THE FOREST OF GAULTRIES, 89 



King Eduarde, the son of King Henry, was the maist 

 prowd and masterfull busshopp in all England, and it was 

 comonly said that he was the prowdest lord in Christienty. 

 It chaunced that emong other lewd persons, this Sir An- 

 thon entertained at his court one Hugh de Pountchardon, 

 that for his evill deeds and manifold robberies had been 

 driven out of the Inglische Courte, and had come from the 

 southe to seek a little bread and to live by stalynge. And 

 to this Hughe, whom also he imployed to good purpose in 

 the warr in Scotland, the busshep gave the lande of Thik- 

 ley, since of him caullid Thikley-Puntchardon, and also 

 made him his chcife huntsman. And after this blake 

 Hugh dyed afore the busshop, and ef'ter that the busshop 

 chasid the wild hart in Galtres forest, and sodenly ther 

 met with him Hugh de Pontchardin that was afore deid, 

 on a wythe [white] horse ; and the said Hugh loked ear- 

 nestly on the busshop, and the busshop said unto him, 

 ' Hughe, what maketh thee here ?' and he spake never 

 word, but lifte up his cloke, and then he shewed Sir An- 

 ton his ribbes set with bones, arid nothing more ; and 

 none other of the varlets saw him, but the busshop only ; 

 and ye said Hugh went his way, and Sir Anton toke 

 corage, and cheered the dogges, and shortly efter he was 

 made Patriarque of Hierusalem, and he saw nothing no 

 moe ; and this Hugh is him that the silly people in Gal- 

 tres doe call Le Gros Veneur, and he was seen twice after 

 that by simple folk, afore yat the forest was felled in the 

 tyme of Henry, father of Henry yat now ys.' " 



Both from what is stated by Manwood and by Holin- 

 shed, it is evident that forests were subject to different 

 laws than those which were applicable to Chases ; and the 

 offender on a Chase could not be punished by the so-called 

 Forest Laws, or by any law proper to a chase, but only in 

 accordance with what is known as common law. A chase 

 had no court of attachment, no seat of justice ; but a 

 forest had, and the officers called foresters in a forest had 

 their representatives at a chase designated keepers. 



