THE FOREST OF DARTMOOR
Whilst far too little has hitherto been printed about many of England’s
forests, the reverse is true with regard to Dartmoor. The mere list
of books and publications relating to Dartmoor, its history, scenery,
antiquities, and convicts, covers twelve pages of the last edition
of Rowe’s _Perambulation_. Much of this is, however, of an ephemeral
character, and the only two books that give serious information as to
the history of the forest or chase are J. S. W. Page’s _Exploration
of Dartmoor_ (1889), and the one just named. _The Perambulation of
Dartmoor_, by Samuel Rowe, vicar of Crediton, a good antiquary of his
day, was first published in 1848; it was reprinted in 1856, and in
1896 brought out again in a much extended and corrected form by J.
Brooking Rowe, F.S.A. This last admirable volume gives _in extenso_ a
variety of historical documents from a charter of John in 1199 down to
an interesting presentment of the jurors of a court of survey in 1786.
Nevertheless, a continuous history of this forest or chase yet remains to
be written.
In the following brief remarks a mere bare outline of the general run
of such a history is all that is attempted; whilst the additional
documentary evidence cited has, to the best of our belief, never before
been printed.
The whole forest of Dartmoor lies within the old parish of Lydford, by
far the largest parish in all England. The wild table-land of the forest
in the centre of the shire, with its adjacent common lands, hardly
distinguishable from the forest proper, covers some 100,000 acres,
whilst the actual forest has, in round numbers, an acreage of 60,000.
The district is about twenty-eight miles long from north to south,
and about twenty-six miles wide from east to west. The nature of this
granite table-land makes it certain that Dartmoor was never covered to
any considerable extent with timber, although there was doubtless more
underwood in places, diversified by occasional growth of oak, alder, and
willow in the more sheltered glades.
By a charter of John, 18th May, 1204, all lands in Devonshire, save the
forests of Dartmoor and Exmoor, were disafforested, thus anticipating the
great charter of 1215, so far as this county was concerned.
In 1222 Henry III. directed the bailiffs of the once important borough
of Lydford to permit the tinners of Devon to take peat from his moor of
Dartmoor for the use of the stannary.
Henry III., in 1228, granted to Adam Esturney certain lands, which Roger
Mirabel had held of the king in chief, in Skerradon and Shapelegh, by
the service of two barbed arrows when the king came to hunt in his chase
of Dartmoor. The manor of Woodbury was held in chief of the king by the
service of three barbed arrows and an oat cake of the price of half
a farthing, when the king should come to Dartmoor for hunting in his
chase. The ancient tenure of the manor of Druscombe also shows that royal
hunting over this waste, then so well stocked with deer, was anticipated,
for the lord had to present a bow and three arrows to the king when
hunting on the moor.
In 1236, the king granted the tithe of the herbage or agistment of
Dartmoor to the chaplain serving the church of St. Petrock at Lydford.
In 1240, the sheriff was directed to summon a jury to determine, by
perambulation, the bounds of Dartmoor Forest. Of this perambulation there
are several early copies. An ancient quaint map of the forest, of which
a photograph is given by Mr. Brooking Rowe, is extant that has generally
been supposed to be coeval with this perambulation, but it is probably
two centuries later in date.
An entry on the Close Rolls, dated 23rd January, 1251, shows that the
very rare privilege of having a justice in eyre for forest pleas, for
a forest that was not strictly royal, was granted to Richard Earl of
Cornwall, to whom the castle, manor, borough of Lydford and the forest of
Dartmoor had been granted.
Geoffrey of Langley, justice of the forest, was at that date ordered by
the king, as a concession to the Earl of Cornwall, when he had finished
the eyre then being held in the county of Nottingham, to proceed to
Dartmoor for a like purpose.
Mr. Brooking Rowe prints a rendering of the ministers’ accounts of Edmund
Earl of Cornwall relative to Dartmoor for the years 1296-7. The items
are arranged under the heads of the borough and manor Lydford, including
the fee-farm rent, and profits arising from water-mill, fairs, toll-tin,
and stray cattle; and the forest, including profits from water-mill,
from township fines for pasturing cattle, from peat-diggers, from the
agistment of 2,442 cattle at 1½_d._ a head, from 487 horses at 2_d._ each
horse, and from pannage, etc. There were various court fines chiefly for
straying cattle, but two for trespass during the fence month show that
some care was taken of the red deer. Under the head of allowances, 60_s._
is entered as paid to the parson of Lydford, and 42_s._ for the stipends
and drink money (_poutura_) of the foresters, with 22_s._ for their
expenses in the fence month, and stipends and drink money for twelve
herdsmen from 3rd May to 15th August, 76_s._ 6_d._ There was a clear
balance on the whole account for the Earl of Cornwall of £44 2_s._
That the deer were well warded, in addition to the cattle, is shown by
the supplies of salted venison that were sent to Edward I. and Edward II.
from this forest.
From the reign of Edward III. to that of James I. there are various
ministers’ accounts and court rolls among the duchy muniments at the
Public Record Office. The forest was divided into four quarters or wards,
known from the points of the compass as East, West, North, and South,
and the accounts of each were kept separately. The accounts of Robert de
Cleford, the keeper and receiver of the moneys for turves, agistments,
etc., for the years 1354-5, show the following particulars for the first
three wards, that for the South being mutilated:—
_East._—2,641 cattle and 198 horses agisted, and five peat-cutters
licensed—producing £34 7_s._ 5_d._
_West._—1,408 cattle and thirty-seven horses agisted, and twenty-two
folds and twelve peat-cutters licensed—producing £10 2_s._ 9½_d._
_North._—298 cattle, 163 horses, fourteen folds, and thirty-one
peat-cutters—producing £5 1_s._ 6½_d._
The charge right through these accounts for a long period was 1½_d._ a
head for cattle and 2_d._ a head for horses, 2_d._ for each fold, and
5_d._ from each peat-digger. Those who dug peat for fuel are termed
_carbonarii_, which has been absurdly translated colliers, and mention of
early coal-getting on Dartmoor has been more than once printed. But the
geological formation makes such an idea impossible.
Ralph Houle was the receiver in 1370-1, and his accounts for two wards
yield the following particulars.
_East Ward._—2,762 cattle agisted within the forest, and 1,762 without
the forest; five horses agisted within the forest, and twenty-nine
without. This agistment, in addition to the payments of thirteen
peat-cutters, 58_s._ 10_d._ in rents, gave a total of £29 15_s._ 11_d._
_West Ward._—952 cattle and twelve horses agisted, whilst thirty-eight
men paid for folds and thirteen to cut peat. This, with 11_s._ 11_d._
rents, made a total of £9 9_s._ 10½_d._ Among the outgoings were the
60_s._ of tithe, which appears in every account, 6_s._ 8_d._ to the clerk
who drew up the returns, and the stipends of two foresters.
The court rolls of 1381-2 have the heading _de venatione infra forestam_
several times, but no entry follows.
The accounts for 1387-8 give John Copleston as the king’s steward in
Devonshire. John Prik was the forester-bailiff of the West forest;
the money wages for two foresters was only 13_s._ 4_d._, but they
each received an additional 6_d._ a week during the four weeks of
the deer-calving time, or fence month. For the North forest, Robert
Colleshull was forester-bailiff, and Ralph Brante for the East forest; in
both cases the wages were the same as in the West ward. Much of this roll
is illegible.
The ministers’ accounts for 1403-4 give Henry Burgeye as receiver, and
he accounts for the borough of Lydford. William Wykes was forester for
North Dartmoor; 1,307 cattle, ninety-one horses, forty-two peat-cutters,
and twenty-four folds. Aver Wonstan was forester for East Dartmoor; 1,693
cattle, 133 horses, twenty-one peat-cutters, and twelve folds. William
Ysabel was forester for South Dartmoor; 1,600 cattle, forty-nine horses,
sixteen peat-cutters, and twelve folds. William Kelly was forester for
West Dartmoor; 1,780 cattle, ninety-seven horses, sixteen peat-cutters,
and twelve folds.
A bundle of court rolls of the beginning of Henry V.’s reign, 1399-1405,
contain many interesting forest details. At a court for East Dartmoor
held at Lydford on St. Luke’s Day, there were various fines for
unwarranted agistment, and one charge of hunting with greyhounds at
Myrepitte on Christmas Day. Though not so styled, there were evidently
the regular swainmote courts held in forests every forty days, for courts
were also held, for the year 1399-1400, in February, on the Feast of St.
David, at Easter, Sts. Philip and James, Whitsuntide, St. John Baptist,
St. Mark, and the Assumption—nine in all.
There were also eight courts held for West Dartmoor, on days quite apart
from those for the east ward, including St. Clement’s, Christmas, St.
Valentine’s, and St. Gregory’s Days. There is a full list for 1399-1400
of those who turned their cattle (_averia_) out in East Dartmoor. The
contrast is considerable between the rich John Abraham—(was he of Jewish
descent?)—who turned out 300 head, and Walter atte Heade who had only a
single beast. The total of the cattle is 1,970, and the agistment money
came to £19 6_s._ 3_d._
The ministers’ accounts for 1403-4 show a still large number of agisted
cattle on East Dartmoor, namely, 3,159, in addition to twenty-nine
horses; the peat-cutters numbered thirty. Richard Wyte was the
bailiff-forester. The wages for two foresters stand as in earlier
accounts, and there is also 10_s._ paid for a warden of the cattle
collected at the pound of Dunbryge, and for a clerk writing out the
list and aiding in impounding them. In Rowe’s _Perambulation_ there are
several references to Dunbridge, or Dunnabridge, pound, usually called
the duchy pound, of a much later date. The sum of 3_s._ 4_d._ was paid
this year for parchment on which to write the East Dartmoor agistment
lists. The bailiff-forester for West Dartmoor for that year was Alfred
Wonstan; he returned 1,430 cattle, thirty-two horses, and twenty-one
peat-cutters, but no fold money (_faldagium_); for this ward there were
also two paid foresters with an assistant herdsman for the Dunbridge
pound. South Dartmoor (John Grendon) had 2,012 cattle, thirty-six horses,
and seventeen peat-cutters; whilst North Dartmoor (John Wyke) had 1,401
cattle, eighty-nine horses, and thirty-three peat-cutters. These two
wards also each paid for two foresters and an assistant for the Dunbridge
pound. This great pound, between Two Bridges and Dartmeet, is a large
enclosure measuring 350 feet from east to west, and 330 feet from north
to south. Rowe describes the wall as nearly 6 feet high where perfect.
The ministers’ accounts for 1451-2 yield the following agistment returns:—
East West South North
Cattle 1,208 1,248 1,696 1,045
Horses 42 21 40 26
This shows a considerable falling off from the returns of half a century
earlier date.
The agistment entries more than a century later, in the court rolls
for the forest of 1571-2, give the numbers of the cattle on North
Dartmoor as 1,224; they belonged to fifty-four owners: Thomas Whyte
owned 208, Thomas Ware 150, and Stephen Knight forty-eight, whilst some
only owned one beast. Under _Nomina delinquent’ infra forest’_ are the
names of Stephen Knight and thirty others who were each fined 3_s._ for
agistment offences. There were only thirteen horses. Agistment of sheep
(_bidentes_) now appear on the rolls; of these there were twenty-one
owners, and their flocks on the moor varied from 300 to 10; the total
number of the sheep was 830, and their agistment fees amounted to 25_s._
11_d._ The cattle on South Dartmoor numbered 1,043, and the horses nine;
whilst twelve persons turned out 346 sheep for 10_s._ 7½_d._ On West
Dartmoor the cattle numbered 1,619, and the horses twenty, but there were
no sheep. On East Dartmoor there were 2,079 cattle, twenty horses, and
100 sheep. Five persons each turned out a score, and paid the aggregate
sum of 3_s._ 1½_d._, so the charge for sheep was 7½_d._ the score. In
each ward there were a number of delinquents who paid 3_s._ fines. The
total of the peat-cutters, who still paid 5_d._ each, on the whole moor
was thirty-five.
The court rolls for some twenty years later, namely, for 1595-6, show
that the sheep were increasing. There were 843 in the north quarter, 110
in the east, and 246 in the west; the return for the south quarter is
missing.
In the reign of James the sheep on the whole materially increased, at the
expense of the cattle. The proportions for the north quarter in 1609-10
were 746 cattle, thirteen horses, and 1,560 sheep; but they fluctuated
much, for in 1617-19 the cattle of the same quarter numbered 640, the
horses seven, and the sheep 600.
