206 The Peramhulafions of the Forests of Wilts. 



coronation of King Henry, great grandfather of the Lord the now 



King. 



Chippexham. 



A perambulation made in the Forest of Chippenham in the 

 presence of John de Berewyk and his companions, thereunto as- 

 signed as above appeareth, and in the presence of Alexander de 

 Bokyngham, chief Forester; and in the pi'esence of Roger le Gras 

 and William le Escryveyn, Yerderers ; to wit, beginning at the 

 bridge of Stanley, and so by the highway unto the gate of Stanley, 

 and from thence by the same way and through the middle of the 

 town of Stodeley unto the bridge of Samborn, and from thence 

 ascending by the water unto the bridge of Fynnam, and so by the 

 way which leads unto the cross before the house of Home, and so 

 by the same way unto Horseleperde, and from thence by the 

 way which cometh from Devizes unto the Ash of Lacok, 

 and so by the same way unto the bridge of Lacok, and from 

 thence unto the bridge of Chippenham as the water of Avon 

 divideth, and from thence by the water unto Merkeden, and from 

 thence unto the aforesaid bridge of Stanley. And they say that 

 the aforesaid metes and bounds before the time of the coronation of 

 King Henry, great grandfather of the Lord the now King, used to 

 inclose the Forest aforesaid. And they say that the Lord the King 

 hath no wood without the aforesaid metes to the aforesaid Forest 

 adjoining. And they say that all the woods, lands, and places to 

 the aforesaid Forest appropriated, which by this perambulation are 

 disafforested, were appropriated to the Forest after the coronation 

 of King Henry, great grandfather of the Lord the now King ; but 

 what and how much in the time of each king severally, in nowise 



can appear to them. 



Melksham. 



A perambulation made in the Forest of Melksham in the pre- 

 sence of John de Berewyk and his companions, thereunto assigned 

 as above appeareth, and in the presence of Alexander de Bokenham, 

 chief Forester; and in the presence of Nicholas le Eyr of Bromham, 

 Thomas le Thynn of Asscheton, Verderers; that is to say, beginning 

 at the bridge of Whatton, and so unto the bridge of Semelynton 

 along by the water, and so ascending by the same water unto 



