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thnrow the hole ward not topping in any one hagge after it is 

 onre topped till the toppes he againe of tenn yeares growethe 

 Item that in every suche proportion or hagge within the said 

 Bellparr warde That the tenante thereof may fell all the birkes 

 that yere groweing within the same by the ground appointing 

 a carefull overseer of the said woods that shall for the spare of 

 three years after any of the said birkes be felled kepe of noysome 

 and hurtfull beastes for suche wood till the saide birkes shalbe of 

 iij or iiij yeres groweth ffor all which saide Alders topwood of 

 hollyns and ther onderwood aforesaid and birkes to be topped 

 and felled yerelie in maner and forme aforesaide we do certifie 

 that we thinke her Majestic may reserve the yerlie rent of five 

 poundes. 



6. — Item We do furder finde as is aforesaide That there is in 

 his saide lease to be excepted and allowed vnto the collectors 

 woodwardes and other officers of eche of the said wardes so many 

 loades for ther fierwood or hedgwood as shall hereafter by certi- 

 ficate upon a furder surv-ey be found That either by graunt or 

 customable use hathe belonged or ben dewe unto them for thexe- 

 cution of the saide offices and that hath ben so vsuallie had and 

 taken out of the underwoods aforesaid Or in default of such 

 commission and survey suche as they shall hereafter in the 

 honorable court of the Duchy prove to be dewe and belonging 

 to the said Offi.ces They attending and regarding the saide wardes 

 and the woodes as well standing as to be felled or topped as 

 aforesaid from spoyle waste destruction stealing or carieing away 

 in suche sorte as hertofore they have vsuallie done or ought to 

 have done. 



7. — Item the aptest places that we do finde within any of the 

 saide wastes for the erecting or setting up of any bloweng mill 

 for the melting of lead ower (the same intended to be a water 

 mill) is in Holland warde at one litle broke called Holland broke 

 or the broke in Holland ward rising within the same of two or 

 iij small springes And in Chevyn or Duffeld ward at one litle 

 broke called black broke about the bottom and lowest falls of 

 eche of the said brokes which said brokes are thought will .serve 



