Bedford Level Act 1663

XXXVI. Owners of 175 Acres of Land in Sutton and North and South Meadland may sue the Owners of other Lands for Contribution.

Provided alsoe and be it enacted That it shall and may be lawfull to and for such Person and Persons (as were heretofore Owners of the one hundred seaventy five Acres in Sutton North and South Meadland in the said Isle of Ely sett out by the said Law of S^t Ives as a Recompence for dreyning the whole North and South Meadlands conteyning about one thousand Acres their Heires or Assignes to sue and implead before the said Comissioners or any seaven or more of them the Owners and Occupiers of the said North and South Meadlands or elsewhere within the said Great Levell to draw them into Contribution for their severall and respective Proportions of the said North and South Meadlands towards the said one hundred seaventy five Acres And the said Comissioners or any seaven or more of them shall thereupon adjudge and decree unto the said Owners of the said one hundred seaventy five Acres or such of them as they shall thinke fitt and to their Heires and Assignes such Recompence and Satisfaction either in Ready Money yearely Rent or Land out of the Residue of the said North and South Meadlands as to the said Comissioners or any seaven or more of them shall seeme meete to be held and enjoyed by the said Owners of the said one hundred seaventy five Acres their Heires and Assignes.