I lo Yew-Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



' A consecrated yew, its value is a pound. 



A mistletoe branch, three score pence. 



An oak, six score pence. 



Principal branch of an oak, thirty pence. 



A yew tree (not consecrated), fifteen pence. 



A sweet apple, three score pence. 



A sour apple, thirty pence. 



A thorn-tree, sevenpence half-penny. 



Every tree after that, four pence.' ^ 

 Upon looking into the Leges Wallicae^ I find 

 the following : '14. Taxus xxx denarios valet. 

 22. Taxus silvestris, xv denarios valet, 23. Taxus 

 Sancti libram valet,' with the subsequent note: 

 ' Sancti Sancto nempe alicui dicata, Dubritio v. 

 gr. vel Teliao quales apud Wallos in Cemeteriis 

 etiam-num frequenter visuntur.' So that the above 

 ought to be translated ' A Saint's Yew is a yew 

 dedicated to some Saint.' 



The most important use of the wood is considered 

 in the chapter on Bows, 



^ Ablett, English Trees, iSSo, p. 154. 



" Wotton, Cyfreithjew or Leges Wallicae, etc., fol. Lond. 1730, p. 262. 

 ' Taxus in Legibus Hoeli legitimum pretium non habet, quoniam eo anno quo 

 sues strumosi sunt, juxta canis statum censetur ; et eo anno quo canes sabiosi 

 sunt, juxta statum suis censetur ' (fol. 259). In sec. cclii. fol. 386, there are 

 exceptions to the law against cutting trees in forest lands. ' Tres arbores 

 impune exscindere licet in salta regio : i. arbor ad contignationem Ecclesiae 

 conficiendam ; 2. et arbor ad hastilia in usus regios conficienda ; 3. et 

 materia feretri.' 



