

NOTES ON THE BOOK OF CERNE. l6l 



of York, H. Winton, C. Wygorn [Worcester], Bishop Richard, the 

 king's almoner, Wde. Valence, " fratribus nostris," John de 

 Warrenne, Comite Surr, Thorn. Basset, Robertus Walerand, 

 Roberto Aenginglum, Willielmus de Wyntheshyll, Willo Belet, 

 Radulphus de Bakepuz, Stephane de Edurick, Reg. de Wanton, 

 et aliis. Datum per manum nostram Westmanasterium. 



After all these deeds with their somewhat dry legal phrases it 

 was a relief to come upon a record of what a mediaeval Dorset 

 Field Club had done in the way of making a topographical 

 survey of the County in 1225. Here is the heading : 

 " Hoc est perambulatio facta in Comitate Dorsetie. 

 Coram H. de Yeovile et Briano de Insula et magistro H de 

 Cernel et Wde Moreville et Johanne de Lanceleveie Justiciariis 

 Per isto milites juratos. 



Scilicet : Henr. Tuneire, Walt de la Grave, Rob. de Port, 

 Henr. de Stokel, Will Cusin, Will, filium Henrici, Alexandrum 

 de Laverstoke, Luca Russel, Johann Pulein, Walt de Melebure, 

 Walt de Wike, Rob. de Blokesworde, Reg. de St. Edwarde, 

 Robertum de Wearmeulle." 



The main results of the deliberations of these worthies of old 

 Dorset was that they determined the boundaries of the two great 

 forests of Gillingham and Blakemore. The deed itself is too 

 long to read to you now. I think that I have said enough to show 

 you how much of interest lies in the loose sheets of the Book of 

 Cerne ; quaint odds and ends of information are scattered 

 throughout its pages. In this way we learn from a table of the 

 Sovereigns of England from the Conquest, folio 4, part I., that 

 Henry the Second was called by his contemporaries "ffytz- 

 Empresse." I earnestly hope that an editor will be found who 

 will do for these loose sheets what Dom : Kuypers has done for 

 the bound volume. To transcribe these few pages of manuscript 

 and to publish them in a pamphlet of fifty pages or so would 

 not be an expensive matter, and should earn the gratitude of 

 every member of the Dorset Field Club. 



