THE WOLF. 137 
in 1164, granted, amongst other privileges, to the 
Abbey of Jourvaulx, several pastures on the north 
side of the river Jore, reserving only liberty for his 
deer, likewise pasturage throughout his new forest, 
near Richmond, Yorkshire, for all their cattle, with 
power to keep hounds for chasing Wolves out of 
those their territories.* 
It is related in the “Annales Cambrie” (Harl. 
MSS., No. 3859 on vellum) that in 1166 a rabid Wolf 
at Caermarthen bit twenty-two persons, nearly all 
of whom died.t 
In 1167, the Bishopric of Hereford was vested in 
the King in consequence of the see being then vacant ; 
and in the account of John Cumin, who acted in 
the capacity of Custos, we find in the accounts of 
the revenue and expenditure of the temporalities a 
payment of tos. for three Wolves captured that year. 
“ Kt pro tribus Lupis capiendis, x*.” 
William Beriwere obtained from Henry II. the 
confirmation of all his lands, as also the forestership 
of the Forest of De la Bere, with power to take any 
person transgressing therein between the bars of 
Hampton and the gates of Winchester, and likewise 
between the river of Ramsey and the river of Win- 
chester to the sea, as amply as his father had held 
the same in the times of King William and King 
Henry I. From Richard I. (whom he accompanied 
* Dugdale’s “ Baronage,” vol. i. p. 48. ‘Ex. Regist. Archiep. 
Cant.” p. 875a. 
{+ “Apud Kermerden lupus vabiosus duo de viginto homines 
momordit qui omnes fere protinus pericreunt,” This MS. is believed 
to be a translation from the original Welsh. Ed. Williams (Master of 
the Rolls Series), pp. 50, 51. 