The introduction of sheep on Dartmoor probably showed a diminution in the
deer, or, at all events, less attention to their interests; for although
red deer, where they roam widely, are not nearly so much affected by
sheep pasturage as fallow deer, still it was always the principle to
restrict sheep very narrowly in royal forests even when tenanted by the
larger deer.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century the red deer had become so
plentiful on Dartmoor that the farmers bitterly complained, and at last
they were exterminated by the staghounds of the Duke of Bedford, sent
down from Woburn for that purpose. It has been said that “Tavistock was
so glutted with venison that only the haunches of the animals killed
were saved, the rest being given to the hounds,” but this is obviously
a somewhat ridiculous exaggeration. Of late years red deer occasionally
find their way to Dartmoor, straying thither from Exmoor, although its
nearest point is over forty miles distant.
The return of the jurors of the court of survey of the manor of Lydford
and the forest of Dartmoor on 13th October, 1786, as parcel of the
possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall, is cited in full by Mr. Rowe. It
supplies interesting particulars as to the then obligation of the tenants
to assist the foresters of the east, south, and west quarters to make
a winter drift for the colts at their own charge, and to drive them to
Dunnabridge pound and keep them there for two days and three nights, and
thence to the Prince’s pound at Lydford, all at their own charge save the
taking from the forester one halfpenny white loaf of bread apiece; also
to help in the three summer drifts of cattle between Midsummer and Lammas
after like fashion, under pain of 6_s._ 8_d._
A further presentation by the jurors was with regard to divers towns or
villages abutting on the forest and within the purlieu, whose cattle did
daily escape into the forest. Such offenders were subject to fine, which
fine was turned into a rent called _Fines Villarum_, hence those who
dwell in these townships and pay these rents are called Venvillemen. They
further presented that Venvillemen, in return for the rent, may keep as
many cattle as they can winter on their tenements in the forest, and may
cut turf for their own use.
The Venville parishes number twenty-one. When the drifts were made,
Venvillemen could recover their cattle or colts without paying any fine
or charge, but the other remained pounded till the due fee had been
discharged. The drift was summoned by the sound of a horn.
Every parish of the county has a right to send cattle to this moor save
Barnstaple and Totnes.
The duchy now lets the four quarters of Dartmoor to the moormen, who in
return charge a small fee for every sheep, bullock, or horse turned out
not belonging to a Venvilleman, and this fee includes, as it did of old,
a pledge of protection.
None of our English forests have so many of their original boundary or
ancient guide stones remaining as that of Dartmoor, and the reason is
sufficiently obvious, namely, the imperishable character of the granite
that abounds throughout the district. Such stones almost naturally
assumed the shape of a cross in the days of the simple vivid faith of
our forefathers. The old grey cross standing up on the bare moor would
not only tell the moormen or the Venvillemen of the bounds of their
respective rights, or point out the path to be taken by the wayfarer,
but would serve to keep in remembrance the Saviour of mankind. In one of
the earliest printed English books, by Wynken de Word, in the fifteenth
century, occur these words:—
“For this reason ben Crosses by ye waye, that whan folke
passynge see the Crosses, they sholde thynke on Hym that dyed
on the Corss, and worshyppe Hym above all thynge.”
Notwithstanding the mischief that has been done to these Dartmoor forest
crosses, by wanton ignorance or Puritan malevolence, upwards of thirty
still remain. They are admirably described and illustrated by Mr. William
Crossing, in his _Ancient Crosses of Dartmoor_ (1887).
FOOTNOTES
[1] This word, though the assistance of some of our ablest philologists
has been asked and courteously given, remains uncertain in its meaning.
The probabilities on the whole favour the idea that it was a local name
for some kind of horned deer. Possibly it may have been the roebuck.
Compare _leucoryx_, the name for a white antelope.
[2] _Duchy Depositions_, I. H. 10.
[3] _Ibid._, 10_a_.
[4] _Capille_, _capulle_, or _capul_, is an old English term for a
horse, chiefly north country. It is used in _Piers Ploughman_ and the
_Canterbury Tales_.
[5] _Tynsell_, or _tinsel_, was small dry wood, such as was collected for
heating ovens.
INDEX
Abbenhalle, 277, 278
Ralph, 71, 277, 278
Abraham, John, 344
Acclam family, 113
_Account of English Deer Parks_, 85
Ackworth park, 76, 80
Acland, Bart., Sir Thomas Dyke, 339
Acle, Reginald de, 245, 288
Roger, 247
Acornbury forest, 7
Acres, Jean d’, 227
Acton Burnell, 225
Acton, Henry de, 135
Adam, huntsman, 49
the fowler of Ayton, 39
Adderley, Nicholas, 191
“Afforestation,” 5
Agard, John, 172, 194
Ralph, 172
William, 142, 176, 197
Agardsley, 138, 142
Agisters, 10, 14, 23-4, 41
_Agricultural Reports of Leicestershire of 1794_, 232
Alant, 50
Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of, 322
Albiny, Philip de, 323
Alconbury, 269
Aldborough, Richard de, 213
Aldburgh, 125
Alder, 73, 74
Alderbury, 314, 322
Alderwasley, 73, 186, 191, 192, 195, 202
Alexander, King of Scotland, 91
Alice Holt forest, 78, 85, 309-10
Alisson, Henry, 189
Allantofts, 116
Allen, Thurston, 168
Allerdale, 92
Allerston, 45
Allerton, 213, 216
Alne, the, 87, 90, 92, 129
Alnwick Castle, 90
forest, 7, 77, 88, 89, 90
Alsop, John, 194
Alston, 91
Alton, 245
Alvandeley, Richard de, 102
Alvechurch, 147
Alveston forest, 7
Ambassadors, 77, 78
Ambros, Richard, 317
Amesbury, 313, 314, 324, 326, 327
Amice, Widow, 148
Amond, Robert, 140
Amounderness forest, 44, 45, 80, 98, 102, 104
Ampthill, 78, 79
_Ancient Crosses of Dartmoor_, 348
Andover, 327
Andredes-weald, 301
Andville, John de, 156
_Anecdotes of Cranborne Chase_, 82
Ankirk, 288
_Annals of the Ancient Royal Forests of Exmoor_, 335
Anne of Denmark, 339
Anne, Queen, 219
Annesley, 215
Apethorpe, 253
Aquitium, 160
_Arabilis_, 72
Aragon, Catherine of, 338, 339
Archer, Richard, 228
Thomas le, 161
Arden forest, 229
Simon, 197
Arley, 148
_Armiger_, 192
Arnold forest, 213, 219
Arrow, the, 229
Arsic, Robert, 258
_Art de Venerie, L’_, 61
Arundel forest, 302
Edmund, Earl of, 318
Thomas, 318
Ash, 68, 73, 74, 263, 293
Ashborne, John de, 54
Ashbourn, Robert de, 15
Ashdale, 94, 95
Ashdown, 37, 301, 302
Ashfield, 132, 219
Ashleyhay, 186, 202
Ashop, 170, 173, 177
Ashover, 167
Ashpotts, 74
Ashton, 325
Ashwood, 148
Aspen, 68
Assarts, 11, 12
Assheton, William, 193
Assize of Woodstock, 11, 68
Aston, 150, 159, 240
Hugh de, 228
Astune, Walter de, 227
Atherton de Ayntre, Henry de, 102
Atkyn’s _Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire_, 274
Attachment court, the, 13, 14
Attewell, Adam, 34
Avenel, William, 205
Avon, the, 38, 227
Micah, 95
Awdley, Sir James, 311
Axe-bearer, 19, 23, 153
Axisholt, 309
Ayer, Robert, 169
Aylesbury, Walter de, 228
Ayston, 236
Ayton, Gilbert, 40, 45
Babington, Anthony, 194
Thomas, 168, 172
Babthorp, Master, 119
Bacon, Richard, 320
Robert, 244
Badelesmere, Gaucelin de, 131
Badger, 35, 36-7
Badyngton, Baldwin, 338
Matilda, 338
Bagel, William le, 336
Baggley, Ralph, 293
Bagley, 257
Bagnall House, 85
Bagott, Stephen, 174, 175
Bagshawe, George, 170
Thomas, 171, 174, 175
William, 164, 171, 175
Bagshot, 298
Bagworth, 54
Bailiwick, 14, 19
Bailly, Robert, 311
Baines’ _Lancashire_, 98
Baker, 172, 237
Bakewell, 151, 153, 167
Baldere, Richard, 191
Baldlyston, Simon de, 103
Banastre, Adam, 103
Thomas, 103
Bantrum, William, 292
Barbery, Booth, 166
Barbille, 119
Barbour, Edward, 170, 171
George, 323
John, 323
Thomas, 323
Bardley, 226
Bardolf, John, 214
Bardulf, William, 206
Barking, abbess of, 34
Barley, Humphrey, 175
Barlowe, George, 171
Barnact, 239
Barnsdale, 235
Barnstaple, 347
Barre, Peter de la, 209
Barton, 138, 139, 141, 142
Robert de, 93
William de, 239
Barylgate, 118
Basford, 214, 219
Basingwerk, 13, 134, 154, 158, 160, 166, 173
Baskerville, Walter, 36
Baslow, Richard de, 164
Bass, 72
Basset, Ralph, 147, 148
Sir Robert, 58, 242
Bassethawe, 58
Bast, 72, 141
Bateson, Miss, 232
Baveney, 226
Baynton, Henry, 325
Beagle, 50
Beard, 167
Beasts of the forests, 25-40
Beauchamp, James, 228
John de, 259
Sir Richard, 323
Sir William de, 306
Beauchief Abbey, 13
Beaufoy, Ralph de, 155
Beaulieu, 307
Beaumont, 234, 235, 237
_Beauties of England and Wales_, 221
Bebington, 131
Beckford, 64
Beech, 68, 73, 311
Beeching, 302
Bees and honey, 39-40
Bek, Anthony, 88, 115, 126, 147, 148, 208
Thomas, 208
Walter, 208
Beler, Roger, 189
Belper, 8, 33, 43, 54, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193,
198, 199, 200, 202, 203
Belton, 236
Belvoir, 168
Benefield, 241, 242, 243, 244
Laund, 255
Benselin, Henry, 239
Bentinck, William, 95
Bentley, 229
Bercelet, 48, 52, 53
Bere forest, 85, 309, 310-12
Beresford Dale, 32
Berewyk, Adam de, 101
Thomas de, 101
Bergh, Alexander de, 111
Bernard de, 111
Berkeley, Maurice, 236
Berkshire forest, 266-7
Bermondsey, 69
Bernake, Gervase de, 33, 160
Bernarius, 53
