g6 A HISTORY OF PEAK FOREST. 



Also the woodm' hath had of old tyme accustomed a stoned horse gresse in 

 eQy close ground that hath bene of old tyme paled : & a pkeof old continuance ; 

 & for his ox'= (? qr's = quarters) sute, a dere in soiS, and a nother in win? : 

 & a key of e8y posterne yeate in e9y close ground that he may come in & see 

 the ground, & see what is done there : & he shall have a stobbe of wood of 

 iij lodes of wood for his fuell in any place that wood is in, both pks & wards : 

 & all treis that be broken w' wind that his deputie may reche the broken w"» 

 his bowe holdyng y' in the mydest — beyinge aboue a loode of wood, & not 

 aboue ij lode of wood, & not breakinge the earthe, is the woodm^" : & yf ytt 

 breake the earthe or be a boue ij loods of wood it is the K's : & all wood 

 braken w"" wind of smale value, yat is vnd' halfe a loode of wood is comen 

 {common) to the K's ten^'nts : & yf ytt be halfe a loode of wood so broken, & 

 not a boue, then y' is the keps of the ground. 



*' ConsfaBfes of f^e CftBfeffs of i^t %\z^ ^ea6e. tufSurg. 

 (Jtlef Bourne* ©ongngfon. 



Theis be named & made by the Kinge & aucthorised by the K's letters 

 patents vnd° his Duchie seale. 



The ffee of Tutbury, iij \\. vi^ viij'' : ffor Donyngton xl^ : ffor Melborne 

 iiij ti. iij^ : and ffor the High Peake iiij ti. Their office is to attache psons 

 w">in ther lib^tie for offences done to the Kinge ; and to bring them to the 

 castell w'='' is vnder their rule, whether it be by the King's comaundint, or by 

 the comaundint of the chauncellor of the Duchie, or the Highe Steward, or 

 otherwise, & theire safely to kepe them, tyll they haue found a sufficient dis- 

 charge for the delyQing of them : and they shal see the castells kept cleyne, 

 & the walls & the leads, & they shall haue for e9y pson comytted to ward by 

 suche comaundmt, or for verte or venyson ij^ iiij^ : & yf any pson be there in 

 ward for the K's debtt or for any other causes, the porter of the castell shall 

 haue the hole ffee. 



The cunstables lodginge at Tutbury is o9 the porter's lodginge o9 the gate. 



And of the castell of the Highe Peake, one man occupieth bothe the office 

 of Constable and Porter : and the constables may make their deputies ; but 

 they have no ffee of the Kinge, but their master's reward. 



^*tV>i. (ge|)erB of %iz?> ^eaSe. ©uftefb. Sfr«ae» 

 (WefBournc. efc.» efc, 



Thei are named & made by the King, ut stipa. 



There office is to kepe the Dere & his woods within there walke, & to walke 

 his pale or bordure surely e9y day ons at the least, & to Sue warrants to them 

 directed ; & there ffee is some more & some lesse as theyr placs be. Some 

 be a j"* a day ; some ij"* a day : some iiij'' a day : they may make deputies, 



