THE WOLF. 137 



in 1 1 64, granted, amongst other privileges, to the 

 Abbey of Jourvaulx, several pastures on the north 

 side of the river Jore, reserving only liberty for his 

 deer, likewise pasturage throughout his new forest, 

 near Richmond, Yorkshire, for all their cattle, with 

 power to keep hounds for chasing Wolves out of 

 those their territories.^ 



It is related in the "Annales Cambria?" (Harl. 

 MSS., No. 3859 on vellum) that in 1 166 a rabid Wolf 

 at Caermarthen bit twenty-two persons, nearly all 

 of whom died.t 



In 1167, the Bishopric of Hereford was vested in 

 the King in consequence of the see being then vacant ; 

 and in the account of John Cumin, who acted in 

 the capacity of Gustos, we find in the accounts of 

 the revenue and expenditure of the temporalities a 

 payment of i os. for three Wolves captured that year. 

 " Etpro tribus Lupis capiendis, x s " 



William Beriwere obtained from Henry II. the 

 confirmation of all his lands, as also the forestership 

 of the Forest of De la Bere, with power to take any 

 person transgressing therein between the bars of 

 Hampton and the gates of Winchester, and likewise 

 between the river of Ramsey and the river of Win- 

 chester to the sea, as amply as his father had held 

 the same in the times of King William and King 

 Henry I. From Richard I. (whom he accompanied 



* Dugdale's " Baronage," vol. i. p. 48. " Ex. Kegist. Archiep. 

 Cant." p. 8;5a. 



f " Apud Kermerden lupus rdbiosus duo de viginto Jbomtitea 

 momordit qui omnes fere protinus periereunt." This MS. is believed 

 to be a translation from the original Welsh. Ed. Williams (Master of 

 the Rolls Series), pp. 50, 51. 



