302 Customs of Wisliford and Barford in Gravely Forest. 



That of 1299 was held in 33 Eliz. (1591) to be the only one 

 of authority.^ 



Each copse or holding is ornamented on the plan with a sketch 

 descriptive of the nature of the land or wood, in the manner fol- 

 lowing, so far as in my ignorance of terms of venerie and of heraldry 

 I can describe it : — 



(I.) Grovely, north of Grimes Diclie, in Great Wishford: — 



A. Mr. Bonham's Copses. A hart feeding. 



1. Ashgore" cops. A hart tripping. 



2. Saddoii cojjs. Hart couchant. 



3. BemerJdIl cops. Hart, at speed, chased by a hound and a hunter 



on foot, with spear, winding his horn. 



4. Ipsburie cops. Hart, at speed, amid four trees. 



5. Stokfold} cops. Hart, at speed (as chased by the hound, represented 



in Bemerhell enclosure). 



6. Rodnell,^ alias the fours sisters cops. Hart, at speed, reguardant. 



7. Pontingstones cops. Coney (or hare) courant. 



B. Little Langford copses. Huntsman, on foot, with bow discharged, 

 (Sturton's hatte) hound catching wounded hart. Also a 



partridge couchant. 



C. Part of Swinesborowe. 



(II.) Grovely, south of Gryme's Diche, in Barford St. Martin. 



8. Rotcden cops. Hart at speed, chased by hound. 



9. Sandegate cops. Hart, feeding. 



10. ThornehiU cops. Hind, tripping. 



11. Ckilfinch cops. Hart, tripping, belling. 



12. Appledore cops. Hart, feeding. 



13. Hempeshil cops. Hind, standing. 



14. Shortingegrove cops. Two harts, the one feeding, the other standing. 

 1). The railes wherein the Lodge of Grovely stands. House and lodge. 



Hart at speed. 

 £!, Mr. Willoughbies copses. Hart reguardant. 



F. Pitcops. ? Hind, walking. 



G. Bleardon cops. Hog, or fat coney (?). 

 H. Gouldeokes cops. Hart, passant. 



J. Part of Swinesborowe. 

 K. Snapes cops. 



An extract from the Terrier (kindly supplied by Dr. Straton) 

 will serve to illustrate the foregoing list of coppices, &e., taken 



' Hoare's Modern Wilts, Dunworth Hundred, 183. 

 3 Ashgore : " Ashgoze " JSd. Hoare, u.s. (For some other variations of 

 names, see p. 304, below). 



3 Stotefold : H. 



* Radneth : H. 



