LEE” WOLL. 14! 
the mind of the prince, that he erected a tomb over 
the faithful dog’s grave on the spot where afterwards 
the parish church was built, called from this incident 
Bedd Gélert, or the grave of Gélert. From this 
story was derived the common Welsh proverb, “I 
repent as much as the man who slew his greyhound.” 
The dog referred to belonged probably to the race 
called by Pennant “the Highland gre-hound,” of 
great size and strength, deep-chested, and covered 
with long rough hair. This kind was much esteemed in 
former days, and was used for hunting by all the great 
chieftains in preference to any other. Boethius styles it 
“ genus venaticum cum celerrimum tum audacissimum.” 
1216-1272. In the following reign of Henry III. 
Wolves were sufficiently numerous in some parts of 
the country to induce the king to make grants of 
land to various individuals upon the express con- 
dition of their taking measures to destroy these 
animals wherever they could be found. 
In 1242 it appears that Vitalis Engaine made 
partition with William de Cantelupe, Baron of Ber- 
gavenny, of the manor of Badmundesfield, in Suffolk, 
as heir to William de Curtenai, and the same year 
had a summons, amongst divers great men, to attend 
the king, well appointed with horse and arms, in 
his expedition into France. He died in 1249, seized, 
inter alia, of part of the lordships of Laxton and 
Pichesle, in the county of Northampton, held by 
“petit serjeanty’—viz., to hunt the Wolf whensoever 
the king should command.* 
* Dugdale’s “ Baronage,” vol. i. p. 466. 