Berner, the, 53
Bernes, Dame Julyana, 63
Bernwood forest, 35, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262, 267, 268
Berse, 277
Bertram, Roger, 88
Berwick, 109
Bestwood, 76, 206, 207, 213, 215, 216, 222
Bethune, Thomas de, 99
Bevercote, William de, 212
Bewdley, 225, 226
Bewell, Thomas, 171
Bicester, 257
Bicknoure, 277
_Bidentes_, 345
Bigg, Walter, 165
Biggin, 191, 198
Bigland’s _Historical Collections_, 274
Bigod, Hugh, 240
Bigot, Robert, 115
Sir Ralph, 122
Bikerstach, Ralph de, 104
Bilhagh, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222
Billahaugh, 207
Binsted, 245
Birch, 68, 73, 74
Birkhow, 115
Birkin, John de, 205
Thomas de, 205
Birkland, 217, 218, 220, 222
Birkley, 140, 142
Birkley Lodge, 42
Birton, Joan de, 214
Ralph de, 214
Bishop of Lichfield’s Chase, 146
Bishops Waltham, 81
Blackbrook, 153, 198
Blackburn, 98
Blackburnshire forest, 32, 98, 104, 105, 106
Blackmore, 330, 331-2
vale of, 86
Blackthorn, 68, 73, 74
Blackwater bridge, 290
Blackwell, George, 174
Blagden, 37
Blagge, Mrs. Mary, 80
Blaine’s _Encyclopedia of Rural Sports_, 32
Blake, John, 323
Blakeney, 277
Blakey Moor, 112
Blandford, 84, 265
Blandsby, 57, 119, 120, 124
Blandsby park, 109
Blane, Richard, 64
Bleasdale forest, 80, 98, 99, 100
_Blestro_, 75
_Blettro_, 75
Bleythe, 277
Blidworth, 204, 217, 222
Bligh, 205, 206
Bliorth, 212
Blisworth, 246
Bloodhound, 50
Blount, Henry, 226, 227
Walter, 168
William le, 102
Blundel, William, 99
Blyth, 207
Boar, wild, 25, 26, 30-2, 107-8, 154, 275
Bode, Agnes, 209
Robert, 209
Bois, Thomas de, 289
_Boke of Saint Albans, The_, 63
_Bolas_, 72
_Boldon Book_, the, 97
Boldre, 73
Boleyn, Sir Thomas, 338
Boltby, 213
_Bona vacantia_, 5
Bononia, Sir Francis de, 35, 260
_Booth_, 43, 166
Bordesley, 228
Boroughbridge, 109
Bosco, Ernald de, 258
Bossington, 336
Bot, John, 213
“Bounderers,” 9
Bourchier, Sir Thomas, 292, 295
William, 323
Bow-bearer, 20, 94, 106, 177
Bowden, 152, 159, 170
Bower Chalk, 82
Bowland forest, 32, 98, 104
Bowls, 72
Bowood, 85, 324, 325
Boynton family, 113
Bozon, Robert, 161
Brabazon, Richard, 100
Brache, 48, 50
Bradburn, 69
Bradburne, Henry de, 190
Humphrey, 193, 194
John, 192
William, 202
Bradeford, Robert de, 134
Braden, 325-6
Bradfield, Thomas, 191
Bradley, 192
Richard de, 337
Bradshaw, 69, 200
Anthony, 200, 201
Henry, 191
John, 190, 191, 193, 195
Robert, 195
William, 200
Braithwait, 93
Brampton, 116, 338
Bramshill, 81
Branch, 328
Brandenburgh, Duke of, 79
Branding irons, 284
Brante, Ralph, 334
Braose family, 302
William, 302
Braundeston, Matilda de, 246
Braunston, 234, 235, 236
Bray, 295
Ralph de, 101
Sir Reynold, 169
Braydon, 60, 81
Brayton, 331
Breadsall, 213
Bren, Llewellyn, 279
Bret, John le, 213, 215
Thomas, 35
Breton, William le, 244, 260, 269, 333
Breward, 146
Brewere, William de, 31, 258
Brewood, 147, 148, 223
Bridewode, 279
Bridford, 292
Bridge Casterton, 234
Bridge, Mr., 237
Bridgman, Sir Orlando, 324
Bridgnorth, 146, 148, 223, 224, 225
Bridlington, 116, 117
Brien, Guy de, 279
Brigstock, 35, 58, 240, 241, 242, 243, 248, 250, 252, 253, 255, 256
Brill forest, 267
Bristol, 280
Bristwick park, 76
Britford, 313
Briton, Ralph, 267
Brockshaw, John, 200
Brodeles, 59
Brodenstoke, 324
_Broksylver_, 167
Bromall, John, 170
Bromley, 104
Thomas de, 146
Brook, 235, 236
Brotherton, 126
Broughton, 44, 45, 102, 103
Brown, Thomas, 172
Bruce, Robert, 109
Bruern, 258, 261
Bruges, 148
Bruys, Matilda de, 36
Brymore, John de, 306
Brymyngeshoe, 118
Buck, the, 25
Buckholt, 313, 315, 316, 317
Buckhounds, 49
Buckinghamshire forest, 267-8
Buckstalls, 56-7
Buddlesgate, 311
Budley, 207
Budworth, 133
Bugg, Ralph, 160
Bulax, 245
Bulbe, Ralph, 337
Bulkeley, Roger, 318
Bullsmore, 184, 188, 189
Bulmer, 128
Bulners, Peter, 187
Bulwick, 253
Burford, 258
Burgeye, Henry, 343
Burgs, Henry de, 206
Burleigh, Lord, 298
Burnell, Hugh, 225
Robert, 225
Burton, 96, 140
Mr., 231
Burton-on-Trent, 140
Burtonwood forest, 99
Bushie Park, 78
Butter, Henry, 200, 201
James, Marquis of Ormonde, 339
Butterly, 194
Buxted, 301
Buxton, 159
Mr. E. N., 86, 283, 286
Byfleet, 293
Bygley, Ralph, 38
Bygod, Roger, Earl of Norfolk, 111
_Byke_, a, 40
Byngham, Robert de, 332
Byron, Sir John, 196, 216
_Cableicium or cablicium_, 7
Cadworth, 328
Caius, Dr., 48
Caldew, 92
Caldon, 236
Calne, 322, 324
Calton Park, 77
Calverton, 14, 212, 215
Cambrencis, Giraldus, 154
Camden, Mr., 331
Camerton, Andrew de, 306
Camhead, 163
Campana, 151, 152, 153, 154, 160, 161, 165, 168, 170, 173, 183
_Campestres_, 63
Candover, 225
Philip de, 52
_Canes cheverolerez_, 49
Cannock Chase, 145-8
forest, 34
Canonpath, 316
Cantelupe manor, 276
Cantilupe, Mabel de, 8
William, 240
Canute, 4, 44, 68
“Capille,” 171
_Capistra_, 59
Caponn, Sir Robert, 109
_Capriolus_, 29
_Carbonarii_, 343
Carburton, 207
Cardell, 69
Carducis, Thomas de, 208
Carlisle, 90, 91, 122
John, Bishop of, 215
Carlton, 220, 242, 248
William, 127
Carnabie, Cuthbert, 89, 90
Cassy, Sir John, 180
Castiard, 71, 278
Castle Donnington, 54
Castlehay, 138, 139, 141, 142, 144
Castlehay park, 80
Castleman, Mr., 84
Castleton, 150, 151, 152, 156, 165, 167
Cat, wild, 33, 36
Caton, John de, 100
Ralph de, 40
Cattle, 42-3, 342-5
_Catulos_, 34
Caux, Matilda de, 205
Cave, Sir Ambrose, 174, 196
Cavendish, Henry, Lord, 80, 144
Cawledge park, 90
_Cervericii canes_, 49
_Cervus elaphas_, 26
_Chablis_, 7
Chaddesden, 155
Chaddesley, 149
Chaderton, Edward, 330
Chafin, Mr., 82
Chamber of the Forest, 152, 168, 171
Peak, 152
Champagne, 183, 190
Champyon, the, 174
Chapel, 167
Chapel-en-le-Frith, 151, 152, 163, 168, 179
Chappell Henalt Walk, 78
Chapter, the, 11
Charcoal burning, 137
Charlbury, 262
Charlcote, Thomas de, 261
Charles I., 77, 179, 201, 297
II., 32, 79, 95, 130, 143, 144
Charnwood forest, 231-2
_Charnwood Forest_, 231
Charter of the Forest, the, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 22, 40, 42, 47, 60,
95, 227, 229, 284, 330, 331
Chase, a, 2
Chaumpvent, Peter de, 92
Cheddar forest, 7, 334
Chelmorton, 153, 167, 178
Cheminage and Fence Month, 59-61, 127, 147, 187, 272
Chertsey, 34, 38, 287, 288, 290, 293
Cheselden, John, 236
Cheshire forest, 20, 131-6
_Cheshire_, Ormerod’s, 131
Chester, 36, 38, 39, 131, 132, 134, 136, 206
Chesterfield, 205
Chestnut, sweet, 68, 71, 278
Chettle Common, 84
Lodge, 84
Cheut forest, 78
_Cheverellus_, 29
Chevin, 192, 198, 202, 203
House, 199, 200
Chevinsyde, 201
Chevrones, 206
Cheyne, Roger, 328
Child, Mr. T. F., 204
Chilterns, the, 257
Chilton Foliat, 266
Chingford, 283
Walk, 78
Chinley Common, 32
Chippenham, 322, 323
Chipping, 105
Chisworth, 179
Cholmley, Richard, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124
Roger, 122
Christchurch, 38
Churchill, 149
Chute forest, 290, 327-8
Chyllynton, 146
_Chymynagium_, 59
Clare, Gilbert de, 227
Clare, Robert, 31
Claret, John, 157
Clarendon forest, 7, 9, 13, 20, 29, 31, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 49, 52,
56, 57, 71, 73, 85, 313-22
Clark, Richard, 200
Claughton forest, 101
Clay, 219
Clee forest, 226
Cleford, Robert de, 342
Cleley, 237
Cleobury, 225
Clerk, Philip le, 148
Clewer, 58
Cliff forest, 46, 239, 240, 250, 251, 252, 255, 256
Cliff, William de, 275
Clifford family, 226
Isabel de, 92
Robert de, 71, 92
Roger de, 148, 276, 278, 288
Clifton, 129, 213
Clipston forest, 7, 207, 212, 213, 215
Clitheroe, 98, 104
Clowe, Thomas à, 58
Clumber, 219, 221
Clypston Park, 76
Clyve, Thomas de, 135
Coan, Robert, 137
Cobbel, William, 337
Cobham, 287, 288
Cockayne, Sir Thomas, 64
Cockshut, a, 39
farm, 39
Coit Andred, 301
Cokayne, Sir Edward, 201
Sir John, 166
Sir Thomas, 171, 195
Cokefeld, John de, 208
Cokehill, 147
Cokendale, 249
Coket, Francis, 129
Coking, Richard, 139
Cokker, 101
_Cokkyes_, 130
Colchester, 284
Cold Norton, 259
Cole, the, 267
Colebrook, 72, 183, 186, 187, 190, 195, 197, 201, 203
Coleshill, 267
Collam, John, 271
Colleshull, Robert, 343
Collinson’s _History of Somerset_, 329, 335
“Collyng,” 50, 163
Collyweston, 252, 253
Colne, 104, 105
Colombieres, Matthew de, 245, 288
Colson, John, 123
Colt, a, 33
Columbariis, Matthew de, 52
Colville, Robert, 113
Colwick, 208
William, 208
Colwych, William, 328
Colyn, William, 317
Common Law, the, 2
Compton, Thomas de, 260
Conet forest, 99
Coney, 26, 37
Conisborough Park, 76
Constable, Robert, 119
Sir Marmaduke, 119
_Constitutiones de Foresta_, 4
Cook, William, 192
Cookham, 295
Cope, Sir John, 81
Copleston, John, 343
Coptre, 235
_Copulas_, 206
Coquet, 87, 88, 90
Corbet, John, 148
Corby, 237, 242, 248, 255
Corfe Castle, 331
Corkley, 187, 188
Cornbury Park, 85, 261
Cornet, Agnes, 243
Cornhill, William, 287
“Cornilu,” 168
Cornwall, Duchy of, 167, 346
Edmund, Earl of, 291, 342
Richard, Earl of, 243, 342
Corston, 225
Cossham, 322
Corviser, Ralph le, 185
Coterell, Warner, 158
Cotterstock, 247
Cottingham, 248
Cotton, 235
Collection, the, 59
Coucher Book, the, 35, 116
Court Thorn, 95
Courtenay, Philip de, 338
Thomas de, 338
_Country Contentments_, 64
Coveham, 288
Coventry, 156
Cowhey, 166
Cowhouse Lane, 186, 199
Crab-apple, 73, 143, 197
Crakehall, John of, 269, 270
Cranborne Chase, 9, 31, 35, 37, 60, 61, 79, 81, 82, 84, 297, 299, 300
Crancumbe, George de, 259
Crawley, 311
Crayke, 128
Crediton, 340
Cressebien, Richard, 330
Crepping, Richard de, 88, 92, 100, 209, 277, 330
Crich, 193
Chase, 190
Cricklade, 325
hospital, 60
Criel, Nicholas de, 243
Croft, Roger de, 101
Cromwell, Lord, 129, 130
Oliver, 142
Thomas, 296
Crooke, Sir Henry, 263
