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but ther deputies have no fifee of the Kinge but ther maister's reward, & §teyne 

 ^fitts after the custome of the grounds of old tyme used & accustomed ; for by 

 the custome, the keps have used to have all wyndfall wood & trees broke w"' 

 the wynd aboue the earth, so that it be to the quantitye of half a lode of wood, 

 and under too lods of wood, & breake no earthe. And if it be too loods of 

 wood or aboue, & breake earth y" is the K's : & yf itt be vnder halfe a lode of 

 wood it is coffion to the K's tenants. 



And the keps shall haue theyre swyne tacke free, have they mo or lesse : & 

 efiy kep shall pay at the tacke day to the king x'' whether they have swyne or 

 none. And the deputie kep shall haue of e9y tree that is geven, the croppe & 

 barke, and the lodge to dwell in, w'out any rent paying therfore : and shall 

 have his beasts free in the wood, and yerely xii<J allowed him at the meatinge 

 of the pale for the walking of his border & setting uppe pales. And also the 

 kep shall haue skynes of all dere, that is out of season being kylled in their 

 offics : & yf a dere be kylled or smytten, & not recoQed nor found before sonne 

 setting, he that smyts the dere or letts runne his grehound shall haue y^ skynne. 

 Also the kep shall haue the lefte shoulder & the Dighter of the Dere : the 

 other shoulder & the chyne & the necke, the collector of the wards & the paler 

 shall haue yf they be there at the Death of the Dere. Also the keps of the 

 wards shall have the shoulders of the Dere smytten in theyr ofifics, & recoQed 

 forthe in another man's office yf it be followed, & all chance dere recoSed ; 

 the skyne & the shoulders there as the dere is found & recoQed. 



Also yf any kep find a hunter w"^ the " manner " or els backberyng, or blody 

 handed, or standing at the rutt place, or att a leape w"' his bowe & arowe in 

 his hand, the kep may take him & bring him to the woodmasf : & then he 

 must bring him to the castell, ther to remayne till he hathe found surtie to the 

 steward to be of good aberinge agaynst the Kinge for vert and venison & 

 agaynst all the Kinge's officers & ten^unts. 



And yf ther be a p°sentment made at the woodmote by any kep agaynst any 

 ma for huntinge, or for the deths of any dere, & the same presentment be 

 affirmed by other keps, palened men, then the woodmasf may take him & 

 haue him to the castell there to remayne vntill he haue found suretie as is 

 aforseid, which bound {bond) he must certifie vnto the Duchie chamber to the 

 Chancellor of the Duchie. 



Also the keps shall have there offerings e9y Candemasday free : and ther 

 pson (parson) or curate w'^in whose pishe they dwell, shall fynd them a tap of 

 waxe for theyr offeringe that day free w'^oute payinge any thinge for the same. 



And efiy kep shall be privy to all trees fallen & carried away w'l'in there 

 offics, cSc psent them at the woodmote : & e9y kep shall have his quarter's sute 

 for makinge of his hounds : & e9y kep of the wards shall have a bast rope of 

 them that he layd to the baysting when the bastynge falls in y' office : & all 

 the wood that the basters cutte the first day is the keps : & all the residew 



