THE LOST HISTORY OF PEAK FOREST. 165 



Wni. Peverel, Henry II. resumed possession of this Crown 

 property, and that he had it in hand during his reign In his 

 third year there is a charge of ^lo i6s. in adeqnietattone corredio 

 for the expenses of the King at Peak Castle; ^37 x^s 3d for 

 entertaining the King of Scotland there and at Nottingham • 

 besides a charge of 72 shillings for wine at Peak. The same year 

 Robert de Chalz paid 20 marcs for the administration of the 

 King's Forests in Nottingham and Derby, and probably at that 

 date he acted as BaihfT of the Peak. 



In 14 Henry II., Matilda, the King's daughter, was resident at 

 Peak, for there is a charge of £^ los. for two watchers and one 

 porter, and 30s. for one palfrey and one courser (fugat) for her use 

 There is also a payment of los. for two '< pedicators " (trappers) 

 who went to Normandy from thence to kill wolves. 



In 22 Henry II., ^135 was expended upon the operations 

 (works) of the Castle, and in the same Roll there is a charge of 

 76s. 8d. for keeping the King's bears, and for expenses attending 

 the Ursary of the King, and for taking the bears from Notting- 

 ham to Winchester. The capture of wolves was in ancient times 

 a very important matter, though doubtless the breed was not 

 wholly discouraged, on account of the good sport of hunting 

 them, but they might become too numerous in the neighbourhood 

 of the deer, and it was therefore necessary to keep them down 

 withm certam hmits. In these Records it is stated that John the 

 Wolfhunter and Thomas fil Thomas Foljamb held a bovat of land 

 which was formerly one Serjeantry, assigned for the taking of 

 wolves m the Forest, and it was in ancient times divided, so that 

 each of them held half a bovat, of which the said John held one 

 part; and a certain Hugo de Morhaye, who formerly held the 

 other part, gave it with his daughter Katherine, who afterwards 

 sold It to Thomas Foljamb, and the jury being asked what liabili- 

 ties or rights {jura) pertained to that Serjeantry, answered none, 

 except that the land should not be assessed by the Bailiffs of 

 Compana, but that in each year, in March and September the 

 Wolfhunters should go through the midst of the Forest for placing 

 traps {peditas) for taking wolves where they were found by the 



