Houghton. 3 October 1794</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/14 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Pulborough. 3 October 1794</p> <p>P.H.A. OF 13/43/15 Tax of 6d. per acre on the Level of Stopham and Green, with the appointment of Richard Salter of Stopham as Collector. 17 May 1798</p> <p>OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO LAND DRAINAGE IN THE RAPE OF ARUNDEL</p> <p>Hawkins Papers 24/3/3 'Report of Henry R. Palmer, Civil Engineer on the effect of cutting a new Channel for the River Arun at South Stoke', 18 June 1830 (manuscript copy)</p> <p>Hawkins Papers 24/3/4 'Second Report of Henry R. Palmer on the River Arun Navigation', 24 July 1830 (manuscript copy)</p> <p>The following pamphlets and reports refer to the Cut at South Stoke, constructed 1839-1840, and the objections raised by the Commissioners of the Port of Arundel when the scheme was first proposed</p> <p>Hawkins Papers 21/6 John Macneill, M.R.I.A., The Arun Level. Report on the Present State of the River Arun, and the means proposed for the Drainage of the Adjacent Country (London). 1837</p> <p>Addressed 'To the Commissioners of Sewers for the Rape of Arundel'</p> <p>Hawkins Papers 21/7 William Holmes [Clerk to the Commissioners of the Port of Arundel], A Letter to the Commissioners of the Port of Arundel, on Mr. Macneill's Report on the Present State of the River Arun, and the means proposed for the Drainage of the Adjacent Country (Arundel). 17 May 1838</p> <p>Hawkins Papers 21/8 William Holmes [Clerk to the Commissioners of the Port of Arundel], A Second Letter to the Commissioners of the Port of Arundel, on Mr. Macneill's Report on the Present State of the River Arun, and the means proposed for the Drainage of the Adjacent Country (Arundel). 14 June 1838</p> <p>Hawkins Papers 21/9 Arundel Port Navigation. Mr. [Jesse] Hartley's Report, on a new cut proposed to be made by the Commissioners of Sewers, for Shortening the River Arun (Arundel). 11 August 1838</p> <p>Addressed 'For the Commissioners of the Port of Arundel, in the County of Sussex'</p> <p>Hawkins Papers 21/10 Report of James M. Rendel, Esq. C.E. [C.F. on title page] to the Commissioners of the Port of Arundel. 28 March 1839</p> <p>Including Letter from J.W. [recte M.] Rendel, Esq. to I. [recte J.] Macneill, Esq. on the subject of the intended Cut at South Stoke</p> <p>Miscellaneous Papers 922 Standing Orders of the Commission of Sewers for the Rape of Arundel. 23 April 1900</p> <p>Photocopy of the original in the County Library, Chichester</p></span>

English

The Land Drainage Act, 1930, provided that Commissions of Sewers were to be treated, for the purposes of the Act, as if they had been constituted under the Act as a drainage board for the areas under their jurisdiction, and were to continue in force until abolished by an order under s. 4(1)(b) of the Act [20 and 21 George V, c. 44, ss. 1(4) and 83(2).]; meanwhile, they were to exercise their existing powers and also any additional powers provided by the Act [20 and 21 George V, c. 44, s. 83(3).]. On 19 December 1930 the Commissioners resolved that 'the Board be called the Arun Internal Drainage Board'

The rights and obligations of the Commissioners over the 'main river' lying within their jurisdiction were transferred to the River Arun Catchment Board on 5 October 1931 by the River Arun Catchment Board Transfer Order, 1931 [Statutory Rules and Orders, 1931, No. 877, made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under s. 4(1)(a) of the Land Drainage Act, 1930 (20 and 21 George V, c. 44).]. The powers and duties of the Commissioners acting as the Arun Internal Drainage Board were transferred to the River Arun Catchment Board by the River Arun Catchment Board (Transfer of Powers of the Rape of Arundel Commissioners of Sewers) Order, 1933 [Made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under s. 11 of the Land Drainage Act, 1930 (20 and 21 George V, c. 44).]; and the Commission was finally abolished on 21 August 1933 by the River Arun Catchment Board (Abolition of Commissioners of Sewers) Order, 1933 [S. R. & O., 1933, No. 841, made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under s. 4(1)(b) of the Land Drainage Act, 1930 (20 and 21 George V, c. 44).]