By the Rev. Chr. Wordsworth. 299 



(14th.) Item. There hath been within the Forest of Grovely, Fee fo[re]6ter8, 

 Verderers,' Agisters," and other officers,'' as in other Forests of the like kind, 

 which said officers, ■• or some of them, from year to year, when any of the 

 King's Coppices of the said Forest were appointed to be sold, have ever used 

 and in Eight ought now yearly at every Sale, ■" to set such reasonable prices 

 upon every acre ^ thereof as in their conscience they think meet, convenient 

 and reasonable. 



And the Lord of the Manor of Wishford ^ aforesaid hath had, and in Right 

 and ancient Custom ought still to have for himself, his Freeholders and 

 Tennants of Wishford aforesaid, so many acres thereof as is convenient to 

 supply their needs, of the best, amongst the rest of the Officers, at the same 

 price so set by the said Officers. 



And likewise the said Lord of the Manor of Great Wishford hath had, and 

 of Right and [by] ancient Custom he ought [still] to have to his own use all 

 the Corners that did fall out in Measure in the Sale ^ of any Coppices on 

 the said North Side of the said Trench, without yielding any thing for the 

 same. 



Only he was to allow the two Keepers on the said North side of the said 

 Trench two of them, videlicet each of them one corner. 



And the Lord of Barford St. Martin was to have the like for himself, his 

 Freeholders, and Tenants there, and at the same price. 



And the Corners that fell out at any Sale ^ on the South Side of the said 

 Trench. 



And the King's Officers, that measured the said Copses so sold, were to 

 have two shillings for every Acre, commonly called Earnest Money. [Item 

 14 is not found in MS. B.] 



(15th.) Item. The Custom is, and ever time out of mind hath been, that 

 the Lords and Freeholders of Wishford Magna and Barford St. Martin, and 

 their Tenants, [and servaunts] by themselves, their Servants and Assigns, 

 may take and fetch in the woods of Grovely Speeke Rods,'" and Breeding 

 Rods," for their Houses standing within the said Manors of Wishford and 

 Barford. 



'Verderers: '^ viridarii," " custodes nemoris." (Blount.) 

 ■^ " The King hath four agistors in every Forest, where he hath any 

 Pannage." [Ibid.) They were made by royal letters patent, and had 

 duties connected with cattle sent to pasture there. See Mauwood, part i.. 

 Of Forest Laivs, p. 336. 



^ — * S, omits this clause. 



5 " Fall : H." 

 * Everie ffens : H. 

 '^ In 1392 half the manor of Wishford (" Wychford ") was held by T. Bonham 

 of the Duke of Lancaster. Inquis. ad quod damnum, 16 Ric. II., p. 1, n. 151. 

 «— 9 In the fall : S. 

 ui — u Speeke Roddes : "Spike rods : " jB., probably " spicks," or "spars, "t.e., 

 hazel rods split and bent for use in thatching. Breeding Rods : " Breading 

 rods " : B. " Spike rods and braiding rods, i.e., those rods that stuck in, and 

 those others that lay flat, as still used in thatching." (C. R. Straton). 



