THE CERNE CARTULARY. 2Oy 



the boundaries of the [lands of the] Lord King as far as the 

 boundaries of the [lands of the] Abbess of Preaws as far 

 as Dunkweie always along the hill. From Dunkweie always 

 by the boundaries of the lands of the Lord King to 

 the wood of William Cusin to wit, of Stures, which belongs 

 to the fee of the Abbess of Saint Edward. From 

 the wood of William Cusin along the valley as far as 

 Blakevenne. From Blakevenne always along the valley of 

 Sete as far as the boundary between the [lands of the] Lord 

 King and [those of] the Prior of Montacute. Thence always by a 

 small ditch up the hill as far as the high road which comes from 

 Sotingestoke. And from that road as far as the stone bridge. 

 From the stone bridge as far as Kingsbridge. From Kingsbridge 

 up the stream as far as Huntingford. Now within the aforesaid 

 bounds the Lord King has his hunting without making a regard 

 except in his demesne wood of Gillingham. Saving the common 

 pasture of those who have the right there as far as the boundary 

 ditch of the park. All other woods were afforested by Alan de 

 Nevile after the first coronation of King Henry the grandfather 

 of the Lord King Henry. 



These are the metes of the Forest of Blakemore. From the 

 head of Rocumbe on the western side towards the north between 

 Crockeresrewe and its wood and Holenhurst and its wood. And 

 so by the edge of the wood of Holenhurst on the eastern side as 

 far as Deoulepole alongside the water. And from Deoulepole as 

 far as Querneford, and from Querneford alongside the aforesaid 

 water as far as Bradeford by the mill of Candel. From Brade- 

 ford by the boundary of Holewale as far as the high road which 

 comes from Woodebridge and from that high road always along 

 the boundary of Holewale as far as the post which stands at the 

 meeting of three boundaries. And from that post as far as the 

 water of Taleford. And from Taleford as far as the house of 

 Wareman on the edge of the wood. And from the house of 

 Wareman as far as the granges of the monks of Binnedune. 

 And from the granges as far as the Church of Pulham always on 

 the edge of the wood towards the south And from the church 



