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should so hunt, during his stay at his manor of 
Wodestock.”* 
A quaint illustration of the mode of attacking a 
Boar, copied from MS. of the fourteenth century, 
which is preserved in the Douce collection, is given 
by Strutt in his “Sports and Pastimes,” and is here 
reproduced, 
SPEARING A BOAR. FROM A MS. OF THE FOURTEENTIL CENTURY. 
The Boar was a badge of Edward III., and might 
therefore have been borne by any of his descendants ; 
but Richard III. is the only one to whom its adoption 
has been traced.t 
In the Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York, 
eldest daughter of Edward IV. and consort of 
Henry VIL. is the following entry under date 23rd 
Nov. 1502 :— 
Itm. the same day to a servaunt of Sr. Gilbertes Talbottes in 
rewarde for bringing a wylde bore tothe Quene ... . . xs. 
And in the “Household Book” kept by the steward 
of Squire Kitson of Hengrave, county Suffolk, 
* Kennet, “ Parochial Antiquities,” p.450. By some unaccountable 
mistake Kennet translates unam hastam porci “ one shield of brawn,’’ 
and his view is adopted by Blount, “* Ancient Tenures,” p. 97. 
The use of “ Bore-speres” in Norfolk, a.p. 1450-54, is referred to in 
the “ Paston Letters,” ed. Gairdner, vol. i. pp. 107, 271. 
* “ Archeologia,” vol. v. p. 17; Hawkins, “ English Coins,” p. 278, 
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