174 THE LOST HISTORY OF PEAK FOREST. 



" And because the king now of late, that is to say, for the past 

 twelve years appointed certain Knightly Foresters (Forestarii 

 Equitii) through the whole Forest, Nich. Lenne, who took for 

 his custody ;2^i8 4s. per annum, and was deputy of Robt. Boson, 

 who is Bailiff of Peak, and who held his baliwic for three 

 years, and was not guilty of transgressions." 



Wm. de Horsenden when Bailiff made two forges for iron. Rad 

 Bugg in the time he was Bailiff, after Wm. Horsenden, for ih 

 years kept 80 beasts at the damage of 20 shillings, for which 

 Rich, de Bingham who was his heir is answerable. The same 

 Ralf had 60 cart horses (jumenta) feeding in Compana and 

 Eydale for \\ years at the damage of 150 shillings, and 4 {carac. 

 bov.) yoke of oxen feeding in the Forest, 31 shillings. 



Gervase de Bernak, Bailiff of Peak, had for three years 23 

 oxen feeding, 30 shillings, for which Rich, de . . . .of the 

 county of Derby his heir is now answerable. Thomas de Orreby, 

 Bailiff of Peak, had 4 yoke of oxen, 60 shiUings. Rich, le 

 Ragged, 3 yoke of oxen, 20 shillings ; Thos. le Ragged, of Berde, 

 his heir. 



Thos. Foljambe, Bailiff, was answerable for 3 yoke of oxen feed- 

 ing in the Forest, 



There is a fragment of a Roll entitled "of the marriage of the 

 heirs of Foresters of Fee," which might be extended to the 

 satisfaction of the genealogist indefinitely. Unfortunately, it 

 only contains the record of two of these transactions. Brian de 

 Insula (6-1 1 Henry HI.) married Matilde, eldest daughter of Simon 

 de Melner, Forester of Fee of Languedale, without the king's 

 assent to William de Insula, who died, and Thomas Turbott sold 

 the custody and marriage of Isabel, her sister, to Roger de Staf- 

 ford for ;^IO. 



John de Grey, when Bailiff of Peak (27-33 Henry IH.) sold the 

 custody of Robert fil and heir of Simon de Stanley, Forester of 

 Fee of Compana, to Robt. de Wurth, who sold it to Rich, de 

 Trafford, whose daughter Robert fil Simon de Stanley married. 

 There can be but little doubt that this was the ancestor of the 

 Earls of Derby, whom the heralds at this period call de Audeley. 



