138 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS. 
to the Holy Land, and whom he was instrumental 
in delivering from prison when that king was con- 
fined in Germany) he obtained many valuable emolu- 
ments as well as large territorial grants, and in the 
following reign was no less fortunate with King 
John, who, having a great regard for him in conse- 
quence of his knowledge in the art and mystery of 
venery, gave him license to enclose his woods at 
Joare, Cadelegh, Raddon, Ailesberie, and Burgh 
Walter, with free liberty to hunt the hare, fox, cat, 
and Wolf, throughout all Devonshire, and likewise 
the goat beyond the precincts of the forest ; and to 
have free warren throughout all his own lands for 
hares, pheasants, and partridges.* 
From a charter of liberties granted by King John, 
when Earl of Morton, to the inhabitants of Devon- 
shire, it appears that the Wolf was at that time 
included amongst the “beasts of venery” in that 
county. The original deed, which is still pre- 
served in the custody of the Dean and Chapter of 
Exeter, is under seal, and provides inter alia as 
follows :— 
“Quod habeant canes suos et alias libertates, sicut 
melius et liberius illas haberunt tempore ejusd. Henrici 
regis et reisellos suos, et quod capiant capreolum, 
vulpem, cattum, lupum, leporem, lutram, ubicumque 
alla invenirent extra regardumn forestee mea.” t 
1209. Mr. Evelyn P. Shirley has printed { two 
* Dugdale’s “ Baronage,” vol. i. p. 7oT. 
f~ Ex Autographo penes Dec. et Capit. Exon. From Bp. Lyttelton’s 
Collection. Quoted by Pennant, “British Zoology,” vol. ii. p. 308. 
£ “ Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica,”’ vol. vi. p. 299. 
