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Swinley Lodge, and submitted that certain repairs were urgently 

 wanted in respect of that place. It seems, however, that, probably 

 in consequence of the death of Geoi-ge I., many contemplated im- 

 provements to the Lodge and Swinley Walk dropped, and we hear 

 nothing further of those affairs for some considerable time. 



On April 26, 1748, Mr. Robert Nunn was paid 138^. 2s. for his 

 charges and expenses for feeding and carting stags and red deer, 

 " which were catched and put into pens at tSwinley Lodge and 

 Windsor Great Park for the Royal Family to hunt," from March 

 1745 to December 1747, by virtue of a Certificate by the Earl of 

 Halifax and Ralph Jenison, Esq., the late and present Masters of 

 His Majesty's Buckliounds. On July 4, 1750, he received a further 

 sum of 811. 18s. "for catching and carting hinds and stags in Windsor 

 Great Park, and for catching, carting and feeding deer at Swinley 

 and Bagshot Lodges in the years 1748 and 1749 by right of a like 

 Warrant. On July 30, 1760 he received a like sum for taking, 

 feeding and carting deer from Windsor Great Park, Swinley and 

 Bagshot Lodges " and carrying them to several places for the Royal 

 Family to hunt from Midsummer 1759 to Midsummer 1760." These 

 details came out in a casual search, fi'om which we infer that a 

 succinct investigation would show that the charges above men- 

 tioned were incurred and defrayed year by year during the reign of 

 George 11. It may also be noted here that 35Z. per annum was 

 allocated to buy turnips to feed the red deer in each of the Walks 

 in Windsor Forest in the winter time.* 



From 1774 to 1789 the following sums were expended on the 

 Lodgeand Walk— viz., 1774 and 1778, SSll. ; 1782, 1,049/. 16s. lid.; 

 1783, 672Z. Is. U. and 253/.; 1784, 526/ 9s. 3f/; 1786, 847/. 9s. lid.; 

 1787, 150/. 15s.; 1788, 509/. 4s. 6c/.; 1789, 269/. 12s. U. 



In the estimate and specifications for necessary repairs required 

 here in 1788 it transpu-es that the " elm water pipes " which supplied 

 the kennels were out of order, and that it was urgently necessary they 

 should be " repaii-ed and cleaned" at a cost of 22/. 18s. The pale 

 and fences' of the deer paddock at Swinley, the horse paddock, and the 

 adjoining pastures, likewise needed repairing at an estimated cost 

 of 69/. 12s. 4c/. Lord Hichingbrooke, Master of the Buckhounds,, 

 made pressing representations to the Lords of the Treasury and to 

 the authorities of the Office of Woods and Forests as to the necessity 

 * Treasurtj Records, M.S., P.R.O. 



