N2o:] COMMISSIONERS o* WINDSOR FOREST. 



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(Copy.) 

 'Sir, Marlbro'-ftrcet, 13th February iRoS. 



I have it in command from her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Sophia Matilda of Gloucefter, to reply 

 4.0 your official let'^r, in which you, as Secretary to the CoinmillionMS for enquiring into the Hate oT 

 "Windfor I-'orell, ftate certain quertions to her Royal Highnefs us Ranger of New Lod<;e Walk. 



1 will reply to then.- <<uefiloiis Jn the order you ftate them on lire other fide ; and I remain, Sir, 



Your molt obedient and faithful fervunt, 



M. 1IOPER. 



'Ilr.rt.ins. To the i ft Query. Her Royal Ilighnefs was appointed by warrant by her lite Royal 

 j'ii'J <T, William Ilt-nry Duke of Gloucefter, during plp.afure. 



Her Royal lii^hnefs, by letters patent from His Majefty under the great feal, in the year 1798, was 

 *;: pointed Keeper, forlile. 



To t!v* ad' Query. For life, as fluted in the preceding reply. 



To the ;vl Query. Her Royal Highiiefs is ignorant of any duties attached to the office, beyond 

 Tvlv.it are luted in reply to the 4th query. 



To" the 4th Query. Her Royal Ilighnefs has been informed that an Underkeeper is appointed of 

 'New Lod v e Walk, i/y the 'Lord Warden of the walk, at a yearly falary, who attends the Fore ft Courts, 

 a:ul ma!:-. ^ regu! :t returns of the Itate oi' the daer, and of trefpafl'es committed within the walk. 



To the 5th Query. There is a fee of . 2-2. paid yearly at the cilice of the Surveyor General of 

 Hie Woods ;>>i:l F.HTlV:.;, l.v way of allowance in lieu of firewood. 



Her Royal Highnefs has been informed, tbat by ancient cuftom the Ranger for the time 'being of 

 New Lodge is entitled to a buck aad a 'd.;e yearly, but they have' never yet been been rendered to her 

 lie.; ' -is. 



The orfty other advantage ' known to her Ixoyal Ilighndfs would be that of reHdence at the New 

 Lrtdge, but the tiilapi'dated ftate of the buildings renders it, as a place of refiJence for hnrfelf, out of 

 .the quaftion. It is fcarcely habitable by the lurvants. put in to take care of the place. 



Superfcribed, 

 Julio. Seeker, F.'.'o. 



(Copy.) 



Sir, 'Swinley Lr/Jg?, March iRth, 1808. 



In anfwer to the enquiries of I he CommifCoqers acling for the affairs of Windlbr Fouu, I beg yon 

 :r> them, th.it I have the honour of holding the office of Circuitor Bailiff and Chief Forefter 

 of i .li'.vitli, :::vJ Ranger and Keeper of Swinley Walk. 



I \vas appninled to this office by his Royal Ilighnefs the Duke of York, Lord Warden of the 

 Foreft, by virtue of a- warrant dated 22d May. 1807, under the hand andfeal of his Royal Ilighnefs, 

 to li'ild cl-.r lame lUring his will and pleafure. 



nature and duties of the appointment are> to protect and preferve the vert and venifon within 

 the walk ; but it is peculiarly within, my province to preferve the red deer, as more immediately relating 

 to my oflice of M alter of His Majefty's Stag Ilouuds, than as Keeper of the walk. 



I perform the duties of the ollice of Keeper of the Walk rnyfelf, particularly, as it is fo connected 

 with the office ol' Mafierof the Slag Hounds. 



I am allowed (fulyeA to fome deductions) the yearly fum of fifty pounds, ifluing from the office of 

 the Auditor of His Mrijefty's Land Revenue, for hay for the deer. 



All other fees, perquifites, advantages and emoluments which I receive (except Swinley Lodge and 

 Park, which 1 ormpy as attached to .the office of Keeper) arife from the iMafterlhip of the Stag 

 Hounds ; which latter ollice is not, I apprehend, within the limits of the Commiffioners enquiry. 



.1 have the honour to be, Sir, 

 Superfcribe'd, Your rnoft obedient fervant, 



J.SccVcr, F.fq. -COUXWAI.LIS. 



Secretary to the Commiffiorars for Windfor Foreft. 







(Copy.) 



Gentlemen, Windier, 12th Slarch 1808. 



'In pnrf'icince of your rrqucfl to be informed of the particulars of my ofiice of Steward of His 

 'M.,j fty's Foreft of Windfor, 1 do rnyfelf the honour to ftate to you, that the original confutation of 

 the ofKre was by patent ; the appointment is now made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, during 

 His Majefty's pleafure. The duty of the Steward is to attend to the aff.iirs of the Foreft generally, 

 and alfo to attend alandinrol all the proceedings of the Courts of Attachment, and appointments of 

 officers b\ the Lord Warden, and all licences to fport in the Forcll the Foreft Officers are alfo fworn 

 in at the Courts of Attachment. I have never received any falary fince I had the 'honour to hold the 

 office, nor any perqnilites, except fuch trifling fees which a rife" from the buiincfs of the courts, and file 

 cntn of appointments and warrants, &c. which upon a juli calculation do not amount upon an average 

 'to above thirty (hillings per annum : in addition to which I um entitled to und receive a fee buck and 

 .a fee doe yearly. 



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