292 Letters concerning the Boundaries of Cranborne Chace. 
have given you much intelligence respecting the matter. I shall at all times 
be ready to give you all the satisfaction I can in any concerns of Lord Rivers 
and I am your obt hb'* Servant 
“Wa. CHaFIN.” 
Letter from Dr. Good to Mr. Salisbury :— 
(Dr. Good was born at Bowerchalk, where his father lived, and in 1739 
removed to Broadchalk. Dr. Good lived there till 1756, and then lived 
five years at Shaston.) 
‘¢ Wimborn June 21 1794. 
“Sir Your letter of the 17th found my Right Hand wrapped in Flannell 
quite unable to hold a Pen, this is the first attempt and tho’ attended with 
Pain and Difficulty, I am resolved to give you an Answer, fearing my Silence 
might be imputed to a wrong cause. 
“My long acquaintance with Lord Rivers, my great regard for Him, and 
the singular obligations I stand indebted to Him have caused uneasy feelings 
in my Mind on Account of the ungenerous Treatment his Lordship has re- 
ceived from the Wood-yates-Inn Committee. 
‘‘Can it be made a Question whether Cranborn Chace extends into Wiltshire 
when a very extensive Rang of the Woods are in that County ?—As to its 
Northern Boundary I have often, at different Times in a pretty long Life 
spent in Wiltshire and Dorsetshire, heard that the River Nadder or Adder 
fixt the Bounds, which carries more than bare Presumption with It, as 
Parishes, Hundreds, and Counties are bounded by Rivers—however thus 
much I affirm from Knowledge, that I have seen an erected Pole with Buck’s 
Horns on the Top, at the South End of Harnham Bridge, going into Salisbury, 
and was told by a Keeper standing by, that It was an anniversary Remem- 
brance that the Bounds of Cranborne Chace extended Thither ; and I have 
heard that the like Custom had been observed at Cann-Church at the South 
Entrance into Shaftesbury ‘tho I never was an Kye-witness to it. 
“‘T think the following Facts serve to prove that the Chalk Bourn, I mean 
that String of Parishes, North of the Chace, is within Its Limits—(viz.) It 
frequently happened that the Keepers, upon Suspicion or Information that 
Venison was in any of those Parishes, went with a Warrant and proper 
Officers and made Search, and in whosoever House it was found, the Owner 
was by a Justice convicted in the same Penalty, as if when with the Deer at 
his Back in Cobly-Lawn. 
“This Sir is I think very conclusive. 
‘‘T have heard much of Chace Matters, from ( ) to 1756 I lived at the 
Chalks, and ’tho I was no Deer Hunter (then so called) I was acquainted 
with many very respectable People who were. 
‘* With my most sincere Regards to Lord Rivers—I remain—Sir 
‘“ Your very obt hum Servant 
: ‘Henry Goon.” 
Dr. Good to Mr. Salisbury :— 
: ‘* Wimborne July the 2nd 1794. 
“Sir The unpleasant Business you was last week with me upon dwells 
much upon my mind. You will permit me therefore to communicate my 
Thoughts on some Points of that Contest. 
