THE WOLF. 143 
all the Wolves he could find in the counties of 
Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford, Salop, and Stafford, 
and the bailiffs in the several counties were directed 
to be ready and assist him. The commission, which 
has been frequently referred to by different writers, 
runs as follows :— 
“ Pro Petro Corbet, de lupis capiendis. 
“Rex, omnibus Ballivis, &. Sciatis quod in- 
junximus delecto et fideli nostro Petro Corbet quod in 
omnibus forestis et parcis et aliis locis intra comitatus 
nostros Gloucester, Wygorn, Hereford, Salop, et 
Stafford, in quibus lupe poterunt inveniri, lupos cum 
hominibus canibus et ingeniis suis capiat et destruat 
modis omnibus quibus viderit expedire. 
“Hit ideo vobis mandamus quod idem intendentes 
et auxiliantes estis. 
“‘ Teste rege apud Westm. 14 Maii a.p. 1281.””* 
In the Wardrobe Accounts of Edward I. pre- 
served in the British Museum (Add. MS. No. 7966) 
anno 29 Edw. I. (1301), the following entry occurs :— 
* April 29. To the huntsman of Sir Peter Corbet, deceased, for 
bringing to the King the dogs which belonged to the said Peter at the 
time ofhisdeath . . . . 6s. 8d. 
In 1285, William de Reynes held two carucatest 
of land at Boyton, in the parish of Finchingfield, in 
the county of Essex, by the serjeanty of keeping for 
the king five Wolf-dogs (canes luporarios).{ In the 
* Rymer’s “ Foedera,” i. pt. 2, p. 192; ii. p. 168. 
tT See note on last page. 
~ Plac. Coron. 13 Edw. J. Essex; Blount, “ Ancient Tenures,”’ p. 236. 
