Counsel’s Opinion on Traditions of Admission to Borough Freedom
Charles Sparrow QC 1973 and 1991 Claiming freedom otherwise than through a father. I am of opinion that, as a general principle, freedom by birth may be established through a grandfather or other ancestor more remote than a father. And I consider that freedom as a “son of a freeman” is available in the same way. At the outset it seems to me important to reflect that, in every place, one is dealing with a matter of custom, which will…