A Commoner of Ashdown Forest from the Medieval period. Hugh worked hard on Ashdown Forest, one of the many hunting forests spread over the High Weald . As a commoner Hugh had special rights, such as grazing his beasts and collecting an allowance of firewood.
Curriculum link for primary schools: Local History Study 7, British History 8b,
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