A HISTORY OF PEAK FOREST. 7 1 



Concerning f^e QKing^s njoo^e in i^e (jSaiffinjtc of 

 Ccimpa,na. 



The woods of Ockes and Horewyht are wasted since the 

 last Pleas, of underwood and branches to the damage of 30s. 

 by the inhabitants of Bowden and its hamlets : 100 oaks are 

 destroyed. 



The wood of Hope which is common to the inhabitants of 

 Hope as well as to the King's men and others of the same vill 

 has suffered to the amount of i mark. It is decided that the 

 wood is in the old waste formerly made by the same villagers. 

 It is commanded that of the remainder they take nothing except 

 their estovers* upon view and permission of the Foresters, but 

 without any waste. 



The " Reffleta "t of our lord the King of Monghcedale 

 (? Monkdale) and Coudenedale (? Cowdale) have suffered 

 injury to amount of 10= by tlie inhabitants of Tideswell and 

 WormenhuU (Wormhill). 



The wood of Pyndal has been injured since the last pleas by 

 the villagers of Bradwell to the amount of 5^ 



Of the villagers of Bradewell for old waste of Noneleye — 

 half a mark. 



Of the inhabitants of ThornhuU and Aston for old waste of 

 the wood of Thornhull and Aston — half a mark. 



Of the villagers of Fayrfeld and Bocstones for old waste of 

 the wood of Bofeworth (? Boseworth) — half a mark. 



On another roll, probably of 36 Henry til., we have — " The 

 Woods of liope, Trayet, Nunneleye, Thornhull and Aston are 

 wasted by the inhabitants of their vicinity." 



* Estovers = allowances of wood made to tenants, viz., Husbote, Hedge- 

 bote, and Ploughbote. 



t (Reffleta-vert, or foliage generally). A forest word. In the Inquests 

 concerning forfeits in the King's Forests in the Appendix to Matt. Paris, 

 we have — " It must be inquired how much the covering {-MSlura, i.e., clothing 

 or foliage) of each wood, and the aforesaid ' Reffleta'' is now worth, before 

 the assart be made." Vide Du Cange — ^' Kejleliim." 



