160 THE HISTORY OF THE EOYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



to signify Our Pleasure to y" and accordingly Our Will and Pleasure 

 is, That foi'thw*'' upon Receipt hereof, You glue order to, & require 

 him y" s** Wm Browne of Framley to forbeare grubbing any part of 

 the said Oops Wood called Merishwood being Our Demesne as 

 aforesaid. And Whereas Wee are likewise giuen to understand, 

 That Richard Taylor of Chersey is about to cut & fell a Cops Wood 

 called Great Grove in the Parish of Chersey in Our County of 

 Surrey, the growth of w*^^ Wood is und"^ seuen yeares, being also 

 Our Demesne, & not Warrantable by Law, Our further Will and 

 Pleasure is, y" give notice to y*^ said Rich*^ Taylor, that he forebeare 

 from henceforth to cutt or cause to be cutt or felled the s*^ Cops 

 Wood called Greate Groue, or any part therof, as he shall tender 

 Our Displeasure. For w*^^ &'''' December 5*^ 1672. 



By his (fe*^* 



Arlington. 



To ye L'' Clifford 



L** High Treas'' 



of England. 

 — Do7n. Entry Book. King's Letters, vol. xxxi., fo. 99^. 



In March 1677 Mr. Gary obtained (in conjunction with 

 Sir Walter St. John, Sir Ralph Verney, and Sir Richard 

 Howe) a grant of " all that peice or parcel of ground with the 

 buildings thereon in St. James's Park, nigh the Cockpit, to 

 them and to their heirs for ever." As above mentioned, the 

 final payment, recorded in the accounts of the Treasurer of 

 the Chamber to this Master of Buckhounds, occurred in the 

 year 1682, viz., 500/. " for one year's wages ended at Michael- 

 mas, 1678." Whether he received the arrears due on account 

 of this office it is impossible to ascertain ; at any rate, there 

 is no evidence forthcoming of his having ever done so. In all 

 probability he retained the horn of this branch of the royal 

 pack until the end of the reign of Charles II. On June 12, 

 1685, James II. reappointed Mr. Carey to the office of Ranger 

 and Riding Forester in the New Forest, county Southampton, 

 which office he held during the pleasure of the late King, 

 with the fee of ^d. a day, payable out of the Exchequer, 

 and all privileges pertaining thereto. He did not enjoy his 



