TWO FOREST LODGES. 85 



Rafters for the wings decaid at 

 the Est end of the house with 

 workmanshipp thereof vjs. viijd. 



Brickes for mending the harth 

 of the chimney and under- 

 pinning the howse in diverse 

 places wt. workmanshipp xs. 



Total xlv li. xvijs. 



In tcstymony of the premisses the said Commissioners have hereunto 

 sett their handes and scales the xxiijth day of June in the xxxjth 

 yeere of the reigne of our sovereigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of 

 God Queene of England ffrance and Ireland, defender of the 

 faith, etc. 



Robert Wrothe. John Hill, frauncis Stonard. fransye Stacy. 



[Ef/dorsed] Delivered into Court November 11,31 reg., 

 by the hand of John Hickes. and oath 

 made. 



With regard to these two lodges, I incline to think that the one 

 called The Great Standing may be identified with what we now 

 know as Queen Elizabeth's Lodge. For it does not appear that 

 any other considerable lodge ever stood on high ground between the 

 Roding and the Lea ; and the ancient description tallies sufficiently 

 well with the structure as we know it. Moreover, supposing that 

 the very thorough repairs indicated were carried out during the 

 Queen's reign, that circumstance, even apart from her actual pre- 

 sence, might conceivably lead to the association of her name with 

 the building. But, according to Mr. Fisher," the Queen, when 

 hunting in the Forest, did resort thither. Elsewhere" he notes 

 that the roof of the lodge appears to be of earlier date than 

 the reign of Elizabeth — a point in my favour, since the lodge 

 mentioned in the Commission would seem, from its then condition, 

 to have been in existence considerably more than thirty years. 

 Again in the Forest Rolls of Henry Seventh's time,* in which lists of 

 the woodwards (some thirty in number) are given, we find one of 

 these officers in charge of Danherst or Danhurst, and his name is 

 usually, if not always, found next to that of the woodward of Ching- 

 ford Hawe, or Halke. And, just about a century later on (1590) 

 an Attachment Roll'' furnishes a like list. In this, under the 

 heading " Chincford Walke," we find set down " William Wagner, 



2 The Forest of Essex : p. 197. 4 D. of Lane, Class xxv. F. 17. k. 



3 Hid, p. 94 (Note). 5 B. M. Rot. Harl. CC, 13 (32 EHz.). 



