SwiNLEY Lodge. 

 (From an Eagraving in the " Sxwrting Magazine," 1795.) 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



SWINLEY LODGE. 



It is probable that a lodge and kennel had been in Swinley Walk, 

 Windsor Forest, from time immemorial. Nei^ertheless, the earliest 

 specific mention of Swinley Lodge which we have met with does not 

 date farther back than the reign of James I., and is comprehended 

 {inter alia) in J©hn Norden's unique survey of Windsor Forest, made 

 " by order of the King," in the year 1607. At this time Sir Henry 

 Nevill was — like Heme the Hvmter- — "sometime Keeper there." 

 According to this crude, though carefully coloured and gilded plan, 

 drawn to scale, on a fine membrane of vellum, and spoiled by the 

 binder through whose hands it subsequently passed, the lodge 

 appears to be a small structure with gables at the northern and 

 southern extremities. The front door faces south-west. A small 

 hut (probably a kennel) stands within the enclosui-e toward the east 

 in the front view of the lodge. These two buildings are enclosed 

 by a railed-in paddock. The outer enclosure was " environeth " on 

 all sides by a rail of high hurdles — as were all the walks in Windsor 



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