Contents. xi 



Forester, for Patnre of the Foresters — Deed of Henry, Dnke of 

 Lancaster, confirming previous Grants of Brandwood, &o., and 

 relinqnisbing his right to pasture therein — References to Eossendale 

 in the rolls of the Duchy of Lancaster in the reign of Edward III. — 

 Commission of Henry VII. relating to the Pnture Rents within the 

 Forest — Character of Henry VII., . . . Pp. 37-51 



CHAPTER III. 



Rossendale a favourite Hunting-ground — Disappearance of the larger 

 animals of chase — The Deans of Whalley : Mighty hunters — Liwiphus 

 Cutwnlph — Forest Laws — Definition of a Forest — The Constitutiones 

 de Foresta of King Canute — Forest Courts — Justice-seat — Swainmote — 

 Woodmote or Attachment — Officers of the Forest — Their duties — 

 Signification of the terms Venison and Vert — Difference between a 

 Forest and a Chase — Beasts of Forest — Beasts of Park and Chase — 

 Beasts of Warren — Fowls of Warren — Appropriation of Forests by the 

 King — Exceptions to this rule — The Forests of Lancaster and 

 Pickering — Complaint of the Earl of Lancaster, temp, of Edward II., 

 of malefactors and disturbers of the peace — Saxon Forest Laws — 

 Punishments inflicted comparatively mild — A stern and merciless code 

 introduced after the Conquest — Severity of punishments during the 

 reign of William Rufns — A milder policy inaugurated by Henry III. 

 and Edward I. — Curious provision in the Carta Foresta of Henry III. — 

 Provision of Edward I. — Inquisition to be made of any Deer found dead 

 or wounded — Spaniels and Greyhounds forbidden in the Forest — The 

 Mastiff admitted — " Hambling," or " Expeditation," how performed — 

 Agisting of goats and sheep — Agisting of lands held by persons 

 within the boundaries of the Forests — The Boundaries of a Forest of 

 two kinds—" Dog-draw "— " Stable-stand "— " Back-Bear "— " Bloody, 

 hand " — The Fence-mouth — Rhymed Oath taken by the inhabitants of 

 the Forest — Purlieus — Parks — Mnsbury, the Park or Laund of the 

 Forest of Rossendale, .... Pp. 52-60 



CHAPTER IV. 



Earliest known record of any Rossendale Inhabitant — Henry Rossyndale, of 

 Rosindale — Granted Lands in Denbigh — Certain of his descendants — 

 Humphrey Lloyd, the Antiquary — William Rosindale — The Rosindale 

 Arms — Adam de Rosindale — Owner of Hulme Hall, Manchester — 

 Grotesque Wood Carvings therein — Rossendale as a Surname — 

 Examples of, in the Diary of the Rev. Oliver Heywoq^, . Pp. 61-66 



