CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



THE DUAL PACKS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 THE ''IIEIIEBITARY'' BRANCH: EDWARD III.— HENRY VIII. 



General Introduction. — Hunting "at Force." — England under Edward III. 

 — His Prowess as a Huntsman. — Minimum Establishment of the Buck- 

 hounds. — The Huntsmen in Ordinary. — Feudal Services. — The Manor 

 of Little Weldon held by Tenure of keeping the Hounds. — The 

 "Hereditary" Masters and the Hunt-Servants. — Sir Bernard Brocas, 

 First Master. — Annual Tax imposed on the Counties of Surrey and 

 Sussex the Support of the Pack. — The First and Subsequent Payments 

 by the Sheriffs of Sussex to the Hereditary Master of the Buckhounds. 

 — Sir Bernard Brocas, Second Master. — William Brocas, Third Master. 

 — William Brocas, Fourth Master. — John Brocas, Fifth Master. — 

 William Brocas, Sixth Master. — John Brocas, Seventh Master. — 

 George Warham, jure Anne Brocas, Eighth Master. — Kalph Pexsall, 

 jure Edith Brocas, Ninth Master 1 



CHAPTER II. 



THE HOUSEHOLD BRANCH: HENRY VIII. 



General Introduction : Social State of England tenq}. Richard II. — Henry 

 VII. — Accession of Henry VIII. — The Household Branch of the Royal 

 Buckhounds instituted. — George Bolcyne, Viscount Rochester, First 

 Master, — The Hunt-Servants.— Their Salaries and Emoluments. — Sir 

 Richard Long, Second Master. —Lord Darcy of Chiche, Third Master. 28 