Sir John, 263
Unton, 263
Cropton, 118
Cross, 185, 186, 187
Crossbow, 252-3, 255
Cross Cliff, 45, 118, 122
Crossing, Mr. William, 348
Crowford bridge, 293
Croyland, 249
Croxall, 155
Croxteth park, 98
Croxton, 206
Cruce, Robert de, 138
Cruchell, 160
Crumbwell, John de, 93
Culbone, 336
Cumberland forest, 90-5
_Cumberland_, Jefferson’s, 95
Cumnor, 257
Curson, Francis, 196
Henry, 213
Richard, 311, 323
Curte Clarke, 169
Curzon, John, 200
Richard, 155
William, 155
Dacra, William de, 93
Dalby, 108
Dallowe, Mr., 80
Dalton, John, 111, 114, 115
_Dama vulgaris_, 26
_Damericii canes_, 49
Daniel, John, 161, 165
Darley abbey, 13, 69
Dale, 153
Darrell, family, 326
Dartmeet, 345
Dartmoor forest, 2, 8, 22, 24, 41, 43, 44, 53, 167, 340-8
Datchet, 290
Daubeny, Lord, 338
Davenport, Richard, 136
Day, Thomas, 193
Daye, Richard, 299
Daxsholt, 104
_Dean, An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Forest of_, 274
_Dean, The Personalities of the Forest of_, 234
Dean forest, 8, 13, 20, 30, 31, 66, 71, 85, 229, 230, 274-82
Debenham, John of, 270
Michael, 270
_De Cableicio_, 7
_De feodo_, 101
Deepdale, 121, 234
Dear-hays, 59
Deer-brouse, 19, 255
Deer-leaps, 56
Deer, list of, 76-7
Derby, 33, 184, 200
Derbyshire, forest, 98, 99, 102, 103
Delamere forest, 132, 134-5
“Derebrouse,” 19, 255
“Derefal,” 255
Dernhall abbey, 13
Derry Hill, 322
Derwent, the, 37, 125, 181, 184, 185, 186
_Description of Leicestershire_, 231
_Descriptive List of the Deer Parks and Paddocks of England_, 85
Despenser, Hugh le, 110
Dettrick, John, 194
Devizes, 322, 323
Devyle, Rich, 272
Dickson, Carr, 74
Dieulacres abbey, 13, 158
Digby, Everard, 235, 236
Thomas, 248
Digge, Richard, 235
Dinting, 179
Dionysia, 114
Disafforestation, 6
Dispencer, Hugh, 206, 262
Dixon, Mr., 297
Doddington, 161
Doe, the, 25
Dole, 328
Domesday Survey, 4, 44, 136, 181, 204, 232
Done, family, 133
Richard, 133, 135
Donnington, 184
Dorsetshire forests, 330-2
“Dottard oaks,” 197
Doughty, Thomas, 195
Dove, Richard, 36
the, 32
Dovedale, 32
Doverbeck, 206
Doverhay, 336
_Drag_, 139
_Draw_, 139
Drayton, 147, 148
Henry, 245
Michael, 274
Ralph, 245
Dronfield Church, 154
Druscombe, 341
Dryden, Sir Henry, 50, 61, 64, 65, 66
Duffield, 69, 140, 181, 183
Castle, 182
Chase, 33
forest, 8, 9, 18, 24, 37, 39, 42, 43, 73, 189, 190, 191, 197, 198,
199, 200, 201, 202
Frith (forest), 2, 8, 9, 13, 16, 27, 28, 37, 39, 40, 42, 53, 54,
57, 58, 59, 69, 72, 74, 77, 181-203
Dulverton, 336, 337
Dunbridge, 344, 345
Duncan, Lord, 282
Dunbryge, 344
Dunnabridge, 344, 346
Dunyton, 206
Durham, 126
Cathedral, 197
forest, 96-7
Dykes, Richard, 95
Dynham, John, 338
Easingwold, forest of, 7, 127, 129
East Grinstead, 301
Easthampstead, 296
Eastlegh, Wilkin of, 224
Easton, 244
Easton wood, 74
Ebbeston, 116
Ebisham, 288
Eblebourn, 313
Ecclesburn, the, 185, 186, 189
Edale, 33, 43, 150, 166, 173, 177
Eddington, 255
Eddisbury, 133
Eden, the, 91
Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, 100, 102, 137, 181
Edward I., 3, 8, 20, 33, 35, 49, 52, 91, 126, 152, 162-3, 181, 214,
246
II., 30, 52-3, 93, 108, 110, 111, 128, 212
III., 22, 38, 61, 110
IV., 20, 37
VI., 73
the Black Prince, 132
the Confessor, 5, 267, 336
Duke of York, 61, 62, 64
Edwin, Mr. Chas., 282
Edwinstowe, 14, 212, 215, 218
Egbert, 4
Egginton, John, 193
Egham, 288, 293
Egham Walk, 79
Ela, Countess of Warwick, 262
Elder, 68, 73
Eleanor, Queen, 228, 261, 315
Elizabeth, 73, 297
Ellerton, prior of, 57, 60
Ellis, Mr. W. S., 302
Elm, 68, 73
Elmedon, Walter de, 146
Elton, Master, 194
Eltonheved, Richard de, 102
Ely, 115
Elynton, Ivo de, 160
Emborne, the, 266
Empingham bridge, 235
Empson, Richard, 253
Mr., 122
Empson, Richard, 330
Enfield Chase, 78-81
Great Park, 78
Engaine Warner, 155, 158-9
_English Dogges_, 48
_English and Scottish Popular Ballads_, 204
Epping forest, 29, 40, 46, 85, 283, 286
Walk, 78
_Equitium_, 160
Erdeswyk, Thomas de, 135
Erdinton, Thomas de, 224
Eresby, 208
Ermynthwait, 93
Escat, Richard le, 91
Eslington, 36
Essex forest, 34, 41, 43-4, 47, 69, 78, 283-6
_Essex, the Forest of_, 283
_Essoins_, the, 11, 112, 306
Est, Richard, 271
Esturney, Adam, 341
Eton, 262
Eure, William le, 115
Evelyn, 71, 210, 222
Everard, John, 338
Everingham, Adam de, 205, 214
John de, 205
Robert de, 37, 205, 206, 207, 209, 214
Evermuth, Beatrice de, 206
Walter de, 206
Evesham, 228, 234
Hugh de, 146
Ewerby, John, 311
Ewyas, Richard of, 245, 246
Exford, 336
Exmoor forest, 2, 8, 30, 53, 85, 333-8, 341, 346
_Exploration of Dartmoor_, 340
Eyam, 166
Eynsham, 262
Eyre, Edward, 173
forest, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Robert, 174, 175
_Eyries_ of hawks and falcons, 38
Eyton’s _Shropshire_, 224, 226
Fairfax, Guy, 119
Fairfield, 153
Fairlop Oak, 286
Falcon, 38
_Faldage_, 248
_Faldagium_, 345
_Fall of Needwood, The_, 145
Fallow deer, 25, 26, 27
Farley, 311, 324
Hall, 200
Farnborough, 289
Farndale, 114, 125
Farnham, Nicholas de, 260
Fauconburg, Sir John de, 109, 110
Faversham, 288
Fawn, 28
Feckenham forest, 7, 149, 226, 227, 228, 229
“Fee-trees,” 70
Felsted, 284
Fence month, 14, 19, 41, 59-61, 94, 103, 326
Fenie Wood, 295
Fennes, William de, 314
Fenton, 166
Christopher, 129
_Fermisona_, 50
Fermyng, 252
Fernditch Walk, 84
Ferne, Richard, 200
Ferrars, Thomas de, 134
Ferrers, family, 137, 183
Henry de, 181
Robert, Earl of, 33, 60, 161, 162, 181
Sir Humphrey, 200
William de, 154, 155
_Feta_, 28
_Feton_, 28
_Feudal History of Derbyshire_, 28, 29
Fewterer, the, 53
Filthycroft, 319
Finchampstead, 295, 296
Finchford, 235
Findern, William de, 160
_Fines Villarum_, 347
Fineshead, 249
Finmere forest, 7
Firebote, 68
Fisher, Mr., 5, 43, 286
Fitz-Giles, Nicholas, 188
-Godfrey, Richard, 163
-Nicholas, Ralph, 155, 159, 258
Thomas, 163
Nigel, John, 160
Osborn, William, 225
Peter, Walter, 314
Ralph, John, 186
-Reinfred, Gilbert, 99
Stephen, Ralph, 205
Fitzherbert, John, 172, 194
Justice, 142
Peter, 107
Fitzhugh, John, 225
Fitzstephen, 71
Fitzwaren, 338
Fitzwilliam, Sir William, 295, 296
Flagg, 178
Flaxley Abbey, 71, 275, 276, 278, 280
Fleming, Stephen, 213
Fletcher, William, 95
Fletching, 301
Flitteris, 235
Foix, Gaston de, 50, 61, 65
Foljambe, Cecily, 165
Godfrey, 194
Henry, 164
John, 158
Roger, 158
Thomas, 33, 160, 161, 164
William, 163, 164
Folksworth, 270
Folowe, Robert, 172, 173
Folyot, Richard, 208
Fool, John the, 325
Ford, Robert de, 289
Forde, Thomas, 293
Foregate, the, 228
Forest Agistments, 41-6
Forest-and-Frith, 96
Charter. _See_ Charter of the Forest
“Forest Districts,” 5
eyres, 10
Inquisitions, 15
Law, 2, 4, 5
Officers, 17-24
_Forest Pleas_, 2, 16, 25, 29, 70, 92, 227, 234, 237, 268, 269, 284
Forest Quarter, 96
Ridge, 301
_Forest Scenery_, 73, 305
_Foresta de Lancaster_, 98
_Forestarii equitii_, 20
Foresters, 19-22
Foresters-of-fee, 20, 21, 33, 105
_Forestry and the New Forest_, 304
Forests, list of, 6
Forges, Itinerant, 8, 275
Forty-day Court, 14
Fosbroke’s _Record of Gloucestershire_, 274
Foster, William, 318
Fotheringhay, 249, 251, 253
Foucher, Cicely, 190
Robert, 190
Fouilloux, Jacques du, 64
Foulbridge, 116
Fountains, 122
“Fowl of the Forest,” 26
Fox, the, 3, 25, 26, 33, 34-5
Foxlove, John, 118
“Foxtrees,” 251, 252
Frank, Geoffrey, 128
Franketon, David de, 52, 53
Freeman, Professor, 4
Freemantle forest, 7
Free-warren, 3
Freford, 34
Frely, Robert, 188
Fretham, Hugh, 171
Frimley, 293
Frodsley, 225
Frost, William, 311
Fuklyn, Giles, 140
John, 140
Fuller, 280
Fulwood forest, 44, 98, 99, 102, 103, 117
Furches forest, 7
Furness, abbot of, 102
Furnival, Thomas de, 155, 160, 161, 162, 163
Galtres forest, 9, 39, 76, 125-30, 208
Gardiner, Roger, 264
Gatesgill, 93
Gaunter, Alan le, 246
Gauntlett, Thomas, 320
Gaystall, 93, 94, 95
Gazehound, 50
Geddington, 240, 252, 255, 256
Gedling, John, 191
Geese, 154
Gelet, Richard, 239
Gell, Sir John, 180
Genn, William, 246
Gentil, John le, 100
William, 104
_Gentleman’s Recreation_, 64
George Inn, Forster’s Booth, 66
Gernet, Benedict, 99
Roger, 99
Gervase de Bernake, 33
Gifford, John, 228, 247
Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, 177
Gilbewin, Geoffrey, 239
Gillingham, 330-1, 332
Gilpin, William, 73, 305
Gladwin, John, 220
Glossop, 150, 151, 154, 156, 177
Gloucester, 275, 276
Humphrey, Duke of, 248
Thomas, Duke of, 280
Goathland, 117, 118, 122
Goats, 24, 45-6
Goband, John, 155, 156, 159
Godalming, 310
Godbradshawe, 177
Godstowe, 259
Gomfrey, Adam, 152, 154, 161, 165
Richard, 154
Thomas, 154
Good, Mr. Henry, 82
Goodrych, William, 214
Goodwyn, William, 330
Gorges, Eleanor de, 338
Ralph de, 338
Gorse, 68
Goscote, 235
Gould, E. T., 220
Gower, John, 118
Grafton Park, 78, 79, 296
Robert of, 243, 245
Thomas of, 243
Gray, Sir Reginald, 235, 248, 252, 253, 292, 330
Richard de, 323
Great Casterton bridge, 235
Dean, 277
Malvern, 227
Oakley, 242, 248
Park, 299, 300
Gredleye, John de, 102
Gredling Park, 76
“Green hue,” 69
Greendale Oak, 222
Greenthwaite, 94
Gregory, Ralph, 190
Grendon, John, 345
Grenehill, John, 280
Grenerigg, Elias de, 92
William de, 92
Grenleng, Robert, 246
Gresham, Richard, 169
Gresley, Alan, 155
Peter de, 164
Thomas, 155, 192
William, 194
Gretton, 248, 255
Thomas de, 161
Greves forest, 132
Grey; John de, 155, 156, 158, 159, 213
Greyhounds, 3, 35, 47-8, 50, 104, 241
Greytree, 229
Grim, Roger, 239
Grimston, 208
Grindsbrook Booth, 166
Groby, 231
Grosvenor family, 133
Groveley forest, 315, 316, 317, 318, 328-9
Grueythwaite, 94
Grymstede, John de, 314
Grynley park, 76
“Guarys,” 271
