Hugh Westlake (c.1656 - after 1700) was a barrister of the Middle Temple and the Surveyor of the Woods for the Duchy of Lancaster.
Early life Hugh Westlake was born around 1656.Hayton, D.W. (Ed.) (1996) The Parliamentary Diary of Sir Richard Cocks 1698-1702. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 148.
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.Ford, Edward. (1873) A History of Enfield &c. Enfield: Enfield Press. p. 41. 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.Tuff, J. (1858) Historical, Topographical and Statistical Notices of Enfield, in the County of Middlesex &c. Enfield: J. H. Meyers. p. 77.
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