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Inglewood to the Priory of St. Mary’s, Carlisle, for the good of his 
soul, and the soul of his wife, Eleanor, of famous memory, some 
time Queen Consort, and the souls of all his ancestors and 
successors. : 
In 1345, it appears from the Patent Rolls that W. de Langley, 
High Bailiff of the Forest of Inglewood, was sworn before King 
Edward the Third, that as often as it shall tend to the King’s 
honour, he will grant a day’s coursing of deer and other game to 
knights and gentlemen, to ladies and other noble persons. In the 
eighth year of Henry the Fifth, Thomas, Lord Dacre, had a grant 
of the office of Chief Forester; and in the ninth of Edward the 
Fourth, Humphrey, Baron Dacre of the north, was appointed to 
that office for life. 
About 1547, among the fees and emoluments received by the 
Lord Warden of the West Marches, was—‘the receipt of the 
Queen’s lands, called the Queen’s Hames, and Forest of Inglewood, 
with the Stewardship of the forest there. 
In 1696, the Forest, with appurtenances, was granted by 
William the Third to William Bentinck, First Earl of Portland, 
whose family retained it till 1787, when it was purchased by the 
Duke of Devonshire, whose descendants, as Lords of the Honour 
of Penrith, have paramount authority over the Manor of Inglewood 
Forest. 
Of the many places of interest within the boundary of the 
Forest, perhaps the most classical—but now no longer to be found 
—is Tarn Wadling; and Castle Hewen, traditionally said to have 
been a fortress belonging to Ewain, King of Cumberland, but more 
celebrated as the reputed residence of Sir Gawaine, who conquered 
King Arthur by enchantment, so that his sinews lost their strength, 
and his arms sank powerless at his side. The giant seems to have 
been of stature almost as gigantic as the famous Sir Hugh Cesar, 
who is said to be buried at Penrith. 
At Tarne Wadling his castle stands, 
Near to that lake so fair, 
And proudlye rise the battlements, 
And streamers deck the air, 