Guildford, 38, 42, 58, 288, 289, 290, 292, 293, 295, 296, 298
Gurdon, Adam, 277, 310
Guy, huntsman, 108
Gwash, the, 235
Gyffard, John, 146, 147
Gylse, 90
Gynet, Ingelram, 101
Hacche, Eustace de, 208
Hackness, 113, 114
Haddon, 192
_Haericii canes_, 49
Hagley, 149
Hainault, 283, 286
Haldane, Nicholas, 109
Halghton, Thomas de, 104
Hall, Richard, 169
Halmote, 104
Halter, a, 58, 59
Hambledon, 311
Hamburg, Henry de, 102
Hamelake, 118
Hamfordshoe, 248
Hamilton, Ralph, 155
Hamond, John, 311
Hampshire, the forests of, 304-12
Hamorton Dale, 252
Hampstead, 314
Hampton Court, 296
Robert, 36, 113
Hanborough Walter de, 306
Hanbury, 80, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 145
John de, 110
Hanger, Richard atte, 306
Hanslope, 245, 246
John of, 246
Simon of, 245
Hansted, Maria, 53
Harbela, John de, 93
Hardegill, Edward, 263
Hardwick Park, 85
Hardy, Roger, 36
Hare, the, 3, 25, 26, 30, 33, 34, 35-6, 332
Harewin’s mill, 235
Harland, 98
Harleruding, 245
Harly, John, 193
Harnham Bridge, 61
Harpsford, 292
Harrey, Thomas de, 101
Harriers, 49
Harrop, 104
Hart, the, 25, 50
Hartfield, 301
Harting, 32
Hartington, 32, 162, 188
William, Marquis of, 144
Hartley, 268
Hartoft, 118
Harwood, 96
Haslebache, 179
Haslewood, Thomas, 248
Hassop, 179
Hastings, Edward, Lord, 174, 235, 236
Edmund de, 110, 113, 120
Ralph de, 110, 112, 113, 115
Roger, 119, 120, 121, 122
Sir William, 109, 168, 215
Hatfield, 219, 283
Chase, 130
Regis, 284
Hathelakestan, Hasculf de, 233
Hathersage, 57, 151
Matthew de, 57
Hatheway, Ralph, 277
Hatton, Mr. George Finch, 255
Haugh Rise, 115
Haughdale, 113
Havering forest, 7, 31, 258, 283, 284
Hawk, 26, 38
Hawkridge, 336, 337
Hay, Henry del, 186
Haybote, 68, 69
Haydock, Richard de, 135
Hayfield, 177, 179
Haygrove, 279
Hayward, John, 128
Haywood, 222
Haxby, 129
Hazel, 68, 73, 74
Hazelwood, 186, 198
Heade, Walter atte, 344
Headington, 263, 264
Heage, 33, 191, 193, 198
Hebbe, 164
Heeson, John, 89
Helot, John, 190
Helsley, 131
Hemingborough, 119
Heneage, Sir Thomas, 296
Hengham, Ralph de, 147
Henley, 292
Brother William de, 160
Henley-in-the-Heath, 294
Henrietta Maria, Queen, 125
Henry I., 31, 257
II., 5, 9, 11, 33, 41, 60, 71, 95, 99, 154, 267
III., 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 34, 36, 41, 46, 49, 60, 88, 99, 100, 108, 125,
137, 162, 244, 325, 331
IV., 128, 181, 191
VI., 128
VII., 7, 30, 106, 118, 120, 132, 168, 294, 307
VIII., 73, 89, 123, 142, 170, 172, 195, 295, 296
Earl of Lancaster, 102
Lord Percy, 30
the Fowler of Barugh, 39
Hereditary foresters-of-fee, 20
Herons, 39, 302
Herpesford, 290
Hesket, 93, 95
Heyden, William, 324
Heyes, Ralph of, 245
Heyraz, Henry de, 314
High Forest, the, 206, 207
Lindes, 138
Lynns, 141
Peak forest. _See_ Peak forest
Higham Ferrers park, 79
Highlands, 142
Hillulidgate, 127
Hilton, 96, 174
Hinton, Hulle of, 224
Hippingscomb, 327
_Historical Recollections for a History of Staffordshire_, 146
_History of Tamworth_, 140
Hoar Lynte, 72, 141
Hoare’s _Wiltshire_, 322, 329
Hodleston, 104
Hog, Robert le, 134
Hoghton, Henry de, 104
Richard de, 103
Hog’s Back, 290
Holand, Robert de, 54, 187
Holbrok, Richard de, 246
Holbrook, 191, 193, 198
Holcot, John, 251
Holes, Roger, 318
Holland forest, 105
Henry, Earl of, 309
Hollingworth, Robert, 170
Hollinhead forest, 74
Hollinsclough, 166
Holly, 68, 73, 74
Holm, 119
Holmcoltram, 92
Holmeby Park, 79
Holnicote, 336
Holn Park, 90
Holton, Richard of, 224
Honey. _See_ Bees
Honor of Peverel, the, 150, 151
Hood, Robin, 204
Hook, John atte, 289
Hooton, 132
Hope, 150, 151, 152, 153
Bowdler, 225
Mr. Beresford, 32
Hopedale, 151, 152, 166
Hopemaloysel, 279
Hopping, 37
Mill, 37, 38
Weir, 37
Horewell, 226, 227
Horewood forest, 7
Hornbeam, 68, 73
Hornedroare, 295
Horne’s _Town of Pickering_, 43
Horse-breaking, 160, 165
Horsell, 293
Horsenden, William de, 155, 159, 160
Horses, 23, 24, 43-4
Horston forest, 7
Hotham, John, 119, 122
Hotherinde, John, 134
Hoton, William, 94
Hough, 188
Houghton, Benjamin, 80
Simon, 270
Houle, Ralph, 343
Hound, 33
“Houndgeld,” 47
Hounds and Hunting, 47-67
Housebote, 68, 69
How Park, 80
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, 325
Howl Hill, 230
Huby, 127, 129
Hucklow, 159
Hudham, Nicholas de, 88
Hughson, Colonel, 180
Hulland, 39, 54, 183, 186, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197,
198, 199, 203
Hulleson, John, 187
Hundred Rolls, the, 33
Hungayth, Ralph, 129
“Hungell,” 47
Hungerford, Nicholas de, 54
Robert de, 110
Hunt, Richard le, 165
Hunter, Nicholas, 95
_Hunters_, 81
Hunting costumes, 64-7
Hunting treatises, 61-4
Huntingdon, 128
Huntingdonshire forest, 268-73
Hurdum, Captain David, 180
Hurst, Peter del, 157
Hutchins, Mr., 31, 82, 84
Hutchin’s _History of Dorset_, 330, 332
Hutchinson, Mr. Horace G., 304, 305
Hutton Bushell, 40, 45
Huttun, Sheriff, 128
Hyde Park, 78
Hyend, William, 213
Hyett, George, 280
Hyling Park, 80
Ibote, 110
Idridgehay, 186, 191, 198
Ifwood forest, 7
Ightenhill, 104
Ilchester, 335, 336, 337
Ilger, John, 271
Illingworth, Ralph, 194
_Inbounds_, 9
Incelemor wood, 96
Ingelram family, 101
_Ingenia_, 34
Ingham, 65
Oliver de, 132
Oliver, tomb of, 65
Inglehard, John, 290
Inglesham, 267
Inglewood forest, 22, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
Inkel, Thomas, 239
Inkpen, 266
_Inlodges_, 9, 321
_In lupariis_, 33
“In mercy,” 12
Inquests, 15
_Instaur de Duffeld_, 188
Insula, Brian de, 155, 159
Ireton, John, 194
Wood, 198
Iron smelting, 3, 8, 198
Isabel of Clifford, 56
Isabella, Queen, 93, 132
Isham, Robert, 251
Ispannia, Alphonsus, 261
James de, 261
Itinerant forges, 8
Iuelhering, Ralph, 245, 246
Ivetanfield, 93
Ivy Church, 38, 41, 318
Jackson, Thomas, 190
James I., 32, 177, 297
Earl of Northampton, 80
Jefferson, 95
Jenynges, John, 129
Jesson, William, 201
John, King, 6, 8, 9, 29, 31, 34, 49, 90, 95, 99, 100, 107, 221, 223,
224, 275
John, huntsman, 108
John of Lexington, 37
Johnson, Robert, 252
Thomas, 173, 200
_Journal of Forestry_, 228
Juniper, 68
Justice Seat, the, 151, 152, 254, 318
Katharine of Braganza, 95
Kaye, Richard, 196
Kedleston park, 85
Kelly, William, 344
Kemble, 4
Kenilworth, 54, 189, 236
Kennet, the, 266, 267
Kettering, 255
Kevelioc, Hugh, Earl of Chester, 136
Keynsham forest, 7
Kidderminster, 149
Kidkirk, 95
Kildale, 112
Killamarsh, 153
Kilpeck forest, 7
Kilvington, John de, 108, 109, 110, 111, 115
Kings Delph, 271
Kingscliff, 46, 240, 252
Kingsley of Kingsley, 133
Ralph de, 133
Kingsmead Priory, 13
Kingstag bridge, 332
Kingston, 333
family, 280
Kingswood, 283
Kingthorpe, 120
Kinlet, 225, 226
Kinneton, Henry de, 260
Kinver, 9, 145, 148-9, 223
Kinwardstone, 326
Kirkby, 212, 219
Robert de, 212
Knaresborough forest, 80, 130
Knight, John, 339
Stephen, 345
William, 311
Kniveton, John, 192
Nicholas, 193, 194, 195
William, 200
Knolls, Richard, 172
Knossington, 233, 235
Kynthorp, Petronilla de, 110
Lacock, 323, 324
Lacio, Nicholas de, 277
Lacy, Ada, 90, 91
Alice de, 98
family, 98
Gilbert de, 313
Reginald, 90
Lady Park of Belper, 183, 194
Ladyshaw Wood, 193
_Lancashire_, Baines’, 98
Lancashire forests, 20, 22, 74, 98-106
Lancaster, 98, 101, 102
Castle, 74, 100, 101, 102
Duchy of, 35, 59, 70, 80, 98, 137, 150, 166, 167, 169, 181, 302
Henry, Earl of, 112, 113
John, Duke of, 190
Thomas, Earl of, 98, 109, 110, 113
William de, 96
Langdon, 118, 122
Langesdon, Mathew de, 157
Langford, Ralph, 193
Langham, 235
Langlandebroke, 101
Langley, Geoffrey, 206, 243
John de, 262
Thomas de, 31, 258, 259, 261
Langport, 336, 337
Langton, Robert, 233
Langwith Bridge, 213
Lansdowne, Marquis of, 324
Lanthony, 258
Lardiner, David le, 126
Philip le, 126
Lark, 26
Lascelles, Hon. G. W., 304, 305
Lascy, Matilda de, 96
Walter de, 275
Later Forest History, 76-86
Latimer, William, 117, 215
Launde Priory, 13
_La Venerie_, 64
Laverstoke, 314, 322
Jordan de, 314
“Lawing,” 47
Lawson, Sir George, 129
Laxpeniard wood, 277
Laying, Ralph, 139
Layrthorpe Bridge, 128
Laythegryme, 105
Leach, Peter de, 160
Lead smelting, 3, 198
Leake, Thomas, 217
Leche, Sir Philip, 191
“Le Cowhouse,” 190
Lee, Nicholas de, 100
Randall, 169
Leek forest, 136
Leen, 206
Lees, Mr. Edwin, 228
Legh, Reginald de, 147
Sir William de, 135
Leghe, Thomas, 194
Le Haw, 235
Leicester Abbey, 13
Roger de, 110
Leicester, William of, 269
Leicestershire and Rutland forests, 231-6
Leighfield forest, 235
Leland, 96, 227, 330
Lench, Peter de, 277
Lenta, the, 266, 267
Lenton, 13, 29, 158, 214, 220
Lepers, 101, 243
_Leporarius_, 47
Lestrange, Robert, 131
Roger, 147, 160
Levere, William, 111
Levisham woods, 38, 113, 119
Lewes, 234
battle of, 162
Lewknor, Geoffrey de, 269
Lexington, Robert de, 155, 156, 158, 159
Lichfield, 147, 148, 156, 287
Likenfield Park, 76
Lilleshall Abbey, 13, 158, 166
Lime, 68, 71-2, 118, 141
Limehound, 48, 50
Linby, 14
Lincoln, 206-8, 212
Linde, Thos. de la, 332
John de la, 332
Walter de la, 332
Lindley, 206, 212, 215
Lindsay, Robt. of, 246
Lion, Peter de, 224
Lisburn, Lord, 81
Litchfield, John, 220
Little Dean, 277
Eye, the, 235
Hucklow, 180
Malvern, 227
Oakley, 248
Park, the, 253, 297
Weldon, 255
Litton, 180
_Livre de Chasse_, 61, 64
London, 39
Sir Walter de, 39
Long, Thos., 323
Longcombe, 337
Longdendale, 150-2, 154, 163, 177
Longford, Sir Ralph, 172, 194-5
Longley Park, 185, 188
Lonsdale forest, 98-100, 102-4
Loretti, Contisse, 148
Lough, Edm., 325
Loughborough, 174, 206
Loughton, 283
Lovel, John, 261
Lovet, John, 242
Lowe, Anthony, 195
Thos., 195
