Hugh Westlake

Hugh Westlake (c.1656 - after 1700) was a barrister of the Middle Temple and the Surveyor of the Woods for the Duchy of Lancaster.

A Plan of Enfield Chase in the County of Middlesex Survey'd by Joel Gascoign, by the order and advice of H. Westlake. Esqr. Survr. A scale of 10 furlongs. 1700.

Map from Hugh Westlake's survey of Enfield Chase in 1700^[1]

Early life

Hugh Westlake was born around 1656.^[2]

Career

Westlake was a barrister of the Middle Temple and the Surveyor of the Woods for the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1698, or slightly after, he carried out a survey of the royal hunting ground of Enfield Chase in order to allow the felling of timber for the creation of new ridings and a lawn of 300 acres in the centre for deer to feed in.^[3] As a result of this survey a new map was created of the Chase, one of the few to exist, and one of the last before enclosure of the Chase in 1777.^[4]

References

1. Pam, David. (1984) The Story of Enfield Chase. Enfield: Enfield Preservation Society. p. 98. ISBN 0907318037
2. Hayton, D.W. (Ed.) (1996) The Parliamentary Diary of Sir Richard Cocks 1698-1702. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 148. ISBN 0198223706
3. Ford, Edward. (1873) A History of Enfield &c. Enfield: Enfield Press. p. 41.
4. Tuff, J. (1858) Historical, Topographical and Statistical Notices of Enfield, in the County of Middlesex &c. Enfield: J. H. Meyers. p. 77.

External links

• Media related to Enfield Chase at Wikimedia Commons