298 Customs of Wishford and Barford in Grovely Forest. 



by himself his Deputy, or Assigns, to walk the said forest in the north side 

 of Grimes Dike called the Trench, and by himself his Deputy or servants to 

 do his best endeavour by all means to drive, chase, and keep the Deer out 

 of the fields the North side of the Trench, and to chase and keep them into 

 the King's woods from damaging the borderers. His fees by antient Custom 

 are, and he hath had, and of right ought to have, a fee certain in money, the 

 right Shoulder ' of every Deer that is killed within the said walk, and also the 

 Skin if he kill the Deer himself.' 



He hath also had, and by the antient Custom ought to have, four loads of 

 (the) wood commonly called Chimney Wood,=* yearly, and every year in 

 Highwood, and all the Moots,^ Dotes,* and Windfalls within his walk; and, 

 after the Coppices ^ are one year old, he may have, and of Right ought to 

 have, feeding for two Calves and one Colt ^ in each of them at his Pleasure 

 'till the Copse hedges** are taken down, and then he ought also to have all 

 the said Copse hedges within his walk (except only twenty Lugge,» which are 

 due to the Ranger for the time being), and the Lord of Barford Saint Martin 

 hath the office and fee in the South Side of the Trench sometimes called 

 Grime's Dike aforesaid. 



(13th) Item. The Ranger in Grovely for the time being, by himself, and 

 all his under-officers, and his servants, should, and in right ought, from time 

 to time [to] do also all their best endeavours by all means to lodge and keep 

 all the Deer within the Hedge Range of the King's woods and Coppices in 

 Grovely at all times and to preserve all the borderers from hurt and damage. 

 [Item 13 is not found in MS. S.] 



1 Right shoulders : B. 



" The Lord or Forester in the Forest of Arden sings at Jacques's request : 

 " What shall he have that kill'd the Deare ? 

 His leather-skin and homes to weare." 



Js Yo2i Like It, iv., 2. 

 " A glover at Tysbury," writes Aubrey, cir. 1656 — 85, " will give 6(/. more 

 for a buckskin of Cranbourne Chase than of Groveley ; and he sales that he 

 can afford it," (Nat. Hist. Wilts, ed. J. Britton, p. 59.) 



3 Of wood commonly called chimley wood {S.). Cheminage, derived from 

 c/iemin, is a toll from those who pass through a forest. But " Chimney 

 Wood," here, is probably nothing more than fire wood, from cheminee. 



■• Moots: roots of trees left in the ground. Akerman, iV^. Wilts Glossary, 

 1842. Otherwise called " stowls." G. E. Dartnell and E. H. Goddard. 

 * Dotes : decayed or rotten wood. 

 '' After the cop'ces there : IT. 

 '• Or [s/c] a colt there : B. 

 " Cop'ces and hedges : H. 



^ A lug in forest measure was (or is) 18 feet in length, 1 Jin. more than the 

 statute rod, pole, or perch, of land measure. Davis, Agric. of Wilts, p. 268, 

 cited by Dartnell and Goddard. 