Lowick, 243, 246
Alan of, 245
Hugh of, 245
Lownde, Richard, 253
Lowton Walk, 78-9
Luccombe, 336
Phil. de, 337
Lucy, Geof. de, 261
Ludworth, 166
Lune, the, 74
Lusignan, Aymer de, 243
_Lutericii canes_, 49
Luttrell, Sir John, 330
Lyddington, 236
Lydekker, 32
Lydford, 340-6
Lyme forest, 136
Lymers, 48, 50, 63
Lyndhurst, 305-6, 315
Lynne, Will, 248
Lysle, Sir Nicholas, 327-8
Lyveden, 243
Macclesfield forest, 136
Magnus, Thomas, 123
Maiden Bradley, 329
Maidstonfeld, 177
Maidwell, the, 247
Sir Alan, 243
_Mainour_, 14
Makeney, 198
Malmesbury, William of, 257
“Malloesot” bridge, 290
Malpas, David, 250, 253
Edmund, 248
Malton, prior of, 57, 60, 116
Malvern forest, 226, 227, 228
Manley, Peter de, 112, 113
jun., Peter de, 36
Manners, Sir John, 177
Manneser, John, 109
Mansell, 183, 187, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 200, 201
Mansergh, Roger, 111
Mansfield, 14, 37, 66, 204, 212, 215, 216, 220
Mantravers, John, 306
Manver, Earl, 221
Manwood, 1, 13, 25, 54, 63
Maple, 72-3
Maplegreen, 132
Mara, 36, 38, 39, 45, 133, 134, 135
March, Edmund, Earl of, 338
Roger Mortimer, Earl of, 316, 335
Marchington, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
“Mareclos,” 189
Mares, Robert de, 243
Maresfield, 301, 302
Markam, Gervase, 64
Marlborough, 326
Marmyon, Philip, 147
Marnham, Nicholas de, 161
Marshall, John, 170, 322
Martendale Fell, 85
Martin, the, 25, 36
Martinside, 163
Martinsley, 235
Marton, 125
Mary, Queen, 90, 297
_Master of Game, The_, 61, 62
“Masers,” 72
Mastiff, 34, 47, 48, 50
Mathew, Richard, 311
Maunsell, William, 129
Mawes, Robert, 235, 236
“Maxenclif,” 189
May, William, 155
Maynestonfield, 167
Meaux, Sir John de, 38
Medue, Henry de, 161, 163
Medwood forest, 191
Meht, Maurice de, 242, 243
Melburne, 54, 206
Melksham, 29, 323
Mendip forest, 29, 53, 333
Menill, Sir Nicholas de, 36
_Mensis vetitus_, 60
Menzies, Mr., 297, 299
Mercer, Ellis, 264
Henry le, 148
Merivale, 13, 158, 160
Merlins, 38
Mernyk, William, 271
Mersey, the, 133
Merton, 288
of Merton, 133
_Messarius_, 239
Messias, John, 245
Metham, Sir Thomas, 119
Meverell, Sir Sampson, 168
Meynell, Nicholas, 112, 113
Meysam, Sir William de, 155
Michegros, Cecilia de, 277
Middlescough, 93
Middleton, 36, 38, 96, 113, 116, 248, 261
Peter de, 213
William de, 147
Middleton-in-Teesdale, 96
Milborne, Sir T., 318
Milchet, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 320
Milford, 37, 314
Edmund de, 314
Milking of ewes, 165
Miller, Walter the, 241
Millhay, 202
Milner, Robert de, 163
Milnhay, 183, 186, 190, 193, 195
Milo, Earl of Hereford, 275
Milton, 86
Mine Law Court, the, 282
Minestead manor, 40
Minors, Humphrey, 142
Mirabel, Roger, 341
Mirhaud, Hugh de, 161
Katherine de, 161
Mitchell, William, 292
Mody, William, 311
Moens, Mr., 304
Molines, Michael, 263
Molineux, Bart., Sir F., 220
Molland, 337
Molyneux, Thomas, 194
Mompesson, Druce, 311
Monemue, John de, 259
Monk, George, Duke of Albemarle, 322
Mr., 232
Monkton, Robert, 80
Monmouth, John de, 275
Monneysilver, Ralph de, 103
Montague, Edward, Lord, 255
Montfort, Simon de, 162, 244
Montgomery, John, 194
Walter de, 54
Montpelier, William of, 257
_Monumental Effigies_, 65
Monyash, 163, 167
Moorhay, 250, 251, 252, 255, 256
Moray, Earl of, 109
Morborne, 270
More, the, 138
Richard de la, 277
Morel of Merton, 44
Tutbury, 44
Morf Forest, 223, 225
Morley Park, 183, 184, 185, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 200
Morley, Sir Oswald, 140
Mortimer, Edmund, 148
Ralph, 225
Roger, 147, 225, 226, 335
Mortimer’s history, 131
Morvill, Hugh de, 90, 91
Moryn family, 113
Motcombe, 331
Mote, 297
Mottisfont, 314
Moudrem, 36, 38, 39, 133, 134, 135
Moulton, 337
Mugginton, 69, 129
Mulgrave, 112
Multon, Thomas de, 91
Mundy, Mr., 145
Munekan, Peter, 259, 260
Murdoch, Henry, 234
Murrain, 28, 115, 120, 324
Musgrave, Sir William, 95
Mutton, Robert, 280
Myerscough forest, 80, 98, 100
Myneers, John de, 54
Myrepitte, 344
Nafferton, William, 114
Nantwich, 133
Nash’s _Worcestershire_, 227
Nassaburgh, 237, 238
Nassington, 239
_Natural History of Selborne_, 81
Needham, Hugh, 173
William, 175
_Needwood Forest_, 145
Needwood forest, 2, 16, 42, 43, 45, 53, 54, 72, 80, 137, 138, 141,
142, 143, 144, 145, 160, 201
Nene, the, 247
Neroche forest, 53, 333, 335, 338
Netherbrook Booth, 166
Nets and snares, 3, 58, 59, 255, 271
Nettleworth, 220
Nevil, Walter de, 153
Nevill, Geoffrey de, 92, 126, 208
Peter, 69
Richard de, 94
Sir Geoffrey, 311
Neville, Edmund de, 104
Hugh de, 46, 125, 224, 240, 241, 267, 275
Peter de, 233, 234
Ralph de, 213
Richard, 201
Robert de, 210
Sir Henry, 297
New Forest, 2, 16, 40, 78, 85, 86, 255, 304-9, 315
Kent wood, 74
Lodge Walk, 78, 79, 299
Park, 219
Sarum, 313, 318
Windsor, 58, 295
Newark, 126, 205
Newbiggin, 186
Newborough, 142
Newbury, 327
Newby, 114
Newcastle, 87
Daniel de, 88
Newland, 66, 279, 280
Newsome Park, 77
Newton, 118, 129, 239, 253
Dale, 120, 122
Nichols’ County History of Leicester, 231
Nicholl forest, 95
Nicholls, Rev. H. G., 274, 276, 278
Niernuyt, John, 306
Nightingale, John, 250, 251
Nisbet, Mr., 304
_Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting_, 35, 64
Nonsuch, 296
Norden, John, 124, 287, 297
Normandy, 33
Normanville, Thomas de, 88, 92, 100, 161, 209
Norris, Sir William, 292, 295
North Petherton forest, 333
Wingfield, 153
Northampton, 237, 238, 244, 247
William of, 241, 242
Northamptonshire forests, 73, 245, 253
Northumberland forest, 87-90
Northwell, 209
Norton, 237
_Notes and Queries_, 221
Nottingham, 40, 162, 199, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213,
215, 216, 220
Geoffrey de, 155
Nicholas de, 212
Nowers, Robert de, 245, 246
Noy, 297
Numbles, 119
Nut geld, 73
Nutley, 267
Nuts, 137, 233, 265
Nycholson, Thomas, 95
Oak, 68, 69-70, 74
Oakemanton, Thomas, 195
Oakham, 232, 233, 234
Soke, 235
Oakingham, 267
Oare, 336, 337
Odo, 108
Offerton, 150
Offlow, 137
Okhill, 132
Old, 244
Lodge Walk, 79
Sarum, 315
Swinford, 149
Oldenburgh, Duke of, 79
Ollerton Corner, 221
Olney Park, 80
Ombersley forest, 226, 227
Orchard, William, 292
Ormerod, 131, 133, 134, 136
Orreby, Thomas de, 160
Osmond, Master, 194
Otter, 37
Otterhounds, 49
Otterbrook Booth, 166
Oundle, 253, 254
Ouse, 125
_Outbounds_, 9
_Outlodges_, 9, 322
_Outwoods_, 9
Overhaddon, 172
Overton, 235
Oxford, 35, 77, 257, 259, 260, 261, 268
Oxfordshire forest, 257-65
Oxhey, 166
Packer, Richard, 191
Padbury, 268
Page, J. S. W., 340
Palers, palesters or palifers, 24, 316
Palgrave, 4
Panetria, Henry de, 93
Pannage, 14, 41-2, 94, 116, 127, 138
Pannsett, 322
Panshet forest, 313, 322
Panye de Lench, 276
Papplewick church, 8
Park, a, 2
Parker, Archbishop, 297
Christopher, 235
Henry, 171
Thomas, 193, 236
Walter, 318
William le, 110
Parkers, 24
Parnelldale, 114
Partridge, 26, 38-9
Passclew, Sir Robert, 48, 242, 243
Pauncefote, Grimbald, 148, 228
Payn, Simon, 189
Paynel, Thomas, 37, 302
Peak forest, 2, 7, 13, 16, 17, 20, 24, 27, 28, 32, 33, 37, 43, 44,
45, 49, 50, 57, 77, 150-80, 182, 183, 191
Pecche, Sabine, 333
Pecham, Roger de, 146
Peche family, 335
Pechmore, 148
_Pedicatores_, 33
_Pedunculata_, 71
Peke, John, 280
Pembroke, William, Earl of, 280, 314, 321
Pendle, 98, 104
Penhull, 104, 105
Pennesley, John de, 134
Penrith, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95
Pensnet Chase, 148
Penyard, 230
Percy, Henry, 114, 117
Henry Algernon, 88
John de, 112
Leo, 119
Thomas, 90
Sir William de, 110, 112
_Pessone_, 103
Peterborough, 239, 249
Petherton forest, 53, 338
Pette, Robert, 245
Pevensey, 301
Peverel’s Castle in Peak Forest, 150
Peverel, William, 20, 150, 152, 204
Pewsham forest, 29
Pheasant, 26, 38-9
Philip, David, 250, 251
the Knight, 333
Phillipps MSS., 65
Phipping Park, 77
Picheford, Geoffrey de, 290
Pickering forest, 8, 10, 20, 27, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43,
44, 45, 47, 57, 59, 60, 69, 73, 77, 80, 107-125
Lythe, 13, 107
Vale, 107
Pigot, Richard, 292
Pigs, 23, 24
Pilgrimage of Grace, 88
_Pilgrim, The_, 59
Pilkston, Richard, 191
Pin, Stephen de, 239
Pinchon, Emma, 114
_Pinguedo_, 50
Pintclifford, 188
Pipe Rolls, 33
Pipewell, 247, 249
Pippin wood, 96
Pirbright, 293
Pitney, 333
Pitt-Rivers, General, 29
Pitton, 322
Plaitford manor, 314
Pleasley, 208
Plessis, William de, 333, 334
Plot’s _Natural History of Oxfordshire_, 258
Plumpton Park, 91, 93, 94
Pycard, John, 163
Pycroft, William, 172, 173
Pylton, John, 248
Pym, John, 324
Poictou, Roger de, 98
Polbrook, 248, 253
Pole, Mr. Wellesley, 286
Pollard, Hugh, 339
Poltenhall, 292
_Polyolbion_, 274
Pomfreth, John, 295
Pontefract, 76, 80, 109
Poor, Richard le, 287
Poorstock forest, 7, 330, 332
Pope, William, 194
Poplar, 68
_Porcerecii canes_, 49
Porchester forest, 310
Porlock, 336
Portsdown Hill, 310
Portsmouth, 311
Postern, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196,
200
Potter’s _Charnwood Forest_, 231
Poutura, 22
Preston, 100, 102
Walter de, 240
Priestcliffe, 178
Common, 32
Prostagne, William, 248
Pulham, 332
_Pullum Masculum_, 33
“Purlieu,” 9, 178
_Purprestures_, 11, 12, 134, 159
Pursglove, Lawrence, 173
Reginald, 173
Robert, 173
Thomas, 171
“Putre money,” 105
_Puture_ or _putre_, 22, 105
Queenbury, 164
Queentree, 311
_Quercus_, 70, 260
Quernmore forest, 39, 50, 74, 80, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105
Quincy, Roger de, 91
Quinfield forest, 56
Rabbit, 26, 37, 234, 260, 302, 316-17
Radford, 220
Ragged, Richard le, 160
Thomas le, 161, 163
Randolf, John, 305
