194 DUFFIELD FOREST IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 



(/) Also a JVooJ adjoining to Heighedge, containing 7 acres 

 well set with oiler, sold by commission. There are 16 small 

 crooked oakes in every acre. 



{k) Also another Wond adjoining to the said oilers, contain- 

 ing 90 acres, set with birch, hazel, whitethorne, and blackthorr.e. 

 There are 38 small oakes and 4 dottard oakes in every acre. 



Also rest of the said Warde is slenderly set abroad with 

 crooked oakes, whitethorne, and small holly, and blackthorne ; 

 all for tynsell. 



And there groweth abroad in the saide Warde 4,000 small 

 oakes for building timber, and 658 dottard and decayed oakes for 

 firewood. 



Also the said Warde is platted with many laundes and plaines, 

 whereon groweth no timber nor underwood. 



Fee Trees. — Also there goeth of the warde divers fee-trees, 

 viz. : — 



(a) To Thomas Ireton, deputy bow-bearer of the said Frith — 

 one tree. 



(V) To the said Thomas for keeping the Queen's axe — one 

 tree. 



(t-) To Richard Holland, deputy ranger of the said Frith — one 

 tree. 



{d) To Thomas Brokesbey, keeper of the said Warde — one 

 tree. 



{e) To John Greye, his deputy — one tree. 



VI. — Beaureper Park, containing one mile about, and there 

 is next adjoining to Beaureper town 12 acres, very slenderly set 

 with old birch, and some hazel of 50 years' growth, and 4 small 

 dottard oakes. 



Also there is in the midst of the said Park one fair old oak 

 with a large top for building timber, and it is called the Raven 

 Oak. 



Also the rest of the said Park is overgrown with small" thorns 

 and briars for tynsell. 



Also there groweth in the Ring of the said Park 6 small oakes 

 for building timber, and 4 small dottard oakes for firewood. 



Thomas Broke.sbey is deputy keeper there to Thomas Cockes. 



