FEUDAL RIGHTS in Alstonefield, Staffordshire - a case note of a recent dispute

[The Land Is Ours]

the story below begs the question, why-on-earth are ancient titles are sold 
on the open market at-all?
**************

- [featured on BBC Radio-4's "You & Yours" (transmission - 18/09/01)].
FEUDAL RIGHTS :			
Legal arguments are raging over the exercise of ancient legal rights which 
are blighting people's homes in Alstonefield in Staffordshire and in 
neighbouring villages. At the centre of the dispute is a businessman, Mark 
Roberts who bought the title of Lord of the Manor of Alstonefield. These
ancient titles are often sold at auction for their novelty value but Mr 
Roberts who paid £10,000 for his, is claiming what he says are his ancient 
rights over acres of Staffordshire moorlands and properties in several 
villages. People living in the area claim house sales are falling through
and farmers are unable to find buyers for their land because of Mr Roberts.







The Land Is Ours
... A Landrights Movement for All

The Land Is Ours campaigns peacefully for access to the land, its resources 
and the decision making processes affecting them, for everyone - 
irrespecitive of race, age, or gender.

Postal address :
16B Cherwell St, OXFORD, OX4 1BG, England.
or contact us at:  office at tlio.demon.co.uk
Press enquiries :  07961 460171
website :  http://www.oneworld.org/tlio/

For a year's subscription for the TLIO  newsletter (3 times a year), we are 
asking for £3 per annum.  Please make cheques payable to "The Land Is Ours". 
  ----------


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.185 / Virus Database: 88 - Release Date: 18/08/00


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]