Rangers, 24
_Raskall_, 28, 218
Raskell Park, 76
Ratcliffe, Sir Cuthbert, 89
Sir John, 235, 248, 292
Raveningham, Roger, 269
Ravensdale, 183, 187, 188, 192, 193, 195, 200
Ravensworth, Lord, 36
Rawle, Mr., 335, 336, 337, 338, 339
Reading, 61, 81, 266, 267, 287
Red deer, the, 25, 26, 27
Ralph, 239
Rede, Sir Edmund, 263
Redescaye, Richard de, 157
Redlane, 331
Redlington Park, 72
_Regard_, the, 11, 38, 39, 48
Regarders, 10, 11, 14
_Reliquary_, 84, 200
_Reliquiæ Antiquæ_, 62
_Retia_, 140
Reygny, John de, 337
Ribbeford, Henry de, 148
Richard I., 9, 34
II., 120
III., 128, 129
Earl of Salisbury, 94
“Riding Forester,” 20, 129, 135, 146, 206
Ridlington, 234, 235, 236
Rievaulx abbey, 109, 117
Ringwood, 306
Rithre, John de, 93
Rivallis, Peter de, 259
Rivers, Lord, 61
Robe, Thomas, 31
Roberg, John, 140
Robert of Sudborough, 58
Robinson, Sir John, 255
_Robur_, 70, 260
Roch, William de, 160
Roche abbey, 13, 158
forest, 335
_Rockingham Castle and the Watsons_, 237
Rockingham forest, 16, 18, 29, 32, 35, 38, 46, 47, 48, 50, 56, 58,
60, 79, 85, 151, 233, 237-56
Roe, the, 25
Roedeer, the, 29-30, 114, 115, 305
Roebuck, Hulle, 224, 336
_Roer_, 71, 258, 311, 318, 323
Rogers, Harmon, 309
Rokeby, Robert, 235, 236
Rolleston Park, 138, 141, 142
William, 142
Romford, 284
Romsey, 314
John de, 306
Nicholas de, 244, 245, 269, 288
Rooke, Major, 220
Roos, Robert, 247
Roper, John, 271
Ros, Sir Richard de, 117
Rosedale, 116
Ross, 230
Rossendale, 98, 104, 105, 106
Roston, William de, 118
Rothbury, 87, 89, 90
_Rotefallen_, 7
Rothwell, 248
Rouclyffe, Sir David de, 118
Router, William, 214
Rowe, F.S.A., J. Brooking, 340, 341, 342
Samuel, 340, 344, 345, 346
Rowend Hill, 74
Rowland Glade, 254
Rowley Park, 138, 142
Roxby, 113, 124
Rudder’s _New History of Gloucestershire_, 274
Rufford, 207, 209, 215, 218, 222
Rumewood, 206, 207
Rus, Richard le, 333
Rushbury, 225
Rushmore, 29
Russel, Robert, 316
Geoffrey, 246
Russey Park, 80
Rutland-Leicester forest, 72
Thomas, Earl of, 216
Rydale, 166
Rypax Park, 76
Ryton, 119
Rywardyn, 277
Sacheverell, Henry, 194
Ralph, 192
William, 194
Sadler, Sir Ralph, 175
St. Albans, 63
St. Augustine’s, Bristol, 334
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Oxford, 259
St. Briavel, 31, 275, 277, 279, 280
St. Budoc, Oxford, 259
St. Clements, York, 126
St. John Baptist’s Hospital, Burford, 258
Oxford, 259, 260
St. John, Richard de, 206
St. Leonards forest, 37, 39, 301, 302
Hospital, York, 126
Lancaster, 99
St. Martin’s, Salisbury, 322
St. Mary’s Abbey, York, 13, 22, 34, 115, 120, 127
College, Spink Hill, 33
Lancaster, 102
Winchester, 327
St. Peter’s Abbey, Gloucester, 13
St. Petrock, Lydford, 341
St. Thomas, Stafford, 147
St. Werburgh, Chester, 131
St. Wolfstan’s, Worcester, 148
St. Wystan, Worcester, 148
Saladyn, Richard, 148
Salcey forest, 78, 85, 237, 241, 256, 267
Sale, John de, 166
Salford, Richard, 193
Salfordshire, 105
Salisbury, 38, 313, 316, 317
William, Earl of, 288
Salkeld, 91
Salmon, 90
Salmon, John, 252
Salop forest, 34, 146
_Saltatoria_, 56
Salteries, 56
Salting venison, 108
Samborne Park, 80
Samford, Hugh de, 325
Thomas, 325
Warner de, 325
Sampson, Robert, 233
Sandford, 96
Sandes, Sir William, 328
Sandford, Brian, 118, 119, 120, 121
Sapcote, Thomas, 235
Sapcotes, Sir John, 272
Sapley, 269, 272
Sauvey, 235
Savage, Edward, 194
Savage’s _History of Carhampton Hundred_, 335
Savage, Roger, 33
Sir George, 173
Sir John, 168, 169, 170
Sir Richard, 168, 172, 173
Thomas, 168
William, 123
Savernake, 85, 326-7
Savory de Malo Leone, 314
Sawyer, Edward, 255
Say, Robert de, 290
Scalby, 35, 114
Hay, 35
Scarborough, 36, 60, 109, 116, 119, 126
Robert de, 126
Scarbrough, Thomas, 251
Scarsdale, 167
Schymeed, 186
Sclatter, William, 280
Scot, Hugh le, 224
“Sealing-axe,” 23, 320
Seamer, 30, 109
Selden Society, 237
_Select Pleas of the Forest_, see _Forest Pleas_
Selkley, 326
Selvestrode, John de, 228
Selwood forest, 7, 53, 329, 330, 333, 335
Serjeanty, a, 33
_Sessiliflora_, 70
Seton, prioress of, 46
Seymor, Henry, 80
Seymour, Henry, 145
Jane, 339
Shaftesbury, 330
Shallcross, John, 170
Shapelegh, 341
Shatton, 150
Peter de, 165
Shaventon, Henry de, 147
Shaw’s _Staffordshire_, 141
Sheep, 24, 33, 35, 44-5
Sheepshed, 231
Shefeld, Robert, 135
Sheffield, 162
Shelford, 207
Shepherd, John, 113
Sherborne, 35
Sherbrook, W., 220
Sherif Hutton, 77
Sherwood forest, 2, 8, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 28, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38,
40, 66, 69, 76, 85, 204-22
_Sherwood Forest_, 220
Shetten, William le, 337
Shining Cliff, 192
Shipley, 164
Nicholas de, 185
Shireholt Park, 141, 142
Shirley, Mr. Evelyn, 85
Nicholas, 194
Shorter, Ralph, 311
_Short Treatise of Hunting_, 64
Shotover forest, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 268
Shotter, John, 318
Shottle, 58, 183, 185, 186, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 196, 197, 200,
203
Shotwick park, 133
Shortwood, 250, 255, 256
Shrewsbury, 224
Francis, Earl of, 173
George, Earl of, 142, 174, 176
Gilbert, Earl of, 177
Shropshire forests, 223-6
Shupton, John, 128
William, 128
Siberton, 239
Sidbury, 228
_Silva regis_, 4
Silverston forest, 7
Silwood coppice, 80
Simeon, Simon, 112, 115
Simondsley, William de, 184
Simonsbath, 339
Sinclair, Robert, 333
Skeffington, Adam, 232
Robert, 232
Skegby, 66
Skelton, 109, 129
Adam, 111, 115
Richard, 28, 111, 115
Skerradon, 341
Slake, Thomas, 169
Slindon, 303
Slope, Richard de, 189
Slyfeld, Henry, 293
Slyfield, Alan de, 289
Smallcross, Richard de, 157
Smythe, Nicholas, 252
William, 252
Snape, Walter de, 277
Snares, 3, 58, 59
Snitterton, 192
Somborne, 311
Somerset, Sir Charles, 193
Somersetshire forests, 333-39
Somersham Park and Chase, 79
Somerton, 26, 35, 36, 209, 333, 335, 336, 337
Sonning, 295
Sono, Otto de Grandi, 147
Southwell, 212, 220
Sowerby, 95
Sownd, Richard, 251
_Spanda_, 136
Spark, Richard, 135
Sparrow hawks, 38
Sparsholt, 311
Spear, 34
“Special vert,” 69
Spetchley, 85, 227, 228
Spicer, Captain, 325
_Spire_, 75, 251
Splipting, Harman, 79
Spofforth Park, 77
_Spyre_, 74
Squier, Robert le, 52, 53
Squirrel, 37, 136
Stafford, Humphrey, 338
John, 193
Staffordshire forests, 137-49
Staindale, 45
Stamford, 46, 234, 247, 249, 254, 259
Archdeacon Adam de, 156
Stanbridge, 235
Standrells, 73
Stanhope, 96
Edward, 197, 199
Stanion, 241, 250
Stanley, 323, 324
family, 132
Sir John, 105
William de, 132, 134, 135
Stapelhurst, William de, 229
Stanton, Adam de, 157
Stawell, Lord, 310
Stanwick, 246
Statham, Goditha de, 191
Thomas de, 190
Stauntene, 277
Stayndale, 118
Staynton, Robert, 113
Steeple Claydon, 268
Stephen, Robert, 118
Stillington, 128, 129
Stilton, 270
Richard of, 270
Stockley park, 138
Stoke, 150, 242
Stokehern, 235
Stokehill, 166
Stokeley, 138, 141, 142, 236
Stoke Pero, 336
Stokes, Master, 194
Stokton, Henry, 292
Stone, 147
Stonyford, 268
Stothard, 65
Stottesden, 226
Stourton, Sir John, 317
Stowe, 206, 228
Stowood forest, 257, 258, 262, 263
_Strakur_, 49
Strensall, 128, 129
Stroud, 323
_Stubb_ or _Stub_, 75, 122-3, 251
Stubbs, Bishop, 4
Studley, 323
Stukeley, Gerard, 272, 273
John, 273
Stumpsden, 235
Sturdi, Robert, 239, 240
Sudborough, 242, 243
Sugrave forest, 7
Sulehay, 250, 255, 256
Sulley, 131
Sultan, John de, 118
Sunninghill, 297
_Sussex, Parks and Forests of_, 302
Sussex forests, 301-3
Sutlegh, Bartholomew de, 261
Sutton, 220
Allen, 172
Sutton-in-the-Dale, 153
Sutton-on-the-Forest, 127
Swainmotes, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 272
Swainsley, 38
Swan, 26, 37-8
Swansley, 38
Sweet chestnut, 68, 71, 278
Swindgel, the, 84
Swine and Pannage, 41-2
Swinfield, Bishop, 230
Swynnerton, Robert de, 134
Sycamore, 68
Sydenham, Sir Edward, 203
_Sylvestres_, 63
Symondes, John, 264
Sympson, Thomas, 199
Syward, John, 334
“Tack” court, 42
Tack dinner, 200
Talbot, Gilbert, 279
Thomas, 194
Tanner, Thomas, 103
Tanning of hides, 9
Tatenhill, 137
Tatershall, 154
Tattishall, Martin de, 240
Taunton, 336, 337
Teddesley, 146
Teddington, 178
Tees, 96
Teesdale forest, 77, 96
Teme, 227
Temple Newsom, 77
_Terra regis_, 4
Tetlowe, Edmund, 196
Tewkesbury, 280
Thany, Luke de, 277
William de, 260
Theydon, 283
Thief-net, 59
Thirnum, Richard de, 101
_Thistiltak_, 128
Toftes, 159
Thomson, Gilbert, 330
Thomas, 57
Thoresby, 85, 219, 222
Thorney, 216
Thornhaw, 255
Thornhill, 159, 292
Thornton, Peter de, 135
Thorpe, 288, 293
Simon de, 269
_Thoughts upon Hunting_, 64
Thrapston, 243
Thurgarton, 205
Thurlbear, James of, 241
Tickhill, 207
Tideswell, 30, 150, 151, 152, 159, 166, 167, 168, 170, 173, 175, 179
Tingewick, Roger of, 241
Tintern, 280
Tock, Roger, 239, 240
Tolberton, 129
Topcliff Great Park, 77
Little Park, 77
Topcliffe, 125
John, 109
Tordebig, 149
_Torrens_, 167
Totenhoe, 251
Totnes, 347
Tottenham House, 327
Totyngton, 104
Towcester, 237
_Town of Pickering_, 43
Townsend, 209
Toxteth forest, 99
park, 98
Trafford, Richard de, 134
Trawden, 98
_Treasury of Receipt Forest Proceedings_, 238
_Treatise on the Forest Laws_, 25
Trees of the forest, 68-75
Trent, 79, 92, 206, 208, 209
Troutbek, William, 192
Troutsdale, 40
Trowbridge, 322
Trowden, 104, 105
Trubleville, Ralph de, 241
Trusley, 155
Tudenham, 277
Tuluse, Simon, 245, 246
William, 245, 246
Tunsted, Francis, 177
Tuppeleye, Robert de, 139
Turbervile, 35, 36, 64
Turkil, Bartholomew, 271
William, 271
Turnditch, 187, 198
Turner, Mr., 2, 3, 13, 25, 29, 49, 70, 92, 209, 224, 227, 234, 237,
238, 241, 245, 268, 269, 284, 301
