DUFFIELD FOREST IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 1 89 



DuFFELDE Frith. 



The following are the particulars : — 



First, the said frith containeth in cirruit by estimation 

 30 miles, and it is divided into 4 small Wardes, i.e., Duffelde 

 Warde, Colhroke Warde, Beaurepa Warde, and HoUande Warde ; 

 and amongst the said wardes ther are sundry Partes, as partiru- 

 larly appeareth hereafter. 



I. — DuFFELDE Warde. 



Also there is one warde called Duffelde Warde within the said 

 Duffelde Frith wherein is one woode named — - 



(a) Chcvcn hatickc containing 90 acres slenderly set with small 

 holly, hazel, whitethorne, and hlackthorne of an old growth and 

 of evil wax, for it is common to divers towns adjoining to the 

 said wood. It is so eaten and kept down by cattle that it is very 

 little worth, and there groweth in every acre 30 old oakes for 

 building timber, and 12 oakes of a younger sort for building 

 timber and 6 dottard* oakes for fire wood. 



{b) T)cpedale.\ — Also there is in the said Warde one wood 

 called Depedale, containing 70 acres slenderly set with small 

 holly, hazel, whitethorne and blackthorne, of the age aforesaid 

 and there groweth in every acre 40 old oakes for building timber, 

 and 8 oakes of a younger sort and 4 dottard oakes. 



(c) Holme. — Also there is in the said Warde called the Holme 

 containing by estimation 46 acres slenderly set with hazel, holly, 

 whitethorne, and blackthorne of the age aforesaid, and there 

 groweth in every acre 60 small oakes for building timber. 



{d) Hameley batik. — Also there is in the said Warde one wood 

 called Hameley bank, containing by estimation 76 acres, set with 

 holly, hazel, whitethorne, and blackthorne, and there groweth 

 in every acre 36 oakes and 14 dottard oakes. 



(c) Brunlrcholme. — Also there is in the said warde another 

 wood called Bruntreholme, containing by estimation 220 acres, 

 set with holly, hazel, maple, whitethorne and blackthorne, and 

 there groweth in every acre 40 oakes and 6 dottard oakes. 



* Dottard or dotard was a term applied to trees beginning to decay, 

 t Depedale, a steep declivity or narrow valley in the present parish of 

 Hazelwood, now known as the "Depths of Lum." 



