DUFFIELD FOREST IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 1 97 



Also the said Warde is platted with many loundes" and plaines 

 wherein groweth no timber nor underwood. 



Fee Trees (a) To John Ireton, deputy bow-bearer, one tree. 



(i?) To Francis Curzon, ranger of the Frith, one tree. 



(e) To the keeper of the Warde, one tree. 



Memoraiidiiin. — Sir Humphrey Bradburne, knight, is one of 

 the foresters in fee, and John Toplyffe is his deputy, and claimeth 

 to have in the same ward firewood for his house, but he taketh 

 none and is quietly so content. 



Thomas Knyfton, Esquire, is another forester in fee, and he 

 taketh firewood in his own hand and delivery for his house, and 

 timber likewise. 



X. — Ravensdale Park containeth 3 miles about. 



{a) In the IV est E)id there is a wood containing 12 acres well 

 set with young oiler of 4 years" growth, lately sold to the use 

 of King Philip and Mary. 



{b) The Rest of tJie Park is very slenderly set about with holly 

 and some whitethorne, and there groweth abroad in the said 

 Park 130 small dottard oakes for firewood. 



Also in the Ring there are 12 old oakes for building timber 

 or pale, and 12 old dottard oakes. 



Fee Trees (a) To Thomas Ireton, deputy bow-keeper, one tree. 



{I?) To the said Thomas who keepeth the axe, one tree. 



(t) To Richard Holland, deputy ranger, one tree. 



(d) To the Deputy Keeper there, one tree. 



Sir Thomas Cokayne, knt., is the keeper there. 



XI. — Marnshull Park containeth two miles about very well 

 set with fair large Hollynge (holly) almost throughout, and 

 there groweth abroad 210 old dottard oakes. 



Also in the Ring there are 16 small oakes for timber, and 24 

 dottard oakes. 



Also on a Little Hill there are 1 2 old oakes decayed, but they 

 bear fair tops. 



* Lounile, or Launde, was the term for a patdi or parcel of unploughcd land 

 clear of trees, in the midst of a wood or forest. It is still occasionally used, 

 e.g., Belper Laund, and it survives in several field names on old township 

 maps of the Duffield district. 



