286 Selwood Forest. 
APPENDIX. 
Documentary evidence as to the extent of Selwood Forest when at 
its largest, as shewn in the map.' 
The Wiltshire Bailiwick of Selwood Forest had been leased by 
King Edward I. to one William Le Wolf, at the‘rent of ten marks 
per annum; the profits of the office being derived from tolls paid 
on horses and carts passing through certain parts of it, and from 
payments for the feeding of goats, pigs, &. On William le Wolf’s 
death the office of bailiff or forester was granted to Reginald de 
Kingston (whose family lived at Corsley, near Warminster), at ten 
pounds per annum. Having held it for a short time without re- 
ceiving any benefit from it, Reginald de Kingston petitioned to 
have the rent reduced, on the ground that the extent of the forest 
had been so much reduced as not only to yield no profit, but to put 
the bailiff to expense and loss. The matter was referred to the 
Barons of the Exchequer. An Inquisition by a jury of landowners 
and tenants was then held at Longbridge Deverel, Saturday after 
Michaelmas, 16 Edw. II. (A.D. 1822), whereby it was found that 
all the places named in the list following had once been within the 
forest, but were then no longer within the limits. (The names are 
here given in the original spelling of the document.) 
Cnowell Episcopi [ Hast Knoyle] Peortworth 
Cnowell Abbisse [Zhe Abdess Bratton 
of Wilton’s—part of West Muleburne [Milborn] 
Knoyle] Stoke parva 
Upton Cnowell Edyndone 
Cnowell Odierne [ West Knoyle] Steepel Ashton 
Chadenwich Chapel Ashton [200d] 
Seles [Zeals] Gildene’s Ashton 
Stourton Kyvele [Keevi/] 
Mayden Bradley Brichtrichston [Brivton Deve- 
Hull [Hill Deveret] ret | 
Kingston [ Devered] Monketon Deverill 
Norrigg Heightesbury 
Upton Skydemore Sutton Magna 
1 Collected from the Marquis of Bath’s papers at Longleat. 