_Turnus_, 166
Turton, Mr., 27, 116
Sir John, 80, 145
Tutbury, 16, 54, 88, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 174, 176,
182, 187, 189, 190, 191
Twici, 48, 50, 61, 62, 63, 64
Twiford, 235
Two Bridges, 345
Twynyho, William, 330
Tybetot, Richard, 147
Tycknell, 226
Tymparon, Robert de, 93
Ugretred, Thomas, 112
Ulverscroft, 231
Unwin, Thomas, 323, 324
Upper Booth, 166
Upping, 37
Uppingham, 235, 236
Uttoxeter, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 201
Vale of the Hope, 150
Vale Royal, 134
Velters, 49
_Veltrarius_, 53
_Venatio de Duffield Frith_, 188
Venison Pleas, 11, 12, 15
Venlands, 167
Venoit, Robert de, 309
Ventrers, 53
_Venville_, of Dartmoor, 9
Venvillemen, 307
Verderers, 17-18, 102, 157
Verdon, Thomas de, 93
Vernon, Edward, 80, 145
John, 192
Richard de, 160, 164, 167, 168
Roger, 192, 193, 194, 195
Sir Henry, 168
Walter, 179
Vert Pleas, 11, 12, 14, 15, 69
Walk, 255
Vertue, George, 222
Vesci, Baron William de, 156
Vesey, John de, 92, 100
William de, 88, 92, 209, 210
Vezpont, Robert de, 96
_Victoria History of Hampshire_, 304
Vieville, Baron of, 79
Vikars, Richard, 95
Vynyng, Mathew, 330
Wade, John, 251
Wake, Thomas, 38, 117
Wakefield forest, 7
New Park, 70
Old Park, 76
Waldeshef, Walter, 302
Walerund, Walter, 289
William, 289
Waleys, Sir Stephen le, 164
Walkelin, William, 33
Wallingford, 108
Waltham Abbey, 34, 47
“Blacks,” 81
Chase, 81
forest, 31, 59, 79, 85, 271, 283, 284, 286, 312
Walthamstow Walk, 78
Wanburgh, 293
Wanstead, 40, 79
Wapentake, 198
Warcop, 96
Ward, 14
William, 111
Warden, a, 17
Wardley, 235, 236
Wardlow, 159, 180
Ware, Thomas, 345
Warkworth Park, 77, 89
Warren, a, 2, 26
beasts of, 26
Warren, Earl of, 96
fowls of, 26
Warwickshire forest, 229
Wastedale, Roger de, 94
Wastedalehead, 94, 95
Waterhouse, Thomas, 191
Waterville, Richard de, 240
Simon of, 246
Watkinson, Richard, 252
Watton, 119
Wax, 40
“Waymuthe,” 291
“Waynelodes,” 200
Weardale forest, 96, 97
Wearne, 333
Webbe, Richard le, 337
Wedgwood, Dr., 1
Wednesley, Thomas de, 166
Weedhaw, 255
Weford, Richard de, 132
Welbeck, 158, 160, 166, 222
Welbeck Abbey, 13
Weldon, 254
Welland, the, 235, 247
Welles, John, Lord, 248, 250, 251, 252
Wellington, Roger of, 224
Wellow, 209
Wells, 336, 338
Wensdale forest, 77
Wensleydale forest, 130
Weseham, Roger de, 156
West Bere, 311
Derby forest, 98, 103, 104
Henalt Walk, 78
Luccombe, 336
Westbrook, John, 293
Westerdale, 113
Westhay, 250, 251, 255, 256
Westhorpe, John, 118
Westminster, 108, 112, 131, 224
Hall, 71
Westmoreland forest, 95-6
Weston, 163, 269
Richard, 271, 295
Westwood, 95, 228
Wever of Wever, 133
Weybridge forest, 7, 58, 79, 269, 271, 272, 273
Weyley, Simon de, 156
Whaley Bridge, 179
Wharmore, 105
Wharton, Sir Henry, 94
Sir Thomas, 94
Wheston, John, 264
Whightmede Park, 280
Whinfell Park, 92
Whistler, Edward, 263
Whitaker, Mr. Joseph, 85
Whitby, 109, 114, 116, 121, 122
Whitchurch, Richard of, 234
White, Gilbert, 81
White Hart Forest, 331
Lodge, 219
Silver, 332
Whitehall, 255
Bridge, 166
Whitehede, John, 311
Whitelock, Sir Bulstrode, 299
Whitethorn, 68, 73, 74
Whitfield, 158, 179
Whittington, Arthur, 142
Whittlebury forest, 237
Whittlewood forest, 67, 78, 85, 237, 255, 256, 262, 267, 268
Whittlesey, 271
Whitwick, 231
Whitworth, Rev. R. H., 204
Whorley Castle, 112
Whyte, Thomas, 345
Wick, 246
Wigley, John, 196
Wigornia, Margery de, 148
Wilcock, 213
William I., 5, 305
II., 34
III., 106
Duke of Devonshire, 80
Marquis of Hartington, 80
the Hermit, 108
Willoughby, Richard de, 110
Sir Harry, 193, 194, 195
William, 263, 264
Willow, 68
Willowbrook, 237
Willy brook, 248
Wilson, Thomas, 95
Wilton, 313, 315
John, 311
Wiltshire forests, 313-29
Wimbalds Trafford, 134
Wimersley, 237
Winchester, 289, 310, 311
Windesham, 293
Windley Hill, 196
Windsor forest, 7, 13, 21, 32, 34, 36, 38, 42, 52, 56, 73, 79, 81,
85, 266, 267, 287-300, 310, 339
Great Park, 78, 79
Little Park, 78
Wingfield, 195
Winsford, 336
_Winter Heyning_, 41
Wintour, Sir John, 281
Wirksall, Walter, 113
Wirksworth, 153, 167, 181, 191, 196, 198
Wirral, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135
Wise, Mr., 237, 304, 305
Wisp, the, 235
Withcote, 235
Withyham, 301
Withypool, 336
Witney, 262
Woburn, 346
Wode, John, 293
Wodeard, William, 277
_Wodsylver_, 167
Woking, 293
Wokingham, 267
Wolf, the, 21, 25, 26, 32-4, 48
Wolfedge, 32
Wolfhope, 22
Wolfhunte, John le, 33
Wolfrich, William, 246
Wolfpit, 32
Wolfscote, 32
Dale, 32
Grange, 32
Hill, 32
Wolfstone, 32
Wolstanton, 225
Wolston, Sir Grey, 250
Wolverley, 149
Wonstan, Aver, 344
Woodborough, 213
Woodbury manor, 341
Woodchurch, 132
Woodcock, 26, 130
Woodcockleigh, 336
Woodford Walk, 78
Woodhay, 266
Wood Mill, 143
Woodmote, 13, 104, 139, 190-200
Woodruff, George, 173
Woodstock, 7, 48, 257
Woodward, the, 22-3
Woolmer forest, 85, 309-10
Woolow, 32
Wootton, William of, 245
Worcester, 107, 148, 225, 227, 228
Worcestershire forests, 226-9
Worfield, 223
Worf river, 223
Worksop, 204
Wormegay, 206
Wormhill, 153, 159, 163
Adam de, 164
Michael de, 164
Worplesdon, 293
Worsley, James, 168
Wotehall, Hugh of, 213
Wragmire Moss, 95
“Wrassel okes,” 254
Wrekin, 225
Wrenstye, 249
Wressel Park, 77
Wright and Halliwell’s _Reliquiæ Antiquæ_, 62
Writtle, 283, 284
Wrothesley, Walter, 323
Wroughton, 326
Wryght, Roger, 171
Wurth, Robert de, 157
Wychwood forest, 31, 85, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265,
268
Wydehawe, 241
“Wydelands,” 167
Wye, the, 168
Wyers, 59
Wyersdale forest, 40, 45, 74, 80, 98, 100, 101, 102, 105
Wyke, John, 344
Wykeham, prioress of, 45
Wykes, William, 344
Wylde, Rev. Dr., 220
William, 220
Wyliamescote, 261
Wyndham, Mr., 339
Wyne, William, 337
Wynfleth, Robert de, 137
“Wynlands,” 167
_Wynlands_ of the Peak, 9
Wynn, William le, 163
Wynston, Thomas, 196, 197
Wynton, Simon de, 307
Sir Richard de, 307
Wyott, 107
Wyrall, Jenkin, 66
Wyre forest, 225-7
Wyre-ceastre, 225
Wyte, Richard, 344
Wytemore, John de la, 146
Wyther, Philip, 277
William, 100
Wyvill, William, 113
Yath, the, 121
Yeland, Hugh de, 110, 111
Yew Lodging, 226
York, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130
Cecilia, Duchess of, 323, 324
Yorkshire forests, 107-30
Hurst Park, 77
Wolds, 32
Ysabel, William, 344
Young’s _Agricultural Survey_, 301
Yoxall, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
Yoxley, 270
Zouch, John, 249, 250, 253
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THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND
J. C. COX, LL.D., F.S.A.
The object of these pages is to set forth both the general and particular
history of the wastes preserved for royal sport throughout England which
were under forest law. Short accounts of all these forests are given,
and in certain cases, such as Sherwood Forest, the Forest of the High
Peak, Needwood Forest, Cranborne Chase, the forests of Northamptonshire,
Cheshire, and Oxfordshire, Windsor Forest, Clarendon Forest, Dartmoor,
and Pickering Lythe, much of their story is told in detail. It will be
found that by far the larger portion of the book deals with original
material, chiefly culled from the stores of the Public Record Office.
The introductory chapters give an outline description of the laws,
courts, and ministers of the forests, together with considerable fresh
information as to red, fallow, and roe deer, wild boar, wolf, and other
beasts of the chase or warren. The punishment inflicted by forest courts
for “vert,” as well as “venison” offences, together with accounts of
wood sales, bring to light much that pertains to the earlier tree-lore
of England. The book is illustrated by a variety of reproductions from
old MSS. and early printed books, as well as by old plans, foresters’
gravestones, and ancient trees.
CHURCH FURNITURE
J. C. COX, LL.D., F.S.A., AND A. HARVEY, M.B.
In these pages far fuller accounts than have yet been attempted are
given, from the earliest examples down to the end of the seventeenth
century, of such extant objects as altars, altar-stones, holy
tables, altar rails, sedilia, aumbries, piscinas, holy water stoups,
Easter sepulchres, gospel lecterns, pulpits, both of wood and stone,
hour-glasses, candlesticks, chests, and poor-boxes. Particular attention
has been bestowed upon screens, stalls, bench-ends, and seats. Fonts
and font covers are treated with considerable fulness. A short account
is given of altar-plate, including pyxes, censors, and paxes. Among the
exceptional curiosities of later days, the several instances of those
remarkable instruments, the “vamping horns,” are set forth, and various
noteworthy examples of early royal arms and Tables of Commandments are
specified. Tentative lists, classified according to date, are given
of the known examples of these different objects of church furniture
throughout England. The illustrations are numerous, and for the most part
original, or specially drawn for this work.
THESE VOLUMES WILL FOLLOW
FOLK-LORE IN EARLY BRITISH HISTORY
G. LAWRENCE GOMME, F.S.A.
THE ROMAN OCCUPATION
JOHN WARD, F.S.A.
CASTLES AND WALLED TOWNS OF ENGLAND
ALFRED HARVEY, M.B.
THE DOMESDAY SURVEY
ADOLPHUS BALLARD, B.A., LL.B.
THE BRASSES OF ENGLAND
HERBERT W. MACKLIN, M.A.
ENGLISH HERALDRY
T. SHEPARD
MEDIÆVAL CHURCH LIFE IN ENGLAND
ABBOT GASQUET, O.S.B., D.D., PH.D., D.LITT.
VILLAGE GEOGRAPHY
W. RYLAND D. ADKINS, B.A.
Other Volumes are in course of arrangement.
METHUEN & CO., 36 ESSEX STREET, STRAND, W.C.